The Pittsburgh Penguins and Dallas Stars made a transaction on Thursday. The Dallas Stars traded defenseman Mathew Dumba of Regina, Saskatchewan to the Penguins with a second round pick in the 2028 National Hockey League Entry Draft for Belarusian defenseman Vladislav Kolaychonok. Here is the reaction from X.
Matt Dumba, traded to PIT, is a veteran depth defenceman who shoots the puck and plays with a bit of an edge. #LetsGoPens pic.twitter.com/uxhoyqHx1R
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) July 10, 2025
Dumba has been in the NHL since 2013. In the last 12 years, he has played with the Minnesota Wild, Arizona Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Stars. In 737 games, Dumba has 1264 shots on goal and 1088 hits. However, it should be noted that he only had 57 shots on goal in 63 games all of last year.
The Matt Dumba signing in Dallas was bad when it happened (made worse by the contract terms), stayed bad for the season and was bad into this offseason. A rare complete misstep by the Stars front office in recent times, but props to them by not falling into sunk cost fallacy
— Saad Yousuf (@SaadYousuf126) July 10, 2025
The Stars signed Dumba to a two-year contract worth $7.5 million on July 1, 2024. Dumba made $3.75 million in 2024-25, and is set to make $3.75 million in 2025-26. It should be noted that Dumba did not play in any of the 18 postseason games for the Stars this past season. In Dumba’s prime, he was worth $3.75 million, but he only has a total of 36 points in the last three seasons.
Not to sound grumpy but that Matt Dumba deal is bad. You set $3.7 million on fire and paid a second round pick (I don’t care if it’s in 2045: Dallas has picked some really good players in the 2nd round) to have someone take the ashes. That’s not “tidy.” That’s the punishment due.
— David Castillo (@DavidCastilloAC) July 10, 2025
Among the players the Stars have drafted in the second round over the years include right winger Jamie Langenbrunner of Cloquet, Minnesota, defenseman Trevor Daley of Toronto, Ontario, left winger Loui Eriksson of Gothenburg, Sweden, left winger James Neal of Whitby, Ontario, center Roope Hintz of Nokia, Finland, left winger Jason Robertson of Arcadia, California, and center Logan Stankoven of Kamloops, British Columbia.
Dallas Stars moving Matt Dumba and his $3.75M cap hit to the Pittsburgh Penguins in order to free up cap space for next season.
— Marco D’Amico (@mndamico) July 10, 2025
It will now be interesting to see what the Stars do in free agency. Among the players still available are Victor Olofsson, Jeff Skinner, Max Pacioretty, and Jack Roslovic.
Kyle Dubas does it again.
The Penguins land Matt Dumba and a 2028 second for Vladislav Kolyachonok — and now have Letang, Karlsson, Dumba, and Clifton on the right side.
Dubas grabbed 2025 and 2028 seconds just for taking on Dumba and Clifton for a year. Elite asset management.
— ChelPenguins (@ChelPenguins) July 10, 2025
There is no doubt the Penguins have defense depth. It will be interesting to see if Dubas makes any more transactions before the season begins.
