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News Article: Auston Matthews - August 1st., Contract Crickets

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It’s been telling that Matthews has reached to our recent signings. A great sign.
 
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KaN19 said:
You're going back 15-25 years to find comparables; guess you got me? Point is there are no equivalents in recent NHL history, especially among teams that went on to win.
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Lol, no, we're not going back to 1998. That's all in the cap era. It hasn't been super common lately, but an impending skyrocketing cap also hasn't been super common lately. I'd rather have 8 years too, but if he's willing to give us an 8 year cap hit percentage on a 5 year term, you can't complain too much. You're still getting him through all of his prime years. I find it funny how everybody was up in arms for not getting him for 8 post-ELC, and now the idea of having him for 10 is unacceptable.
KaN19 said:
McDavid is the only player in the NHL worth 20% of the cap, but he won't take that much on his next contract because he's interested in winning.
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Until McDavid signs his UFA contract - when he will make more than Matthews, Matthews is the most valuable UFA in cap era history to sign a currently legal contract.
Just because you either don't recognize his quality or he's not giving you the massive discount you want, it doesn't mean he's not interested in winning.
KaN19 said:
Stars in the NHL earn relatively less compared to their NBA counterparts because they have a much smaller impact on the result.
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I'm not talking about the NBA. Stars in the NHL earn less than the middle tier of the NHL relative to impact.
 
therealkoho said:
Dominated by Danault

Dominated by a rotation of Lightning

Dominated by Barkov

"Sometimes they go in sometimes they don't"
Auston Matthews post game 3 crushing by Fla.

No words
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His line has shown great need of having someone who can score when times get tight.

Montreal and Florida exposed this weakness.

Not sure who is to blame, but someone should accept responsibility, unless they're okay with it.
 
leafsfan5 said:
He isn’t the best, that’s McDavid. And none of his peers are doing the same, they are all going 8 years at reasonable AAVs

Matthews is on his own level here. And I don’t want to hear about the cap rising, I’m sure everyone else’s agent knew the cap is rising during their contract but still did 8 years at a reasonable AAV. It’s not like if AM34 was signing last summer he’d suddenly command a reasonable 12.8 x 8
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Can you name the last Hart trophy winner who signed a new deal within the last year?

All this imbecilic talk about peers and their respective contracts.

McDavid signed his contract 6 years ago? Draisaitl did as well.
Mackinnon hasn't won a single thing for himself - his team won a cup, a team that was led by a defenseman outscoring the centre that is being put on a pedestal.
He, despite never winning any serious hardware (Calder doesn't really count) just became the highest paid player in the league. A contract that will take him into his mid to late 30's.
A player whose first 3 seasons were abysmal for a 1st overall player.
What does a player who relies on explosive skating look like at 33 - 36 years old, earning 12.6 million a year? He is going to need to learn how to defend and play sound when his legs start to falter, and that has never been a strength of his.

This is the model that people want Toronto to emulate.


Players do not get paid for team accomplishments. In fact, there are always a bunch of players shipped off immediately after winning a cup.
I know that most Leaf fans are too young to remember the Sundin to Matthews drought years, but do they remember what happened to key pieces of Chicago and LA after they traded cup wins?
They weren't rewarded for winning, they were sent packing to shed contracts against the cap.


Players are paid for what the teams project them to perform. The teams take the players' immediate past and then try to figure out what he will be like for the duration of the contract they wish to offer.

Matthews was underpaid for his past 5 seasons. McDavid has been underpaid. Draisaitl has been underpaid by a lot.

That should have literally 0 (zero) bearing on their contracts going forward and any notion that it does is just naivete materialized.
 
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it too.

There is nothing in the world more dehumanizing than money.

I can't believe it's July 4th and Matthews still hasn't been extended. How hard is it to say "just tell us how much, for how long, and we'll make sure to structure it as player friendly as possible". It's a simple matter on Matthews part to write down a one with a whole bunch of zeroes after it.

This should have been the easiest contract to negotiate in team history.

The situation is entirely one of their own creation. It never should have even reached this point. This organization is the dumbest in all of sports.

Everything they do is just face-palmingly stupid.

Oh well, too late now I guess. We'll find out soon enough where Matthews loyalty lays. Does he want to stay with the team that drafted him first overall to help them try win a cup?

Or is he just another flash-in-the-pan showboating hotdogger come to get rich quick and leave town as soon as possible thereafter?
 
ULF_55 said:
They really don't want to treat everyone equally do they.

Those 1 year deals might be a blessing in disguise for the newbies.
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Yeah. I'm kind of over this core, specifically Tavares and somewhat Nylander. They are all soft and proven they couldn't get it done.

Surround Matthews and Marner with Knies and Bertuzzi type players and give them the cap space taken by Tavares and Nylander.
 
A1LeafNation said:
Yeah. I'm kind of over this core, specifically Tavares and somewhat Nylander. They are all soft and proven they couldn't get it done.

Surround Matthews and Marner with Knies and Bertuzzi type players and give them the cap space taken by Tavares and Nylander.
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Tavares is immovable, just going to have to put up with his salary for 2 more years
 
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A1LeafNation said:
Yeah. I'm kind of over this core, specifically Tavares and somewhat Nylander. They are all soft and proven they couldn't get it done.

Surround Matthews and Marner with Knies and Bertuzzi type players and give them the cap space taken by Tavares and Nylander.
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Give Matthews someone to play with, other than marner, and he might produce when the going gets tough.

Really tough to watch him be completely shut down in tight games/series (Montreal and Florida).

Being stapled to marner really hasn't done him any favors.
 
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At work, but this thread could have an interesting Poll.

Time Frame for Matthews signing:

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Month 2
Month 3
In Season
Post Season
As UFA
 
The Apologist said:
I mean yeah, the Panthers series was terribad but seriously if you're gonna rip on the guy at least be somewhat accurate.
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And as I've mentioned before he had a point atleast in the first 2 games in the Florida series before taking a puck to the hand in game 3. People act like he didn't go on a 12 game playoff point streak dating back to last season, and given how he was already noticeably not 100% all season are we really to fault him too much once he goes pointless in the last 3 games after hurting his hand again against a red hot goaltender? Name one other player in the league who had a point in 12 straight playoff games and played a top notch two-way game while not being able to shoot the puck to half of their full ability, and he's also not know as much of a playmaker and this was all against Tampa.
 
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therealkoho said:
Dominated by Danault

Dominated by a rotation of Lightning

Dominated by Barkov

"Sometimes they go in sometimes they don't"
Auston Matthews post game 3 crushing by Fla.

No words
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This is how you can tell if someone just stat watches.

"Dominated by Danault"

His line was a top 5 line for prime scoring chances in the entire playoffs, that is not Danault shutting him down, that is Price.

A goalie's job is to stop the puck, and a player's job is to stop scoring chances.

Barkov also did nothing.

This post is just absolutely terrible.

You forgot the end of your sentence "No words... that I have written here are true"
 
pcruz said:
I know that most Leaf fans are too young to remember the Sundin to Matthews drought years, but do they remember what happened to key pieces of Chicago and LA after they traded cup wins?
They weren't rewarded for winning, they were sent packing to shed contracts against the cap.
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It seems like you're the one who doesn't remember a thing or two. Oh and BTW, the agents for Kane and Toews say hi. :)
 
Every time I see this title it bugs me, it’s a privilege for this guy to play here. He wouldn’t get near the ad revenue, exposure elsewhere, he plays for a legit contender, he’s pampered beyond belief and we gave him a sweetheart deal. Oh please please, we are so lucky that you’re willing to come back and make out like a bandit like this is some backwater franchise. Sign a fair deal or get lost.
 
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