I've been saying this to everyone. It won't be that fun but is the smarter longterm move.
MLSE is going to have cash on hand. They're not putting seasonal salaries into high-yield investments because they have an extra couple months.
No it doesn't. It means that the new team has to pay less than their cap hit and salary over the remaining term, which increases options and value. It allows a team like Toronto to trade money for asset value with no cap considerations.
As I said, it increases future trade value and options, and helps mitigate tax disadvantages that Toronto experiences.
The Leafs get a signature on the contract and a happy player, that’s their goal. They treat the signing bonus as an advantage like other teams use taxes. I’ve seen your other posts and understand what you’re saying but i don’t see the issue.
Yeah I get that and that is obviously something they could and probably do negotiate with.
I don’t think anyone would argue they haven’t been poor negotiators, that I agree with. Like I said all I care about is cap hit, I don’t care how the player gets his money
Its kind of ironic in a Salary Cap World now where a player now entering his 3rd contract is looking for term and long-term security of a guaranteed contract trying to leverage his most productive years of the next 4-5 against the later years of his career when his play falls off. For the team the throw away final years at cheap cost $$ should lower that AAV over the term of the deal factoring for decline.
If Matthews hypnotically said "I want $15 mil for the next 5 years upfront most in signing bonus with full NMC" and then I'll give you steep discount for the final 3 with a limited NTC.
ie. $15 mil + 15 mil + 15 mil + 15 mil + $15 + $7.5 mil + $3.5 mil + $2.0 mil = $88 mil over 8 years = $11.0 Mil AAV X 8 years for Toronto with CH% lower than current on a $92 mil. ceiling.
Auston would be getting paid at a rate of $15 mil ($75 total) for the next 5 years of service cashing in HUGE, and then Leafs team gets the benefit of averaging over term to come in at $11.0 mil annually and actually slashing $600k mil AAV off his current amount and able to move on in the later years if they want to. With each passing year the cap increases the C.H% goes down and better surrounding depth.
That is a team friendly and player friendly contract that benefits both sides and why I can see Treliving pushing for more term to lower the AAV based on this concept.
Matthews wanting only 4-5 years at his +$14 mil only hurts the team with an AAV at that rate.
Same concept applies to Willy ... You want $10.5 mil per (front loaded) for the next 4 years fine, then Leafs get the next 2 extra years at $5.5 mil = 6 years at $53 mil total = $8.83 AAV.. (which is the AAV BT is rumoured to be offering),
When both player and team are pulling in the same direction its a WIN -WIN for both sides of the equation. But Leaf players seem to want to Win, but they also want the Leafs team too Lose.
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Dubas handed out Zero-Sum contracts, and I'm hoping that Treliving an experienced GM will be looking for Non-Zero-Sum deals this time around, and convincing the players to buy-in.
That is how a SMART GM does a Doover or Reset to buck current trending on past mistakes.
This is the whole reason why this deal should gave been done in June, or trade him.
actually - maybe this WOULD be him taking a discount - accepting a deal that basically has him near the average of $/production. so 13.34 - could the case be made for taking less if that was the figure?
Unless he agrees to a sign-and-trade, Leafs aren't getting enough value for him with or without a NMC
MLSE invests funds, but they do not invest all of their funds, They are a multi-billion dollar company with 9-figure yearly expenses, and they have cash on hand at any given time. They have constant expenses that they need to cover, and we're talking pretty small differences in time. You are exaggerating the impact it has for a company like MLSE.
