News: Brandon Montour confirms turning down big offer from Toronto

[Beukeboom Fan]

Montours deal is 2 years to long in length

But he was two tiers above OEL for the panthers on usage and value

Reg season he played 23.5 mins a game, vs OELs 18.5 mins a game

Playoffs Montour played 22:40 vs OELs 15:27

OEL was a niche depth player for the panthers on theur cup run, Kontour was their #2D after Forsling this year

Agree to what you said with regard to direct comparison between the players. But when you take the cap into account, and Montour got double the AAV and almost double # of years I think that you can build a case that OEL's contract is better for the player you're getting.

A team not signing a UFA they were negotiating with is not a sign that the system is broken. There are a ridiculous # of factors that go into UFA signings, and trying to project a major issue of 1 or 2 cases is a really "interesting" approach. Much like the people that say that cost of living should be taken into account, when most of the high profile UFA's typically end up in the most expensive markets.

 

[bossram]

You just have to know it's a very bad deal wnen people say he'll be LTIRed halfway through the deal or "it'a a 3-year deal (wink, wink)".

It is a "wink wink" LTIRetirement deal. It is a bad deal on its face.

Both can be true.

Nice gotcha attempt bud.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Leafs dodged a bad contract.

Comparing OEL who's contract is half the years and half the AAV (under half) and saying they are similar and just as bad.
Those are People just wwanting to dunk on the Leafs.

I definitely think it's a tad rich for him but getting OEL age 32 to 36 with him sort of bouncing back a bit is not the worse thing.

Hopefully he can maintain a certain level of play.

 

[34]

Toronto ducked a bullet! Thankfully it did not happen.

 

[stungun54]

article and quotes don't say anything about a "big offer".

 

[PajamaBoy]

Not a Sharks fan trying to chirp

Since the 2004-2005 lockout, the Sharks have 14 playoff series wins, four WCF trips, and a SCF berth. We may not have a Cup but I’ll take our playoff history over the Leafs comfortably. I really couldn’t care less about what the Leafs accomplished when there were only six teams in the whole league and you only needed two series wins to get a Cup.

 

[I am Canadian]

The Leafs have a 4 year window opening up here. They will have almost 22M coming off the cap with Marner and Tavares expiring.

Years 5,6,7 don't really matter as they will be in a retool at that point.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Montour likes playing past the first round.

Then he probably should have went somewhere else, I doubt Seattle even makes the playoffs

Larsson and Gourde will be good rentals for somebody

The Leafs have a 4 year window opening up here. They will have almost 22M coming off the cap with Marner and Tavares expiring.

Years 5,6,7 don't really matter as they will be in a retool at that point.

As long as Matthews is a Leaf, there will be No retool, rebuild whatever word you want to use

 

[sxvnert]

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In this article, we look at Brandon Montour turning down a contract offer from the Toronto Maple Leafs in free agency.

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Some are saying that the Leafs offered Montour 7 years at 7M per. OEL was the Leafs second option.

 

[darrylsittler27]

Montour saved Treliving from himself then.

Correct. All these 7 year contracts to guys who are 30 are stupid. The only over 30 who helped a team win was Messier. The rest go into serious decline.

 

[sansabri]

Correct. All these 7 year contracts to guys who are 30 are stupid. The only over 30 who helped a team win was Messier. The rest go into serious decline.

well that's not true

 

[darrylsittler27]

well that's not true

Name the last 30 plus mvp?

 

[sansabri]

Name the last 30 plus mvp?

off the top of my head, Niedermayer was 30+ when he won the Conn Smythe

 

[darrylsittler27]

off the top of my head, Niedermayer was 30+ when he won the Conn Smythe

So it's rare

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

So it's rare

Rare or not looks like you were factually incorrect. March won just a season ago additionally; Duncan Keith , Tim Thomas , Justin Williams , Scott Stevens , Giguere , Lids , Newendyk … so quite a few ( and there were many more )