Xspyrit
DJ Dorion
It will be fun to bump this thread next season when Matthews is healthy from the beginning of the season, and scores 60 + again winning the rocket for his 3rd time.
How does that change anything for the poll? One guy is 4 years older and is set to make at least 50% more money
A healthy Matthews goal totals will compete with Stutzle's points.
Stutzle current PPG equates to 96 points per 82 games... He currently has 81 points...
Surprised this is so close when the other poll (in trade section) was 70% Stutzle. Did Leafs fans miss that or did people just assume Matthews wouldn't extend.
For the Devils I'd probably take Matthews, but mostly because we already have similar players to Stutzle in Hughes and Bratt. Stutzle is definitely worth a few million more than his contract, while Matthews probably will get payed what he's worth. However people saying that they'd rather take Stutzle and a 4-5m player, who is this other player? This is not ea sports, we can't just choose some 4m steal of a contract stud. Maybe our GM signs some hasbeen defensive liability.
4.0 AAV could be the difference between affording Claude Giroux 6.5 AAV or go with a Mathieu Joseph type at 2.95 AAV
That's how important cap space is today