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GDT: Free Agent Frenzy 2022

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93LEAFS said:
Leafs are popular, but asking the government for tax reductions for the ultra wealthy (which NHL players are) would cause serious issues even if the taxes on Sports teams rise. Plus, the NHL would probably lose their mind for parity reasons. Plus, non-resident foreign nationals are already open to a ton of tax loopholes to the extent the NBA banned them for us.
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I dont see why the NHL would mind, as they have a bunch of 0 income tax states already.

Maybe I am naive, but I have worked in and around politics for the last15 years.

Buck-a-beer won over a massive amount of voters in Ontario, and no on actually even sells beer for a buck.

Politically making a move to keep our teams competitive, or bring home our stars, would sell like hotcakes to the electorate. The biger issue may be teams like Ottawa who maybe cant afford the extra millions in taxes.

But MLSE owns like 90% of the 'pro' sports teams in Ontario.
 
JTK1967 said:
I dont see why the NHL would mind, as they have a bunch of 0 income tax states already.

Maybe I am naive, but I have worked in and around politics for the last15 years.

Buck-a-beer won over a massive amount of voters in Ontario, and no on actually even sells beer for a buck.

Politically making a move to keep our teams competitive, or bring home our stars, would sell like hotcakes to the electorate. The biger issue may be teams like Ottawa who maybe cant afford the extra millions in taxes.

But MLSE owns like 90% of the 'pro' sports teams in Ontario.
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Most hockey players are eligible anyway for ridiculous tax breaks, hence why someone like Iginla lived in the States for 3 years post NHL to collect on them, and then moved back pretty much as that time came to an end.
 
Budz said:
While I don’t think it happens.

If Matthews leaves - I’m done with hockey for a long while.
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Let’s not over react. If he lives oh well nothing we can do. I’m not going to stop watching hockey. It’s a possibility he leaves and it’s all part of business. If he does not intend to resign I hope he tells us like Tkachuk and doesn’t pull a Tavares.
 
93LEAFS said:
Whatever reason, Gausmann signed here.

And, I don't see being the focus of the media harming the Lakers or New York Yankees. Kessel was the one American we heavily targeted to bring in and wanted to retain, he ended up staying.
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The Yankess also throw more money at players than any other organization in baseball. It's also an American city where an American would be enticed - similar to Canadians signing in Toronto. I think for that same reason that Americans are more enticed to sign for the Rangers rather than Toronto when given the opportunity.

The Lakers are a basketball team. The NBA is driven by ego. All the top players want to be known as top players and they want to play places where they will get the most coverage. This is actually the #1 reason I think Matthews would stay in Toronto.

I disagree that Toronto is able to retain American talent for the reasons I've outlined in my posts before this but I could be proven wrong by Matthews.
 
Americanadian said:
The Yankess also throw more money at players than any other organization in baseball. It's also an American city where an American would be enticed - similar to Canadians signing in Toronto. I think for that same reason that Americans are more enticed to sign for the Rangers rather than Toronto when given the opportunity.

The Lakers are a basketball team. The NBA is driven by ego. All the top players want to be known as top players and they want to play places where they will get the most coverage. This is actually the #1 reason I think Matthews would stay in Toronto.

I disagree that Toronto is able to retain American talent for the reasons I've outlined in my posts before this but I could be proven wrong by Matthews.
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I mean, we retained every American we wanted to keep. Which was Kessel, at worst you could say its inconclusive. But, I don't think what impacts the praire teams really applies to us.
 
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SprDaVE said:
I think Gaudreau leaving was a gamble. They can easily fix it by getting a good return for Tkachuk and mixing it up. They still have good parts of a team that can retool. They'll take a hit but they can rebound within a year or two.
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I dont know how they can replace over 200 points. I supposed they can get 5 forty point players but not game changers like johnny and matthew.
If both leave they are not going to be competitive soon
 
Mess said:
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Nylander + Kerfoot + Sandin for Matt Tkachuk.

Leafs need the cap space to sign Tkachuk who ended up with more points than Marner last season.

I'm guess in $10.5 mil per.
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even tho we move out money in this, it still creates much less flexibilty we have now. If we go for Tkachuck, its gotta be for same money or more = Marner or Tavares.
 
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Mess said:
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Nylander + Kerfoot + Sandin for Matt Tkachuk.

Leafs need the cap space to sign Tkachuk who ended up with more points than Marner last season.

I'm guess in $10.5 mil per.
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Can you imagine a future line of -

Knies - Matthews - Tkachuk
 
Mess said:
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Nylander + Kerfoot + Sandin for Matt Tkachuk.

Leafs need the cap space to sign Tkachuk who ended up with more points than Marner last season.

I'm guess in $10.5 mil per.
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Why do your posts always have to be disingenuous?

He had 6 more points in 10 more games.

There’s a lot of reasons to want Tkachuk, he brings a different element to this team at the top of the lineup. No need to try to paint him as a better point producer than Marner.
 
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Why are some folks lumping all of Canada together in terms of desirability? Would the same folks lump all of US teams together? Do they think that Buffalo for example is as desirable as NYR? Arizona as desirable as LA? Off course not.

Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa have always been undesirable markets. Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal have always been the desirable places to play. It's not a country thing - it's region specific, be it here or in the states.
 
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hockeywiz542 said:

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I don't think Vegas is on anyone's list any more. I have heard Stl a few times but I don't know what he is worth to them. They do have Kyrou or Thomas to base a deal around. As others have mentioned he might never touch 100pts again so this is a great time for him to be locking down a mega deal.

Its going to be bigger than Eichel because he isn't damaged goods and if he legitimately gives the club several options they will do okay.
 
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