Leafs would have to eat $4M AAV. Never going to happen anyway. Why would he waive? LTIR is the only remedy and use the savings to sign a 2C and top four dman. It’s sounds mean to talk this way about a good guy like JT but as Josh Donaldson said “this isn’t the try league, it’s the get the job done league” or something like that.
John Tavares Discussion
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My guess is they’re doing everything to keep Matthews happy because they want to be able to re-sign him. Helping him win the Rocket while playing with Marner and be well on his way to being the greatest Leaf scorer in history will be a big part of the pitch. Is that the best decision for the team? Hard to say given their lack of team balance and playoff success
16.81 Million over 3 years left on his deal as of July 2nd. That's 5.6 million per year, not advocating for or against but I'm sure they could find some teams interested.
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I think Johnny would have a good time in the desert , the dry heat is good on his old bones and they’d love how his deal is structured .
ToneDog
56 years and counting. #FireTheShanaClan!
Kyper thinks they should load manage Tavares. He plays hard every night and maybe a rest is what he needs.
Stephen
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Similar to the Fan Morning Show too. I guess we’re all noticing the same issues.
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Trade him to the Rangers in the off season, they missed out on Eichel and he'd do well with Panarin. Im almost certain the $11,000,000 would be better spent elsewhere
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Can we ask Isles GM Lou take him back to long island? (Mean tho)
I really think he stinks. Never like him.
keonsbitterness
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Both JT and Muzzy signed here long term to retire here as they want to raise their families close to their own families. In both cases it was not a pure hockey decision. Neither are gonna waive anything folks. All of you are in a massive pipe dream.
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But the $11M cap hit is a problem in a flat cap environment. This is the problem that he presents to the Leafs. Why would another team agree to absorb the hit?
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If you missed this the first time, read it now. Tavares isn't going anywhere.
Certainly it would take a number of teams out of the running but for non cap teams, 5.6 per for 3 years for JT is a great deal.
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steam whistle
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Isn't he taking close to $USD9.4M this year and next 2 years if I understand correctly?
July 1 bonus is pretty significant, so it's 2 big bonuses and 3 low annual salaries years after that's paid out
steam whistle
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That's what I meant. In total close to $9.4M/yr?
Thanks please correct me if I am not correct.
Bonuses are $7.04 M + 910k in salary
16.81M total owed after that July bonus for 3 years
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Kadri was the guy JT replaced, if he could've only kept his head and not seen red every time he saw a Boston player in a prone position. I wouldn't have minded if JT took that San Jose offer in hindsight. It's not like he's an asset at $11m when we could've conceivably had Pietrangelo with that kinda miss ney
He's got a full NMC, but I also think the funds we've invested in him are better spent elsewhere. He's just too slow and on too may occasions is just a non-factor out there.
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