Weekes: Leafs nearing $5M AAV deal for Tanev

[yzerman]

Toronto has a charter plane ready for flights to Robidas Island when needed, so if term is long it ain't that big a deal as Tanev will just develop a career ending injury when the time comes.

Apparently they need a new gardener on that island since Murray left.

On topic hoping Tanev stays healthy and not getting to much.

 

[Mobiandi]

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Nah this is a textbook Treliving move

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Jesus this is just insane if true

TO doing it's thing as usual

 

[Cancuks]

You’re purposely misinterpreting things. RIGHT NOW Tanev is awesome. Like really really good. But the guy purposely blocks shots with his face. Which is awesome, guys a warrior. But he turns 35 in December.

Forget the reckless abandon he plays with, 35 is almost over the hill. His game will most likely fall off a cliff in the next year or two and the Leafs are about to commit to 4+ years with him. At age 39 he’s gonna be held together with super glue and duct tape

And the Leafs will be playing the hell out of him due to lack of RD. Like 23 minutes a night. His minutes need to be managed at this point in his career but they'll play him like he's prime Lidstrom.

 

[AvroArrow]

If that's the number, it better not be anything over 3 years.

 

[ashs]

Anti leaf media still trying to get us to overpay. Didn't they have Domi getting 5 plus.

 

[TheKingSlayer]

The salary cap is such a joke.

This contract will come in between 4.5-5.5M for atleast 6 years, but really its a 3 year contract that will end with Tanev getting hurt & the Leafs banishing him to 'Robidas-Island' when they don't think he's good enough to help them win anymore.

You can see this coming from 200 miles away. But the league will approve it & there will be 0 consequences.

When you combine this with the shenanigans Vegas gets away with every year, whats the point of even having a hard cap when the league allows most teams to get away with it, and only doles out punishments selectively.

And yet teams have to deal with the Nurse and Vlasic-type contracts with no way of getting out of them aside from gutting their future or hoping they improve. Sometimes you need the loopholes to allow teams to do well without sacrificing what a player can earn on an open market.

 

[rojac]

Anti leaf media still trying to get us to overpay. Didn't they have Domi getting 5 plus.

So, in your mind, reporters believe that if they report a number, GMs are going to pay that?

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Leafs, give him 5milx8. He has earned it.

 

[HabsQC]

Toronto and dmen that break down a year or two after being acquired. Name a more iconic duo

Easy. Toronto and the first round of the playoffs

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Wow 5M, if it is around 5 years for a 34 year old often injured player, good for Tanev. The term here is the key. But what is Trevlving doing here locking up so many players when the team has achieved little success in the playoffs.

 

[bert]

If that's the number, it better not be anything over 3 years.

Lol you're gonna be upset. He was always getting atleast 5. The term will be minimum 5 years. He might sign a 6 × 4 though. But if it's 5 just pray it's not for 6 years.

 

[AvroArrow]

Lol you're gonna be upset.

Robidas island is our only hope.

 

[King Woodballs]

5 million for a year or two is one thing.
5 million for 5-6-7 years is another.
I hope it’s for 7

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Lebrun saying it could be 5, 6 or 7 years made me spit my coffee out this morning.

When I saw 5 mill, I assumed just for a year or 2

 

[shortfuze]

Jesus this is just insane if true

TO doing it's thing as usual

And what’s that? What are they doing?

 

[Roo]

Gotta hold off and wait to see what is confirmed. My gut says if the deal was done at the reported number, it would have been formally announced by now.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Maybe Treiliving saw how he was being called an idiot and realized it was bad and backed off a bit ?

 

[Shanwhatplan]

Apparently they need a new gardener on that island since Murray left.

On topic hoping Tanev stays healthy and not getting to much.

From what we're hearing, it looks like it's going to be at least for 5 years, with the Leafs assuming/hoping he will be on LTIR for the last few years. It's a big risk to take if that's what they're going to do, but since we are desperate for top 4 rhd, it's one they have to take.

 

[Curufinwe]

Shows how little the Leafs really think of Ristolainen.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Leafs, give him 5milx8. He has earned it.

He cannot sign for 8 years.

 

[CanMerc]

Treliving knows Capfriendly hasn’t closed down yet, right…we can all still see what he’s doing

 

[Strangle]

I don’t see why we’d need to give him 5M average over 6 years. The only reason you go long long term with a 34 year old is to save money. 4 years tops if weekes is correct on this AAV

I wouldn’t understand that either

 

[TGWL]

I'm not expecting more than 3 years.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

the aav isnt what Im concerned about. Im fine with Tanev at 5m but I dont want him longer than 2x
6x is INSANE