Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign F Auston Matthews to extension (4 years, $13.25M AAV)

[AllDay28]

Yeah, it’s in the tweet by Servalli genius.

Damn so it must be legit...

 

[ER89]

I don't think the team views the players the same as the fans do (where the playoffs are concerned).
They just see then as top players that the team would be worse off without and very difficult to replace.

Agreed. Too bad no one gives a rats ass about the regular season.

I'd rather take one cup over 20 president trophy seasons.

 

[fahad203]

I understand wanting a core change, Matthews isn't the guy you change

Matthews is the player we used to be envious of other teams. I. I'm a big critic of him from time to time
But I am happy he's staying

 

[Squiffy]

“This is just smart business” lmao.

We tried to sign him for longer. He said no. How tf is that smart business on managements part? You really have no clue at all about anything.

What’s the move, walk?

 

[Ziggdiezan]

What’s wrong with it? Did Chicago enjoy toews the last 4 years of the deal? There’s nothing to say he doesn’t extend again in 4 years. 13.25 is a more than fine aav

He wants 4 years so that in a few years time after the evidently huge cap bump he can ask for even more money. He is greedy as f***

 

[ponder]

Highest cap hit in the league by a substantial margin, when he’s more of a borderline top 5 player. Anyone saying “good AAV”, come on. IMO fair value (relative to other star contracts signed recently) would have been ~$12 mil, which still would have made him the 3rd highest AAV in the league, behind MacKinnon and McDavid. $13.25 on player friendly term is him squeezing the team for every penny, just like last time.

With that being said, as a UFA in a year, with an NMC, he had the team by the balls. Giving him a bit too much $$$ is still a lot better than losing him for nothing, which would have ended our window. If we can get Nylander and Marner re-signed too, then we’ve got 5+ more years as a legit contender, hopefully we can win a cup in that time. We’d have a much better shot if Matthews, Marner and Nylander would all take a small discount, but keeping the window open for the next 5+ years is still better than starting a rebuild 1 year from now.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I don't think the team views the players the same as the fans do (where the playoffs are concerned).
They just see then as top players that the team would be worse off without and very difficult to replace.

Which to be is correct

 

[Once]

Matthews lost a fan. I won't question his ability as an athlete at all. But how he has negotiated with Toronto, I hope he crumbles under this contract. f*** him

I sure as hell hope he doesn’t crumble.

 

[notbias]

True. Marleau managed to get multiple high priced contracts after he entered his 30s. If Matthews is still productive he can definitely parlay that into more big deals. It’s a bet on himself and as annoyed as I am at his lack of a long term commitment I hope he’s great for a long while yet.

He might be planning to stay here past his 4 year contract, we don't really know, but maybe he just wants to still be a relatively productive player when he negotiates. It is a lot harder to negotiate the contract you want when you are 34/35 than when you are 31. Or it could be as simple as him wanting to see the outlook of the team in 4 years.

He seems to like Toronto, he would have for sure gotten more on the open market, there is no reason to believe at this point that he wants to leave.

I understand why our board is so negative, it just doesn't make sense to me.

 

[hullsy47]

Personally I like the term. Leafs are not locked into his declining 30’s. If they haven’t won a cup when there’s 1 year left, trade him and begin a new rebuild.

The AAV is gross though

Exactly .2 years of marner if there is no improvement u build around Austin and McDavid

 

[HockeyVirus]

What’s wrong with it? Did Chicago enjoy toews the last 4 years of the deal? There’s nothing to say he doesn’t extend again in 4 years. 13.25 is a more than fine aav

What's wrong with it? Same thing that was wrong with the last one. Took every dime he could and has no interest in building a winner. Sure those years would be bad, but the AAV should be lowered then to make up for it. 8 years, 12.8 should have been the deal at max.

This guy doesn't give a f*** about the Leafs or winning. Hard to be a Leafs fan right now

 

[Racer88]

Can we hate it until then?

That’s up to Matthews. If he shows up in the playoffs and gets us over the hump then it’s not a bad deal

 

[fahad203]

Wouldn't it be nice to get your players tied down for 8 years like every other team it seem?

Really really dont like this

It could be
Or it could be like Tkachuk, Eichel, Nidermyer or even Tavares

It could go both ways

 

[ACC1224]

Agreed. Too bad no one gives a rats ass about the regular season.

I'd rather take one cup over 20 president trophy seasons.

For sure but I don't think the team sees it as an either/or situation.

 

[LeafSteel]

Matthews is a self-absorbed ass, simply put.

Good on him getting every penny he can, but he can’t pretend that he did anything for the team here. He just perpetuated the pigs to the trough mentality that plagues these soft losers.

He just cost us either Nylander or Marner.

Right now, the only win we can have with this contract is if there is no NMC or NTC. Any word there?

I would dump him ina flash if McDavid decides to test UFA’s.

 

[Racer88]

To much money but better then letting him walk for nothing after this season

 

[AllDay28]

Fans: Omg why don't they sign for 8 years?
Also fans: omg this Tavares deal is horrible

Can't win with the group of perfect nhl analysts on leafs Hfboard

 

[ER89]

What’s wrong with it? Did Chicago enjoy toews the last 4 years of the deal? There’s nothing to say he doesn’t extend again in 4 years. 13.25 is a more than fine aav

no but they sure as SHIT enjoyed THREE cups.

We enjoyed........1 series win.

 

[Nylanderthal]

He wants 4 years so that in a few years time after the evidently huge cap bump he can ask for even more money. He is greedy as f***

He’s a smart player. Do you think Chicago loved the last four years of toews deal? There’s nothing to say he can’t extend again then.
And okay, if he gets a raise to $15m after that’s probably on a 100-110m cap to start.
5 years is an eternity

 

[Canadian Finn]

Fans: Omg why don't they sign for 8 years?
Also fans: omg this Tavares deal is horrible

Can't win with the group of perfect nhl analysts on leafs Hfboard

are they the same age?

 

[Nylanderthal]

Matthews is a self-absorbed ass, simply put.

Good on him getting every penny he can, but he can’t pretend that he did anything for the team here. He just perpetuated the pigs to the trough mentality that plagues these soft losers.

He just cost us either Nylander or Marner.

Right now, the only win we can have with this contract is if there is no NMC or NTC. Any word there?

13.25 x 4 on a 88m cap projection isn’t taking every penny he can get. Good lord.
People were talking 14-15 this summer.
This place is bi polar

 

[hamzarocks]

3-4M overpaid

 

[MK78]

I'm most interested in what the trade/movement clauses are. Would be nice to have the option of trading him after two years or so when his prime is pretty much done, but he'd still be worth a ton on the market.

So far none listed on capfriendly. That would be a huge win for the Leafs.

 

[francis246]

Highest cap hit in the league by a substantial margin, when he’s more of a borderline top 5 player. Anyone saying “good AAV”, come on. IMO fair value (relative to other star contract signed recently) would have been ~$12 mil, which still would have made him the 3rd highest AAV in the league, behind MacKinnon and McDavid. $13.25 on player friendly term is him squeezing the team for every penny, just like last time.

With that being said, as a UFA in a year, with an NMC, he had the team by the balls. Giving him a bit too much $$$ is still a lot better than losing him for nothing. If we can get Nylander and Marner re-signed too, then we’ve got 5+ more years as a legit contender, hopefully we can win a cup in that time. We’d have a much better shot if Matthews, Marner and Nylander would all take a small discount, but keeping the window open for the next 5+ years is still better than starting a rebuild 1 year from now.

I get what you’re saying but that’s the problem with hockey culture and hockey players and this stupid salary cap. McDavid is very underpaid.

It sucks for us that we have players that know their value compared to athletes around the world and want to be compensated on par with that. It sucks because we are in a closed cap system so having that mindset pisses off fans. But I would never not be pro athlete. More stars in the NHL should demand to be paid appropriately the owners/bettman have gotten away with undervaluing the stars for so long.

 

[ACC1224]

Matthews is a self-absorbed ass, simply put.

Good on him getting every penny he can, but he can’t pretend that he did anything for the team here. He just perpetuated the pigs to the trough mentality that plagues these soft losers.

He just cost us either Nylander or Marner.

Right now, the only win we can have with this contract is if there is no NMC or NTC. Any word there?

I would dump him ina flash if McDavid decides to test UFA’s.

Obviously full NMC.

I don't think he got 'every penny'. He could have walked after the season and made more as a UFA.