GDT: Leafs visit Coyotes, Wednesday Jan 12th

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Ultimately it’s the 11 mil contract for Tavares that will prevent them from getting the d man they need to compete for a cup.

As I pointed out the other night vs Colorado, it's not simply Tavares, it's the Big 4 in general.

Somehow, the combination of Matthews, Tavares, Marner and Nylander make 13 million dollars more against the cap than Mackinnon, Rantanen, Landeskog and Kadri. Soak that in. 13 million dollars. That's an top level D-man + an upgrade on Justin Holl + another top 9 forward at the deadline.

Literally, for argument sake, 13 million dollars = the following.

LW: JT Miller
LD: Jacob Chychrun
RD: David Savard

Miller / Matthews / Marner
Bunting / Tavares / Nylander
Mikheyev / Kampf / Kase
Simmonds / Spezza / Engvall

Reilly / Brodie
Chychrun / Savard
Muzzin / Sandin

Campbell
Mrazek

13 million dollars is a ton of talent.
 
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Matthews last year 0.788 goals per game
Matthews this year 0.75 goals per game.

DAMN
Just think.

Last year his wrist wasn't healing near the end of the season.

Started this season with a tender wrist. We could tell cause he wasn't using his shot.

Imagine a full healthy season
 
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