That would indicate that he could want out.
Him saying nothing wouldn't indicate he wants out...it would indicate nothing lol most players don't comment on it....and then will re-sign. It just seems like there is a lot of people hanging on a hope and prayer with Knies. He is going to be a Leaf for a very long time.
I'm not saying he isn't.
? Am I missing something? He's very obviously gonna get more than that. A team could do $9.16 and it would still be fair imo.
Oops I was looking at the wrong compensation. Yes something around 9.16M would put the Leafs in a tough spot and the compensation is only 1st, 2nd and 3rd round pick.
likely the 9.16 goes up to 9.6 or something with the cap raise.
Right, and a bunch of teams would still do that in a heartbeat. So this $6m bridge deal stuff is pure hopium imo.
Sure. Hilarious how people can twist themselves into hearing someone say "I do not want to leave this team" to still mean he wants to leave that teamyou want him to leave the Leafs.
No no you got it all twisted up...he said he wants to stay in Toronto. Obviously that is a smoke screen for his true desire to play in....Montreal. Yeah. Only on HF.
My point it won’t get to the point where other teams can even approach him . It’ll get done not long after the season . But again keep hoping for Leaf doom
Nah, that's the sort of fair deal that makes sense. Some fans of other teams want to tweak Leafs fans at times but realistically I doubt anyone expects anything but some sort of extension with Toronto. I'm sure the team wants 8 years from him but given his age I'm thinking he extends for six or seven years so he isn't signing his big UFA deal when he's 30. You have to remember that as a very big fan base, the Leafs are going to have a bigger number of over exuberant fans that tend to be the ones getting into mud slinging with other fan bases. I doubt the average fan is sitting there watching Knies thinking their team would actually overpay him on a long deal that would require four first round picks.
