Matthews Leafs reality

[keonsbitterness]

This wouldn't even be a concern or possibility if our GM was wise enough to secure our franchise player to the full 8 year max deal.

Compared to McDavid's 8 year @ $12.5 mil contract as the ceiling, and comparable, this should have been an 8 year @ $11.634 mil deal.

If Matthews should leave this will be all on the Leafs GM, because he only secured 1 year of Free Agency status, instead of 4 at this current CH% and amount.

Signing for five also means the Leafs will get more prime years if (I say when) he re-signs for eight compared to two consecutive eight-year contracts. There are trade-offs with everything.

 

[PromisedLand]

Sundin with some praise for Matthews. Nice to hear from Sundin after a long while....

"Like I said, he'd have to stay in Toronto to do it. And why wouldn't he?" Sundin said. "There is no better place anywhere to play hockey, no place where they care more about the team and the players, than Toronto."

"I agree with Mats. With the way the rules are today, there is no limit to the records Auston or even Marner might break one day including mine," Gilmour said Friday. "And the thing about Auston is, it's not just his shot. He's such a big body (6-foot-3, 205 pounds) and he can protect the puck like Jagr did. He can bull his way to the net and there is nothing opponents can do about it."

Vaive, who set the Maple Leafs single-season record for goals (54) in 1981-82, said it's a matter of time before Matthews breaks that mark.

"The way he's going, he might do it by next week," Vaive said this week. "I mean, I was known for my shot and his is just as lethal. But it takes more than that. Opponents know you are going to shoot like they did with me, so you have to know how to find space, to create space to get it off. He's outstanding at that.

"The sky's the limit for him."

Matthews expected to set Maple Leafs records after 50-goal season | NHL.com

Former Toronto greats say center 'already on his way'

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[Mess]

I have never really bought this, the numbers floating around the time were 13mx8, same cap % as McDavid adjusted to inflation. I’m pretty sure Dubas could have come up with an extra 1.4 million somewhere especially with the cap expected be going up every year (pre covid).

I’m as big of a Matthews fan as the next guy, but his camp left nothing on the table here. If they were dead set at 5 years, his cap hit should’ve been 10m, same as Eichel’s.

Not everybody gets that. Good on you.

McDavid set the high bar at $12.5 X 8 = $100 mil so using that exact contract CH% and length adjusted $13 X 8 years = $104 mil which would have made Matthews the highest paid player in the game on equal terms. (based on signing time and cap ceiling increase)

All Dubas had to do was get Marner for his 8 year X $8.5 mil deal (similar to Draisaitl deal) he originally wanted, and the savings from $11 mil now to $8.5 mil = $2.5 mil extra cap space.

The missing Matthews cap space $13 mil full term - $11.634 mil actual = $1.366 mil (more than covered by not botching the Marner signing after botching the Matthews signing).

Matthews @ $13 mil + Marner @ $8.5 mil = $21.5 mi cap X 8 years vs Matthews @ $11.634 mil X 5 years + Marner @ $10.96 mil X 6 years = $22.59 mil .(cost the Leafs more cap hit for less term).

Both Matthews and Marner would be on 8 year full term contracts and this thread wouldn't be needed if the Leafs had a none greenhorn GM at the controls.