Who said he sucks, are you kidding me? Are you new here?
In the last two playoff series, really?
I'll take that as a no, OK fine. Any comment on this:
They'll be battling for the division right until the end, no one will be sitting this year.
Same with Matthews. Still got $13+M for FOUR years. Haven't seen the Matthews thread littered with anywhere close to as much nonsense we see in here.
Well contrary to some, I think it works by prioritizing the asset we have control over. UFAs should be adjudged with a playoff's performance in hand. I've always liked Tavares. I think $7M is too much. I'm fine with $6M, I'd even go x 4 to offset the annual hit. He'll be 38 at the start of Y4 and there's nothing indicating his production is slowing down. At worst, he becomes that much needed 3C I think.
Are we finally done with your nonsense? Here's a question. Why did you ignore @thewave when he asked you to include Nylander in your misleading stats? Is it because your misleading stats indicate that Domi is better than Nylander and JT? Let's see what integrity you have now.
I meant he’s been overpaid over the life of the contract. I agree this year he’s probably worth 11 million dollars, but this is the first time we can say that so he should not have made 11 million from the start. And that’s not even considering playoffs.
Matthews regular season (605 games) sh% 15.9%
Marner has been waaay closer to Matthews over their entire careers. Nylander has just recently closed the gap. Marner is definitely right there with Nylander and Rantanen, in that tier but I'm not sure why Matthews is still being considered as a tier above them. Big difference tho is Marner is going to benefit from a majorly inflated cap. Rantanen probably would've done a lot better if he waited until UFA although he was being stifled in Carolina and everyone was second guessing how good he was without MacKinnon. I hope Marner gets something in the $12+ range but I won't be surprised if he hits $13M now.
He has, but as you say Nylander has closed the gap and they are closer to one another than Matthews. Matthews just had a 69 goal scoring, selke finalist season while playing a tougher position. That’s why he’s regarded as much better than the others even if his consistency isn’t there. I wouldn’t say Marner is consistent either though when looking at the playoffs.
Deflecting to Matthews suggests that you don't want to answer the question which speaks for itself. Seems like that is indeed a concern for you (logical) but you just don't want to admit it (weird).
Question is, how much better do you expect Marner to get because that is what we are supposedly going to pay him for. If you look at his numbers, he peaked in 20/21 when he had 97 points in 72 games (1.34 PPG). Since then his PPG has dropped to to 1.2+. His goal scoring is also trending in the wrong direction. He peaked at 35 that year. Has 79 goals in the last 3 seasons). Willie and Matty have continued to reach higher levels (not counting this year for Matty due to injuries).
The job Matthews has to do on D is so much tougher than Marner's job. Some people either don't get this or they ignore it, it's still true though.
The orange man could be a problem, could think of him as possibly being the new covid.
Yea that is true
He didn't peak in 2021, I referenced this a couple pages ago. Our team's goals for was around 315 in 2021, this year we're on pace to score 267 goals. Marner is in on 38% of all of Leafs goals this year which will be his highest ever points percentage. in 2021 he was in on 36% of our teams goals. We're scoring less goals as a team but Marner's point totals don't change, it's a sign that he's more important than ever right now.
It's a concern that our 1st line drops off in production, 100%.
Currently? Pretty surprised to hear that. I'm happy with it tbh. If Rielly plays like playoff Rielly then it's really good, if he plays like he has all season I'm still comfortable with the core as a whole.
Marner being in on a higher percentage of goals could be that outside the top 2 lines, we do not get much production. Marner also gets the most TOI, #1 PP time and the PP goes through him so it is virtually impossible for him not to get a point on a PPG. He also gets EN points because is usually o the ice. He's had a good year but he's been better IMO. Honestly I do not recall him playing so far away from the net in the past.
