His game definitely crashed in 2019 which was the year he either got old or connects to the new coach. We will never know for sure I guess. I was really looking forward to seeing what he could do under someone else.
I think I might be the only one who is good with the 5 years from Matthew’s.
Great wholistic stats with a pretty large margins of error. Should be good enough to distinguish Great to good to mediocre though
Like many of the advanced stats models people compare players who have such similar values that the error is larger than the difference in values, meaning you can't actually draw any conclusions. Also I think many of the advanced stats aren't meant to be used on the individual player comparrsion level
I think 5 years is okay. I think he's silly for not doing 8 though and thinking he's going to try and get another big contract. That's why it might only be 3 years.
Just contribution on even strength last year was pretty questionable and a lot of people figured that out with zero stats. Even penalties taken vs drawn (and he doesn't take much) is not good. He draws almost nothing.
Somebody should tell him about the "greedy dog and the bone".
13 is a good number for Matthews. It's a 1.36 million raise, him getting 13 is not as much as it looks. He is an elite player, already one of the greatest leafs of all time. Although I do worry about his wrist issues becoming chronic, especially considering he is a goal scorer and needs his wrists to be right lol
I agree, as a player, they would look for financial security therefore long term, but for the team IMO, 5 years allows more flexibility in case of issues. I don't think it'll be 3 years personally.
After the signings yeah. I dont know if they'll find as good a player as him but I know some people aren't to big on him anyway.
I'm not sure what Tre's thinking is on signing Klingberg. Brodie has been a good dman but he is on the decline and does not bring any physicality, which is what this team lacks and probably what Tre wants to add. If he is going to add another top 4 dman, who goes ? Lily, McCabe's and Gio's cap hits won't save you much. It won't be Rielly or Klingberg. That leaves Brodie.
Yeah but they need to be part of the conversation. Especially when characters merely use goals as a measurement
There is a TONNE of hyperbole about his decline. His skating has gotten worse, and wasn’t awesome to start with, but the guy is still a high-end 2C when it comes to his contributions on the sheet
He will get paid large by another team just for the experience of all the cups he will have won
If Tre brings in another top 4 dman (say Pesche), Brodie is the dman to go IMO. Of course, I'd rather keep Brodie over anybody but Rielly but he has the second highest cap hit on our D so if they need cap space, he's your man.
Yeah its unfortunate and it'd be nice to have a schenn replacement.
Unless you trade Willie for players on ELCs and/or picks you are not getting much cap relief moving him alone IMO.
Brodin if you consider 29 young, Braden Schneider on NYR
I would be thrilled to have McDavid, Matthews, Tavares and Kampf as our centres in 3 years.
