Nylander contract discussion - New Poll

[Knies iT]

Should have signed him in the summer before Matthews, number would have been under 10 now 11.5

He needs to accept the deal lol.

Nylander said all summer "what's the rush". He was being nonchalant about the negotiations and kicking the can down the road so that we'd reach a point where the risk of letting him test the market was too high, i.e. a month before the TDL.

11.5m is about 1-1.5m overpay for what he really is. For a guy that was moderately underpaid for most of his previous deal, this pisses me off less than what Marner will ask for. He'll ask for 14m after doing zero to deserve a raise.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

You should be scared.. that will turn out to be a boat anchor of a contract. The question is why aren’t the leafs scared?

Because they don't believe in their ability to build a playoff team without the core team we have now. So they bend over. Every time.

 

[BraveCanadian]

It’s definitely rich, but I’ll put it this way.
If Nylander gives us the kinda play he has this year for even 5-6 years of this deal it’s good value.

Nylander is a very talented player, but I’ll be honest - I’ll be absolutely shocked if that happens.

More likely is this half season is an outlier.

 

[leafan11]

Should have signed him in the summer before Matthews, number would have been under 10 now 11.5

I think it came down to with Marner currently at 10.9 , Nylander was always going to get 11+ if he was to stay.

 

[Jozay]

He'd have to get paid 13.1 mill a year to make 92 million on the open market.

Just a truly baffling decision to give Nylander this contract right now.

 

[Divine]

No one will outbid you for this in UFA. What is the rush to sign this albatross contract?

 

[The Masters]

yikes
11.5M / yr
if true.. horrific.

what sucks is the agent raised the price during his good play

Tre coulda got it done in off-season at a lesser number , now hes paying for it

 

[BraveCanadian]

I'm just so tired man, we've been held hostage by these superstars and Dubas' f***ing up negotiations so bad in 2019

That 1 year destroyed this team

No doubt.. set the stage and the cap structure and may have ruined the best set of young players this team has had in living memory.

 

[TheDoldrums]

every time a bell rings an angel gets their wings and a leafs star gets $250k on their AAV

 

[Sypher04]

Nylander is a very talented player, but I’ll be honest - I’ll be absolutely shocked if that happens.

More likely is this half season is an outlier.

He’s been improving every year, so I don’t see why people think this is unlikely to be his new normal level.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

You could legit have let him hit UFA if you were willing to give him this much money lmao if we were willing to offer him 92 million on July 1 in a bidding war...we would win. We are bidding against ourselves right now? The f***ing rot in this organization is from the top right through to the players.

 

[ToneDog]

I think it came down to with Marner currently at 10.9 , Nylander was always going to get 11+ if he was to stay.

Something is wrong with management. They have learned nothing over the past 5 years. Can't wait for Willie to get raked when he mails it in. Absolute f***ing joke.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

I was hoping for 10.5 or even 10.75 but with an increased cap space I guess the 1 million is necessary?

Time will tell. I love Nylander, always have so I am glad he is staying.

 

[KMNRB]

No one will outbid you for this in UFA. What is the rush to sign this albatross contract?

Who in the market is going to pay him 7x13 mil?

 

[Raging Bull]

I'm sure that includes a full NMC too.

 

[capfit9]

It’s definitely rich, but I’ll put it this way.
Given the way the cap is projected to grow, if Nylander gives us the kinda play he has this year for even 5-6 years of this deal it will end up being good value. The Leafs I think understand their window is the next 5 years to do something with their star players. If you win no one will talk about this decision, if you don’t then you’ve opened yourself up to some significant criticism for the way these deals have been done. It’ll be interesting to see how the dominos fall from here. This is a very clear statement that nylander is key part of the solution here to them.

2 of those 5 years will be wasted managing the cap and then the third year you can start building & hope nobody gets injured and actually performs in the playoffs which none of them have done consistently. Good luck, these guys f***ed their legacies. Most unlikable group in the history of the Leafs.

 

[The Masters]

joke

https://x.com/Sportsnet/status/1743816227393249754?s=20

 

[Leafs87]

I really hope this report is wrong. That would be an albatross

 

[Hellcat]

 

[KPower]

MLSE: pay him whatever he wants. As long as we have these stars we are printing money. f*** the bottom 6, they don’t make us money.

 

[ToneDog]

I really hope this report is wrong. That would be an albatross

Too much smoke. It is happening.

 

[Sypher04]

MLSE: pay him whatever he wants. As long as we have these stars we are printing money. f*** the bottom 6, they don’t make us money.

As a business I’m guessing most owners would say exactly that. Maybe not publicly, but that would definitely be the sentiment

 

[Apex Predator]

Matthews 13.25
Nylander 11.5
Tavares 11
Marner 10.9
Rielly 7.5
Total 54.15

What’s the cap suppose to be at next year?

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Bad contract. Nothing much more to say. Again, cool he's staying but once again we're paying a premium where other teams get a little bit of grace from their stars. At least Nylander is signing for 8 years.

 

[Sypher04]

Too much smoke. It is happening.

I do hope the figure still ends up closer to $11 than $11.5 which could certainly happen