Yes Marner plays good defense. This is not news and it has nothing to do with my contention which is that based on the last few years, the gap between M&M and Nylander is smaller in the playoffs than it is in the regular season.
People used to not think that about them either, but I don't expect you to have an actual conversation about that.
The fact that Tavares had a 13 mil offer (although we don't know term) with the cap about 4-5 mil less than 2024/25... what in the name of f*** does that make Matthews worth on the open market? Did Tavares win Richards and Hart's?
I say the same thing - he benefits greatly from the PP and he sucks defensively, just like JT. One big difference is he produces at a 60% higher rate and doesn't have people trying to justify an $11M cap hit.
It's all hearsay as far as I know, but Matty said he'd sign at a discount to help the team, and Willy said that if Matty did, so would he.
48th in even strength points among centers, despite spending virtually all his time with one or the other of the right wingers who were 5th and 6th at even strength.
Last three playoffs:
I am saying what if Kampf is being overpaid by Treliving.
Agreed. Leafs however should be more proactive....would soften the blow and possibly provide better returns
Sure trade William in order to give Mathews more strength in negotiations. After all we would have freed up 9 million. Just give Mathews the 20% limit allowed and thank Bettman, otherwise we’d give him 20 + million per year. Lol!
Or trade AM as well. We can't win with him...time for change & to stop this insanity....
I don't think it's AM's camp that doesn't want to sign as much as it is Tree holding back the signing until they can try to get Willy to sign first. The reason for that IMO is that AM's new deal will be pretty crazy and they know Willy will hold on even more for over $10M+ when he sees what AM signed for.
I'm skeptical of this claim.
If he asks for much more than he's worth, I'd trade him as well. It would really suck to do that but sometimes hard decision have to be made.
That's not what you said though.
Interesting theory. I hadn't thought of this possibility but it sounds plausible to me. I'm pretty sick of this crap and if if this is indeed what's happening, I'd 100% do the same thing in Nylander's place. And considering he held out last time, I think Tre would be pretty dumb to think that he can get him to sign even one minute before he's good and ready to do so. Also pretty dumb to give AM a crazy contract but I digress ...
I think because they have literally been deified since they got to the team, they have this inflated self worth and don't think their legacy will be harmed much. How many times have you seen a reporter ask a direct question of them like: "Do you feel that the fact that you seem to go down in production compared to other stars when the playoff season comes around is hurting the team?"
Get his agent involved, identify teams he's interested in, salary demands & do it a la Tkachuk. Obviously we'll need his co-operation.
Somewhat irrelevant when the topic is Nylander having as much offensive production with less ES and PP time.
