Confirmed with Link: Nylander signs extension of 8 years - 11.5M AAV

[ToneDog]

Jets after trading PLD:

Leafs with 4 greedy losers

 

[DarkKnight]

Max money, max term, max signing bonus, NMC clause and his dad strong armed the team. f*** this contract, this team culture, this is bent over completely and anyone who rationalizes is whack.

DISGUSTING.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Money is a bit too high for my liking, but at least he signed for the full 8-year max term. So I'm comfortable with that tradeoff.

 

[29Potvin]

My question is always, what would other teams have offered him? Impossible to know, but if he stayed on pace and hit the FA market on July 1, what would he have been offered?

Obviously 7 year max. I have a feeling at least a team or two would have offered the same or more. I think it is too much, but, it's nice to have nice players to continue to cheer for.

People like to forget Tavares was offered 12 mil / season and took (ONLY!) 11 to be a Leaf. Maybe in the end Willy took a cut too.

92/8 = 11.5
92/7= 13.14
No team is giving Willy 13.14 over 7 and full NMC

 

[IPS]

I ask myself if I’d rather have one Willie and one Holmberg or 2x Bertuzzi’s, and it’s the former every day for the next 8 years.

Is there any other alternative?

What about 1 Nylander or 1 top-pair defensemen?

Cause lots of good GM's can get a top pair defensemen for a hell of a lot less than 11.5.

 

[Mickey Marner]

 

[Stephen]

Is there any other alternative?

What about 1 Nylander or 1 top-pair defensemen?

Cause lots of good GM's can get a top pair defensemen for a hell of a lot less than 11.5.

I’d trade Nylander for Makar or McAvoy today, but those top pair defenseman scenarios aren’t exactly available.

 

[93gilmour93]

Is there any other alternative?

What about 1 Nylander or 1 top-pair defensemen?

Cause lots of good GM's can get a top pair defensemen for a hell of a lot less than 11.5.

And who would this avaliable top D man be that will sign in Toronto

 

[ACC1224]

Good news, about time.
Now we can move on to complaining for two years on Marners extension.
Good times.

 

[Americanadian]

11.5x8 is insane. If it was 11.5x4 it might be a bit more palatable.

 

[ACC1224]

Max money, max term, max signing bonus, NMC clause and his dad strong armed the team. f*** this contract, this team culture, this is bent over completely and anyone who rationalizes is whack.

DISGUSTING.


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How did he do that?

 

[MSZ]

The core 4 simply won't give the team any discount.

As much as I like Willy's performance in the past few seasons, his production will drop in the upcoming years for sure.

 

[kevsh]

When Tavares' contract comes off the books our depth will be just fine

I'm betting Tavares is not coming off the books at all. He'll re-sign for something like $4-5M less, at least some of which will go to Marner's raise.

That'll leave the Leafs with at best $3-4M in freed up cap space and that doesn't include any extensions & raises for existing players like Knies, Woll, Domi? Also, Brodie won't likely be back which frees up cap space but also means his spot on the top pairing has to be filled, and probably for not any less than his current $5M (Lilegren is not that option, at least not yet)

So everyone please get past this notion that once Tavares is gone (and he may not be at all) and the ceiling is raised it's going to be raining cap space in Toronto and all the teams' worries will be taken care of. It's not, not even close.

 

[ToneDog]

It's an okay deal. Certainly not as bad as the chicken littles are going to make it out to be.

Were the chicken littles right when they had the same reaction to Marner's last deal 4 years ago?

 

[CuuuJooo]

Worth it IF he maintains the pace he's on this year.

I'd rather have him than Marner.

 

[ToneDog]

The core 4 simply won't give the team any discount.

As much as I like Willy's performance in the past few seasons, his production will drop in the upcoming years for sure.

Shows $$$ trump winning in which case you will never win with them. Proof is in the pudding.

 

[nuck]

Ugh.

 

[TheShape]

92/8 = 11.5
92/7= 13.14
No team is giving Willy 13.14 over 7 and full NMC

Yeah really, like who were we bidding against here? He wasn't getting over 11.5 on the open market.

 

[Punch Drunk Loov]

Love the player. Any comparisons to Pasta make the deal kind of ugly. I'm mostly just relieved it's done at this point which isn't the reaction I thought I'd have.

 

[al secord]

How did he do that?

Don't be obtuse, Paul.

 

[DarkKnight]

How did he do that?

A that one delicate wild card factor that’s keeping everyone on their best behaviour at the moment, is former NHLer, and Nylander’s father, Michael.

“This is a unique negotiation because of Michael Nylander," writes Friedman. "Honestly, I feel gross writing it because I hate bringing up family when it comes to this stuff. But it is a factor and why everyone is so careful in discussing where things stand. He plays a major role in these conversations and William is very loyal (to his Dad), as you would expect.”

Where are all the Paul Marner people now? Same thing.

 

[29Potvin]

Yeah really, like who were we bidding against here? He wasn't getting over 11.5 on the open marke

Yeah really, like who were we bidding against here? He wasn't getting over 11.5 on the open market.

maybe 11.5 on 7 yr but not getting full NTC and max bonuses.
Good new is he only has a M-NTC for the rest of this season and we can still trade him before July 1

 

[Gallagbi]

Well at least he signed for 8 years. AAV still sucks.

I'm not sure that's a good thing given he'll be starting the deal at 28

 

[DarkKnight]

Man, Morgs must feel like a chump.

 

[ULF_55]

Add all contracts together and get your career AAV.

(2.8+43+92) / 17 = 8.1 AAV

Feel better now?