If he plays like this and you need to pull the trigger on him in 3-4 years with the raised cap, I bet it would be a healthy amount of picks and prospects or a solid defender. He's quick and dynamic on the ice, scores a bunch as well.
i really doubt 11.5 will be normal for a second line player considering 8 players make 11 million or more currently. yes the cap is going up but this isnt the NFL, MLB or NBA. theres no crazy tv deal coming along that can bump the cap enough to make that type of salary the norm in the near future imo
As a top ten scorer, he probably wouldn't be getting traded though, right? The AAV (and term?) will potentially serve as its own form of NMC if the team is seriously looking to move him (particularly due to subpar performance).
Why might they move him though if he's playing that well?
so many variables, if this team continues to fail in the POs then theres definitely a path to such a trade, or in 5 years matthews leaves and we want to rebuild etc etc.
Fair enough. My guess is we'll either win with this group or the next management team in charge may have quite the mess to clean up.
typically how it goes, GMs never think 8 years ahead because nearly no GM lasts that amount of time with a team.
Meh we’ve been in far worse predicaments. I’d love to win a cup but winning more than losing during the 6 month regular season isn’t the worse thing that can happen. If the playoffs end early at least the weather will be nice, time to golf, fish and get outdoors.
They might be willing to move in the event of a rebuild.
Currently if you look at league leaders there's only a select few in the top 40 over the age of 30. Kutcherov 30, panarin 32 are the only ones in the top 20. Crosby at 24th then next player over the age of 33 is in the high 40's .
Avoids the distraction heading into the playoffs.
The thing is we're already at the stage of the next GM having a huge mess to clean up. But this dipshit looked at wasn't working and decided to pay even more for it
Although you may very well be right about that, time will tell. This group should certainly have a number of kicks at the can now.
That was a valid response 5ish years ago when the symptoms of failure first started showing.
The cap would have to double for Willie's deal to be second liner money. But none of these deals are expected to age well, look at Benn ffs. Matthews deal is the timeline. One he's done thats $13.5 off the cap and whatever Mitch and Willy are getting is old news. Five playoff runs should be enough chances.
Hey man I usually like your posts but that’s a pretty low bar to accept especially when the 4 Amigo's are paid like world beater yet haven’t won squat.
