He’s a 7 million dollar player and I prefer him to Bennett.
Yeah but going forward we would give Marchand 10 plus, so there is that
Rumor: TOR and John Tavares close to a deal: 3 years at 7 million
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Suntouchable13
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Points, points, points, who cares? Who has the ring? JT has 2 series wins in his career, congrats. All those points sure got him far.
Out of principle, sure that would be nice... but here's the reality.
There's a ton of "new money" into the system this summer. Mikko Rantanen is now off the board. Mitch Marner is the #1 guy.
John Tavares, Sam Bennett, Brock Nelson and Matt Duchene are the top centres available. There's a lot of teams that would love to add a centre, and there's a lot of teams that have the cap space to spend $7m or more on one of these guys.
I don't think there's any chance Nelson is signing in Canada. Matt Duchene could be an underrated pickup, but also certainly seems to have found a very good home in Dallas.
Sam Bennett, is likely going to be looking for $8-9m on a long term deal that's not likely to age well given the way he plays.
If the Tavares deal is $7m x 3 with a bunch of defferred money bringing the cap hit closer to $6m.... that's a really good deal compared to the alternative of Bennett at $9m.
One thing to remember, Sam Bennett has career earnings of $23.6m; with a lot of escrow in that time as well. He needs to hit it big on his deal this summer.
Tavares has career earnings of $103m. He needs to be paid "fairly", but the guy isn't at all short of money, and has already created generational wealth for himself.
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By adding Laughton the need for Bennett is far less. Laughton is Bennett lite. I have watched him play alot as a Flyer's fan and also because his parents live on the same street as a good friend. He would come out and play hokcey with the kids before he was drafted. He is going to surprise a lot of Leaf fans. He also doesn't have to drive the offense on the 3rd line with McMann and Domi on it. Tavares with deferred money so his AAV at 5.5 to 6 is the best fit for the Leafs second center spot moving forward unless there is a trade in the summer for a younger 2C.
Truth is we may not be able to afford Tavares and Marner . Tavares better look at a hometown discount or his money could go elsewhere i.e younger C. If the Leafs only win one round it may be time to move on.
I’d be quite disappointed if that was the AAV.
Yes it’s true, there aren’t any better options out there in FA and John is earning that amount this season, but I have my doubts about him being a $7M player in 2027/28 at age 37.
If you really want to be a Maple Leaf you don’t need to line your agent’s pocket. Fire him and either take 2 years or sign for $5M. Simple as that.
Yes it’s true, there aren’t any better options out there in FA and John is earning that amount this season, but I have my doubts about him being a $7M player in 2027/28 at age 37.
If you really want to be a Maple Leaf you don’t need to line your agent’s pocket. Fire him and either take 2 years or sign for $5M. Simple as that.
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If we give Tavares that deal. It will become even harder to sign another impactful forward in the off-season without trading 2 out of the 3 of Domi, Kampf, and Jarnkrok.
I'll be honest with you, I'll be okay with giving him the same deal, like the Tanev one, at $4.5M at 6 years.
I'll be honest with you, I'll be okay with giving him the same deal, like the Tanev one, at $4.5M at 6 years.
I wonder if he’d be interested in a deferred ‘retirement’ contract to lower the cap hit. Same for Matthews when he’s up.
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