Confirmed Signing with Link: [TOR] F Auston Matthews signs extension with the Maple Leafs (4 years, $13.25M AAV)

[WetcoastOrca]

Marner and Nylander licking their chops.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Are you a new fan? Do you understand how the cap works?

Yes I understand how the cap works. Matthews got more money than MacKinnon got last year at half of the term. The "half of the term" is the driving factor here, he got an 8 year AAV for 4 years and will be able to get an even higher AAV in 4 years now because of it.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Elias Pettersson, please don’t get any ideas, sincerely all Canucks fans.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Tavares and Marner both have two years left

Oh yeah you're right, I was thinking 8 years not 7 years. That makes it even less bad.

Mentioning Tavares isn't some sort of "gotcha" because he's still good at this point.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Not surprised he refused to go over 4 years. Surprised that the Leafs gave him that amount for 4 years though.

They basically had no choice. With a NMC and looming free agency, Matthews could more or less demand whatever he wanted or they'd lose him for nothing next year.

 

[Strangle]

Woot! Woot!!

Didn’t hfboards tell me he was going to Arizona??

 

[leafsfan5]

Looks like the problem wasn’t just Dubas.
Treleving is just as bad.

What did we expect Treliving to do here exactly? Matthews had all the power

 

[WetcoastOrca]

What did we expect Treliving to do here exactly? Matthews had all the power

True. It’s more on Matthews.

 

[ole ole]

This just proves that Matthew has no interest in winning the cup.

 

[Ace]

He’ll have a year left and will be asking for the most money in the league.

The four years isn’t an accident. He will be asking for a new deal with a year left. A year after McDavid resets the market again. Countdown to the next ridiculous contract begins already.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

Wanted 5 but not totally unexpected . For 4 or less was hoping the number would land under 13 . Sigh

 

[Frank Drebin]

Deal reeks of kyle

 

[HockeyVirus]

Yes I understand how the cap works. Matthews got more money than MacKinnon got last year at half of the term. The "half of the term" is the driving factor here, he got an 8 year AAV for 4 years and will be able to get an even higher AAV in 4 years now because of it.

8 years would lower the cap hit. He actually signed basically the same cap% as Mackinnon. And Matthews is a better player than MacKinnon or at the very least they are the same level.

Not sure how people can try and pretend Matthews isn't there. Well I do know why, a combo of not watching the player and Leaf hate. Matthews had a meh season with his 40 goals last year, apparently that is all it takes to wipe out 3 seasons of 60+ goal paces and being the highest g/pg player since he entered the league while having size and being a good two way center

 

[3headeddragon]

Draisaitl is expected to walk.

I think you mean "RUN"

 

[Rude Dog]

4 more years. I like it. Finding a stud first line center is tough. I like the shorter deal. I am not sure his wrists will hold up. Good deal. How often do 8 year deals work out for the team?

 

[TheBeastCoast]

I don't think the term is exactly a bad thing....to me a perfect contract length would have been 6 years. 4 years isn't amazing but end of the day it is a pretty manageable raise of just under 2 million on what we are already paying him and we have him locked in for his entire prime. Biggest worry with this deal is honestly that it might mean curtains on any hope of getting Willy locked up.

 

[Strangle]

Lmao

Should have got him for 8 years at that price

Wouldn’t it make more sense to sign him for less than $13m in his 30’s after this deal is done though?

 

[TheDoldrums]

Let me ask you, are you happy your best player just demanded and got a million more than every other star contract…and wouldnt go more than four years unlike literally every other top contract

It's $625k more than every other star contract. Treliving already gave Ryan Reaves $600k more than the league minimum and David Kampf about $1 million more than he should be paid. That's where the actual overpayments that wreck a team come from, not from keeping your elite talent.

 

[Dirty Dog]

What did we expect Treliving to do here exactly? Matthews had all the power

I mean, you just hope that your star player with all the leverage (like all star players do) doesn’t abide the situation to this degree (like every other star player didn’t).

But not AM.

 

[bossram]

Yeah, it's bad term now, but unless he's the second coming of Martin St. Louis, you're only paying him for his remaining peak years. Resign him after for less, or let him walk to a foolish team.

It's not bad term. It's team-friendly. Toronto just keeps him for his prime years and can re-evaluate if there is age or injury-related decline.

 

[FrozenJagrt]

I don't think the term is exactly a bad thing....to me a perfect contract length would have been 6 years. 4 years isn't amazing but end of the day it is a pretty manageable raise of just under 2 million on what we are already paying him and we have him locked in for his entire prime. Biggest worry with this deal is honestly that it might mean curtains on any hope of getting Willy locked up.

I think the bigger worry is Marner asking for an identical deal.

 

[Rude Dog]

Judging by what was said on here a month or so ago, I assume Leaf fans are gonna be LIVID

Not me.

 

[hamzarocks]

Yes I understand how the cap works. Matthews got more money than MacKinnon got last year at half of the term. The "half of the term" is the driving factor here, he got an 8 year AAV for 4 years and will be able to get an even higher AAV in 4 years now because of it.

He got 2M overpaid on deal 2 and 3M overpaid on year 3

Matthews is going to sign 4 years at 15M his next deal and the leafs may be the idiots who get bent over for a 3rd time

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

I have to agree. I'd rather a 7 year 14 million deal then this.

Pretty much anyone would... except Matthews. It sounds like Toronto pushed for it too (or just longer term in general) and he pretty much said "nope." That's the problem with giving him a NMC. Toronto had zero leverage here. Either sign your best player based on his terms or let him walk for absolutely nothing.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Damn that's a lot