The amount of people that don't understand this. People HATE the Tavares contract, but would be happy paying Auston 13M until he's 34?
Karlsson just scored 100 points as a D man, he's getting 11.5M at 33 years old and people already hate that contract, but somehow paying Auston 2M more at the same age would be ideal ? lmao
Isnt matthews considered a generational player by some on here?
Was crosby not a top 10 player in his age 32 to 34 years?
Was OV not a top 10ish player in age 32-34 years?
Mcdavid is he expected to be fallen off and irreleveny by age 32-34 years?
All the other elite talent are expected to be elite to their mid 30s while the leafs player is having excuses made that he will fall off by 31 so best to avoid a long term deal
How can a player get the same % as a better or equivalent Mackinnon who signed only a bit over a year ago at half the term?
Did the Avs not think Mackinnon was going to be washed by year 5-8 of the deal? Or are they confident that the 2nd or 3rd best player in the league wont drop below top 10ish level by the end of the deal for which cap increase will adjust his contract automatically?
We can say their is a benefit to the deal if Matthews falls off in 3 years sharply sure. But this wasn't something Matthews cared for or did for us. If he falls off its bad luck, he wanted to maximize his earnings and will be looking at 13-15M on his next deal at 31
If he is still a 90ish pt player he likely find 12M at minimum on the open market at full length giving him one final huge pay day after 100M over 9 years with toronto