Confirmed Signing with Link: [TOR] Leafs sign Auston Matthews to ELC
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I wasn't aware. If by recent events they were talking about Parise/Kovalchuk they would've been wrong. Those were out of his control.
I wasn't in those threads.
BrockBoeser6
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Faustus
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Out of the last 10 1OA picks, this is the 5th latest signing date. The timeline was normal. The deal didn't take a long time.
No conspiracy... Just Lou being Lou.
http://www.allaboutthejersey.com/2015/8/5/9094865/as-lou-lamoriello-departs-so-do-many-of-his-quirks
Jimmy Firecracker
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Not necessarily, MP. He may end up really liking Toronto. Phil Kessel liked TO and its fans. The Leafs traded him. He could have easily have bolted for somewhere near his home State of Wisconsin, like St. Louis or Chicago, but didn't. Mats Sundin loved Toronto, and resigned there a number of times.
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I agree. Matthews agent(as any good agent would) insisted on waiting for max bonuses to be put on the table, and this is where we are today. It was. Not sure what everyone is getting all upset about. As for knowing whether it was Lou, Shanahan, or both that finally said we will meet Matthews price we will never exactly know. But your analysis is the best one I have read yet. Good post.
The english thought he was coming home until the eleventh hour, we shipped him to New York for Tracy Morgan.
Juicy Pop
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This is a defining moment in Matthews career with the leafs. Auston Matthews relationship with the Leafs may be forever tarnished.
In early June during an intense conversation over flap jacks at flap jack willies in Arizona, GM john chayka promised Matthews an ELC contract with full bonus structure and a life supply of flap jacks. This is something the leafs simply were not willing to match. In early July Matthews requested mlse open a flap jack vendor inside the air canada center. There are two in house standard LOU policies 1)players must be clean shaven and have short hair and 2) no player is to eat flap jacks during the regular season. The sides broke off of negotiations for approximately 2 weeks after the policy was revealed.
They met in the early hours on July 21st, and Matthews insisted a clause be entered into his contract. Lamoriello buckled under the pressure. Matthews NOW has full flap jack clause and is allowed 3 visits per month to flap jack willies in Arizona on the leafs private jet.
In early June during an intense conversation over flap jacks at flap jack willies in Arizona, GM john chayka promised Matthews an ELC contract with full bonus structure and a life supply of flap jacks. This is something the leafs simply were not willing to match. In early July Matthews requested mlse open a flap jack vendor inside the air canada center. There are two in house standard LOU policies 1)players must be clean shaven and have short hair and 2) no player is to eat flap jacks during the regular season. The sides broke off of negotiations for approximately 2 weeks after the policy was revealed.
They met in the early hours on July 21st, and Matthews insisted a clause be entered into his contract. Lamoriello buckled under the pressure. Matthews NOW has full flap jack clause and is allowed 3 visits per month to flap jack willies in Arizona on the leafs private jet.
Must be all that Canadian tire money under the table that got him to sign.
Don't forget Canadian Tire money is worth something....at Canadian Tire.
And they do sell more than just tires.
HarrisonFord
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It's always "the worst possible timeline" in terms of the Leafs when you're talking to TWS. Don't worry, as long as we have our common sense, other people should be allowed to have their delusions if it makes them feel better
Jimmy Firecracker
Backcheck, Forecheck, Paycheque.
Team "there was no problem" has had far more proof than team "there's an issue" since the beginning.
Only one side is trying to convince themselves of anything, and it's the side that has no reliable sources except one that included people who aren't involved in the Leafs at all.
People on HF are so dumb, like seriously, especially fans of other teams trying to act like there was a problem.
Do you not realize how tightlipped the Leafs have been? Why the **** would they come out and talk about signing Matthews
It got done in 10 mins. Case closed.
Do you not realize how tightlipped the Leafs have been? Why the **** would they come out and talk about signing Matthews
It got done in 10 mins. Case closed.
Juicy Pop
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It might be that there is some readily available model for #1 picks and they just copied that.
Probably not, though.
