Confirmed Signing with Link: [TOR] Marner re-signs (6 years, $10.893M AAV) Part III
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Don't understand how Dubas failed so hard in regards to these contracts.
Cousin Eddie
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Leafs hands were tied. I’m an Avs fan and even I understand that Dubas did what he had to do.
It is what it is. Giving into Nylander changed the future makeup. If he didn’t sign Matthews/Marner he’d be in a much worse position than he is now.
Still probably gonna win the cup.
It is what it is. Giving into Nylander changed the future makeup. If he didn’t sign Matthews/Marner he’d be in a much worse position than he is now.
Still probably gonna win the cup.
Nothingbutglass
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He took every penny. You cant even ice a full roster this year. Wait until he gets an injury and you cant afford to bring someone up because of his cap hit
The Leafs have advantages in terms of endorsement deals. You can’t just look at taxes in isolation. And they should have advantages over some other low tax teams (not Colorado or Tampa but others) in that they have a very good team.
We have no idea how much the offer sheets were for. We know how much the Leafs offered though, which is > 1.5m more than a player who, at worst, is his equal.
So Sakic managed to use taxes to his advantage, but Dubas failed to use marketing opportunities to his advantage? Is that what you're saying? Because either Toronto is the hockey mecca or it's not.
GirardSpinorama
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Matthew's overpayment significantly impacted the Marner negotiations. Leaf fans denying that fact is delusional.
KirkAlbuquerque
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But Marner is better than Rantanen so why is everyone freaking out ?
GirardSpinorama
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CatchyTune
JOHN TAVARES IS A MAPLE LEAF
CatchyTune
JOHN TAVARES IS A MAPLE LEAF
Tripod
I hate this team
But it was hard to play hardball with Marner, after making Matthews the 2nd highest paid player....and then have Marner outproduce him in real points AND PPG. It just snowballed.
But yeah, these 2...Marner and Rants are the 2 closest comparables out there and the AVS did well in comparison.
dubey
$$$$$$$*NICE*$$$$$$$ 69 in 79 $$$$$$$*NICE*$$$$$$$
Can't wait
Boy did you ever pick a bad time to switch from Leafs to Bruins to back to Leafs
I totally agree. I think the big mistake was not getting Matthews to understand that RFA contracts aren't the same as UFA contracts, and therefore he should have come in below Tavares. Failing to do that created this "new market" we kept hearing about, but that turned out to only exist in Toronto.
aww i am honoured that you even cared to remember meCan't wait
Boy did you ever pick a bad time to switch from Leafs to Bruins to back to Leafs
to think you still remember a post i made dang near 8 years ago
i must hold a special spot
living rent free baby
Or maybe getting dramatically more in Gauranteed take home money is not in any way equivalent to having to do extra work and not having gauranteed contracts? Maybe just maybe that’s it?
I fully believe dubas overpaid by a million. Easy. But you have embarrassed yourself so often with this line of reasoning that it’s unfortunate
dubey
$$$$$$$*NICE*$$$$$$$ 69 in 79 $$$$$$$*NICE*$$$$$$$
I think Matthews understood perfectly well the OS situation for him. Because, Marner didn't have the same OS potential and because he isn't close to Matthews, the team should have turned the screws on him. Matthews is a much better player and worth about 3M more per year than Marner is.
dubey
$$$$$$$*NICE*$$$$$$$ 69 in 79 $$$$$$$*NICE*$$$$$$$
Extreme overpayment lol
I can't wait for the season to start and the Leafs putting these middling teams out of their misery early
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