Confirmed Signing with Link: [TOR] Matthews extended (5 years, $11.63M AAV)

[MasterDecoy]

That’s gonna be what? 34 mill in three players?

That’s a little nuts....

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[le_sean]

Will he be able to afford new shoulders?

 

[JT Kreider]

Matthews isn't close to being worth paid the 2nd most in the league.

He should have gotten at least $1million less than Tavares. Maybe even $2 mill.

 

[zaYG]

wew lad

enjoy having Marner hold out in the future because the Leafs offer him less despite being the far superior player

 

[qwerty]

Way too expensive for 5 years. These over hyped first overalls are cap killers. Matthews better hope he stays healthy and hits 50 goals and 100 points for the duration of that contract or the value just won't be there.

 

[PBandJ]

You would think that kind of money would have bought a couple UFA years at least. Jesus.

 

[Kevin Musto]

Marner is getting an identical contract

 

[Kamiccolo]

He didn't cost Carolina a cent so what do you care?

Oh piss off with this BS. You can support multiple teams I am a Leaf fan first and foremost been one my entire life and my family has been Leaf fans. It's a shit contract no matter how you put it.

 

[Seanaconda]

If it's 11.5 it should be an 8 year deal.

How can he justify 11.5 on a 5 year deal?

Cuz he could have just waited for offersheet season to get more than that x 8

 

[Royale With Cheese]

What a gross contract.

 

[Scooooooooooooot]

Hahahaha

matthews for the cost of lucic and andrej sekera

 

[Slyfox]

McDavid deal looks like an absolute steal now and for 8 years. f***!!

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Next up Marner for $10.5milx5 and Kapanen for $6milx4.

 

[Spawn]

Second highest AAV in the league?

A lot of money for a deal that brings him right to unrestricted free agency and for a player who currently isn’t even the best player on his team. Let alone 2nd best player in the world.

BUT it’s good for the leafs to get the deal done. Even if it is a mild overpay.

 

[Michoulicious]

Buyout proof. Well done!

 

[snipes]

UFA at 26 with that type of money. Craziness.

Well done for Matthews.

 

[riznat]

Now he can afford nostril reduction surgery.

 

[Tysonson3]

Yeesh I thought the point of a 5-6 year extension was to lower the cap hit? Might as well have matched Mcdavids contract at this point

 

[justafan22]

It's fair value for his AAV based on comparables, but it's terrible for term.

11.634 on an 83 million cap next year (if reports are true) is identical to malkin's 2nd contract

 

[Kamiccolo]

Wow talk about someone who always turns everything into a negative.

Hahah please.

- Made more than McDavid when you factor in the cap hit with term

- All in signing bonus so that should have gotten a discount

- No major awards unlike all the comparables being used (Ovi, Sid, and McDavid)

- Walks him right to UFA

Garbage. f*** him.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Damnit

 

[Empoleon8771]

Setting himself up to get an absurd contract as a UFA in 5 years, smart. If he's getting $11.65 million after his ELC with only 1 UFA year being taken up, what's his contract going to look like when he's a UFA? He's going to be pushing $20 million at that point.

The term is crappy for the Leafs, that kind of cap hit should have gotten 7 or 8 years.

 

[SteadyFreddie]

Wait, I thought Arizona was going to offer sheet him???

 

[Ezekial]

8 year AAV on a 5 year deal.