Say what you want about the way Lou handled things in Toronto... he got f***ing great deals for Rielly and Kadri. He's the reason why we can overpay a bit for Matthews and Marner.
You know why this deal sucks though?
Our biggest competitor for the Cup routinely signs players for discounts. Stamkos, Kucherov, McDonagh, Hedman etc. If Point signs a deal under 10M while Marner and Matthews both get above 10M, we cannot compete with them. We just have to hope we get lucky to get past them because the Leafs will not be nearly as talented as they are this year a couple years down the road.