Needs to do it again and even then needs to show something in the playoffs before I hand him 12.5m. It's the Leafs so I already know Tavares coming off the books is the next excuse for running it back in 2025 /26.
I think he was overpaid the first time, and I don't disagree with the overall post, but Nylander set his floor and he will be judged on more than just a single season.
94 points also needs to be asterisked. A 22 year old who puts up 94 points as Marner did in 2019 projects to be even more productive as he enters his prime. So you're paying that player to be getting incrementally better as the 6 year contract progresses. We haven't even seen that out of Marner.
He's better, I don't think it is substantial...
We had a big issue with no one growing substantially over their contract... Marner and Matthews didn't have much room, Nylander did it for half a season last year.
We didn't have any insane value contracts like Draisaitl or MacKinnon where they were fair (Draisaitl many said was an overpayment) and then they became substantially better.
Hughes is another example where people questioned the contract.
Most teams have those contracts and it isn't due to hard negotiations, it is because players find their game after the contract.
Betting on the players can also backfire, an example is the entire Ottawa core.