I want Lou Lam to negotiate the Matthews next contract and then after that I'm OK with whatever happens thereafter pretty much.
We saw how the young pups botched the Kessel deal and so its important to have experience handling the Matthews franchise changing contract.
yeah retaining on an elite player was a slap. Part of the problem was that the ballast in the trade wouldn't waive to come here, but still...the Leafs got owned. Great deal for Pittsburgh and they're going for the threepeat.
Having said that I'm not sure who's going to save the Leafs a bunch of money on a 20 year old who is one of the top players in hockey. Especially after the contract Eichel got.