Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign F Auston Matthews to extension (4 years, $13.25M AAV)

[Jimmy Firecracker]

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f***ing rights.

That's got me fired up on hump day.

 

[Torontonian]

 

[The Masters]

 

[TheBeastCoast]

That is bad. Big oof. Willy might be gone with that contract inked.

 

[ACC1224]

Do we like it or hate it?

 

[leafsfan5]

Disgusting but not surprising

 

[sxvnert]

About time. Good aav, decent term.
Still think we should have traded him before july 1st.

 

[Jozay]

So pretty much no discount

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Do we like it or hate it?

Hate it. Definitely hate it.

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Could have been worse but still pathetic.

Cap hit is fine if it was 6+ years.

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Would have preferred 5 years but it is what it is.

 

[Advanced stats]

Do we like it or hate it?

We'll know in 5 years.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I’m sorry is Mike here implying we could’ve done this for longer but the Leafs chose the shorter number of years?

 

[ACC1224]

We'll know in 5 years.

Can we hate it until then?

 

[Stephen]

It’s essentially a 5 year window so that takes him to 31 in 2028. We’ve either won a cup by then, come very close or it’ll be a good time to reassess.

 

[notbias]

The contract is fine.

Was hoping we'd wait to make sure the cap is going up, but it is what it is. The new GM is banking on an increase, knowing our luck, here comes Covid 2.0.

Wanted 1 or 2 more years so we got him through his entire prime, but anyone wanting 8 years is insane.

 

[KaN19]

That's a 8 year cap hit, but better than I expected. I was preparing for 14.5 x 3 given the trend with Dubas.

 

[ACC1224]

I’m sorry is Mike here implying we could’ve done this for longer but the Leafs chose the shorter number of years?

Injury concerns?

 

[The Masters]

I’m sorry is Mike here implying we could’ve done this for longer but the Leafs chose the shorter number of years?

 

[notbias]

That's a 8 year cap hit, but better than I expected. I was preparing for 14.5 x 3 given the trend with Dubas.

Cap hits go up when you sign players who will be outside of their prime for longer? Lunacy.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

The contract is fine.

Was hoping we'd wait to make sure the cap is going up, but it is what it is. The new GM is banking on an increase, knowing our luck, here comes Covid 2.0.

Wanted 1 or 2 more years so we got him through his entire prime, but anyone wanting 8 years is insane.

Is there a reason why we are insane for wanting our superstar player to do what literally every other superstar in the league does? I fail to see what makes that insane lol we seemingly operate on our own completely seperate contract playing field compared to the other 31 teams for some reason.

 

[fahad203]

I'm ok with this. 4 years is not bad for an expensive contract. In 4 years whether we win something or we don't.

We are potentially going to get 10 years out of him. That's perfectly fine

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Is anyone surprised by this at all?

All about the money. From day one.

 

[Puckstuff]

Pretty good gamble from Matthews. Get's 53 million guaranteed which brings his total career earnings to 100 m+ and then if he plays well, he could still sign another 8 year, 100 million dollar deal.

For the leafs, I don't mind this at all. He wasn't taking a discount. If it doesn't work out over the next 4 years, need to move on anyways. I just hope he's all in.