Watch as Matthews gets +$10 mil per year and Marner signed to $6-7 mil on term.
There will be over $3 mil difference in contracts, and why do people think that will be?
It matters little if Marner outscores Matthews because Leafs management knows who impacts the game more and plays the more critical position and important to team success and thus paid significantly more in the process.
Its not about individual points.
You are setting up a hypothetical and asking people why that is so? First of all, Marner ain't signing this year unless the offer is significantly better. Secondly, if he plays at the same clip he played in the last third of the season, all bets are off. We are talking about a 100+ pt player making $10MM. That is not a $3MM difference. I am not saying this will happen but it is entirely within the realm of possibilities.
Here is a hypothetical...if Matthews scores 85 pts (great season) and marner scores 100 (super season), what will be the pay differential?