Damisoph
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I'm sure there are photos of Connor McDavid in a Leafs jersey when he was a kid and I can say he will want to leave the Oilers once his 8 year contract finishes and sign in Toronto.You're looking at it the wrong way ..
Mario Lemeiux twice saved the Pens organization helping them stay alive as loyalty to his team...
Matthews leaving for Arizona would be player desire related to help save the Coyotes organization the team he grew up following as his home town.
As the best NHL player to ever come out of the state, he could instantly fill the area and sell tickets to save the franchise. Its a life long passion of his.
I'm sure there are photos of Connor McDavid in a Leafs jersey when he was a kid and I can say he will want to leave the Oilers once his 8 year contract finishes and sign in Toronto.
That is so last century.Rocket Richard may have saved the Montreal Canadiens. Their average attendance in 1939-40 was 5,075 (Leafs was 11,293) and 7,051 in 1940-41 (Leafs 12,240) before Richard arrived. And don't forget that Montreal was a larger city than Toronto at the time.
You're looking at it the wrong way ..
Mario Lemeiux twice saved the Pens organization helping them stay alive as loyalty to his team...
Matthews leaving for Arizona would be player desire related to help save the Coyotes organization the team he grew up following as his home town.
As the best NHL player to ever come out of the state, he could instantly fill the area and sell tickets to save the franchise. Its a life long passion of his.
I'm sure there are photos of Connor McDavid in a Leafs jersey when he was a kid and I can say he will want to leave the Oilers once his 8 year contract finishes and sign in Toronto.
That sounds pretty bad considering their ages and their talent levels. I hope that would never be the case.JT in AM34 out with huge return. Heard here 1st
First, and hopefully last.JT in AM34 out with huge return. Heard here 1st
Using your logic Matthews has made the playoffs in his first 2 seasons, where as McDavid has only made the playoffs 1/3 years. So I guess that means McDavid will be leaving Oilers right?Certainly a possibility even more so if he doesn't have a lot of team success in Edmonton.
That sounds pretty bad considering their ages and their talent levels. I hope that would never be the case.
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Two franchise players can't typically coexist unless C and D. We need D if JT comes Phoenix may pay big enough to set us up for 7 years of Contention.
Two franchise players can't typically coexist unless C and D. We need D if JT comes Phoenix may pay big enough to set us up for 7 years of Contention.
Ah yes, except for every dynasty team of the past 40 years.- Penguins (circa '06-present)
- Red Wings (circa '04-'13)
- Avalanche (circa '94-'04)
- Red Wings (circa '90-'03)
- Oilers (circa '79-'88)
We're set up for 15 years of contention if we keep Matthews, with or without Tavares.Two franchise players can't typically coexist unless C and D. We need D if JT comes Phoenix may pay big enough to set us up for 7 years of Contention.
We're set up for 15 years of contention if we keep Matthews, with or without Tavares.
The agent for Mitch Marner is confident that when he sits down with Dubas to begin serious negotiations on a new contract, there won’t be the kind of tension that many are expecting.
“I don’t anticipate a battle,” Darren Ferris said. “Everything will be done in time, and there isn’t any rush. Both sides will be patient. Both have a common interest, and I don’t anticipate it being difficult.”
Understood, we’re looking ahead a bit here. Marner remains under contract through the 2018-19 season and will become a restricted free agent next summer.
For those who have not been paying close attention, the same goes for Matthews.
Though Dubas and the representatives for each player can start negotiating on July 1, that’s not likely to happen. Dubas has indicated he will approach the Matthews and Marner situations with patience and with the appreciation that neither contract will get done over night.
Where the negotiations between Ferris and Dubas could get interesting is if there’s a contract sought that is more in line with what Matthews is expected to seek. If Marner has another season in which he was equal to or better than Matthews in some statistical areas, expect Ferris to make a case that his client should, at the least, be in line with Matthews contract-wise.
Certainly a possibility even more so if he doesn't have a lot of team success in Edmonton.
Matthews is getting at least 12 million.
Marner would get 7 million of he signed today IMO, but if we wait a year and he has a monster year, he's getting at least 8.5/9.
And I'm okay with either, these are game changers we're talking about here.
JT in AM34 out with huge return. Heard here 1st