Confirmed Signing with Link: Nylander re-signs with Leafs (6.9 million AAV For 6 Years) - XXV

[Simplicity]

Ouch...Dubas is young so he gets a pass, but better hope he doesn't cave with Marner/Matthews

Ridiculous. Being young is not related to the deal.

 

[Dache]

Keep in mind the caphit next year is actually 6.5 due to the holdout this year.

No, it’s still 6.9 actual cap hit

 

[Flukeshot]

no mentions of NMC or NTC, yet

He can only have NMC or NTC in UFA eligible seasons. So only the last year of the deal.

 

[BAM]

6.9M is a bit of an artificial number though.... the AAV is technicaly 7.5M but he signed later into the year than at the beginning. he's getting 45M over 6 years.

What's the cap hit? You know...the thing that actually matters in a cap world moving forward?

 

[ottawa]

That's $7.5M AAV overall. Not a win by Dubas IMO. Last year, $7.5m is exactly what he was expected to be signed for. Not a horrible loss either though.

No, he signed for a 6.996 AAV...the fact that he signed this late into the year is what skews the overall number, but it's still a 6.996 AAV

 

[Crow]

Wow good for Nylander. He got paid.

If it doesn’t come together for the leafs this year they are already in cap hell without even winning anything. I guess they didn’t have much of a choice at this juncture. That’s something to worry about next year.

 

[1specter]

That's $7.5M AAV overall. Not a win by Dubas IMO. Last year, $7.5m is exactly what he was expected to be signed for. Not a horrible loss either though.

FYI, the actual dollars Nylander gets paid over the deal still nets out to 6.9M/yr

 

[Empoleon8771]

Nylander was reported to start at Draisaitl money. You think going from $8.5 million to $6.9 million is less of a drop than 6 to 6.9?

Nylander didn't drop to $6.9 million, he dropped to $7.5 million because the contract he signed was the equivalent of a $7.5 million AAV. Even if you assume that Nylander started at $8.5 million, which I haven't seen an actual source for saying that, Nylander dropped $1 million a year in salary and the Leafs went up $1 million a year in AAV. If you assume that Nylander was asking for what Draisaitl made, both went off of their initial ask about the same, but I haven't seen anything to make that assumption about Nylander.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Yikes, Dubas got worked. This is what happens to rookie GMs.

I think it was a teachable moment for him for sure.

 

[Kelly]

We can and we will.

So happy Willy is back, Leafs are gonna be EVEN MORE exciting to watch.

Go Leafs!!

 

[dangomon]

Hmm, that seems way better. Now it seems like a really good deal for the team.

Its a good deal for both of them, maybe more than the Leafs originally wanted but not outrageous with the cap savings in year 2-6. And Willie get PAID.

 

[WesMcCauley]

Yeah basically, Nylander lost out on $3 million by sitting out for a third of a season, but he essentially signed a $7.5 million AAV deal.

Yep. If they signed a 6,9m*6 year contract in the summer he would get paid almost exactly the same over the contract and the cap hit would have been almost 100k less every season. Its pretty much like he signed a 6,9m*6 year contract but they just made it a lot more difficult then it needed to be.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

No, he signed for a 6.996 AAV...the fact that he signed this late into the year is what skews the overall number, but it's still a 6.996 AAV

Yeah I didn't get that part. Understood and thanks.

 

[BruinsBtn]

Yeah, Nylander got Dubas to cave.

That settles who caved

 

[puckIuck]

Anyone who thought he was sitting out is clearly an idiot. The question remains if this was a sign and trade

 

[IPS]

Nope. The only nervousness was from Leafs fans in this process. It has been a very enjoyable negotiations from my stand point. Can't wait until next summer when Marner is up.

Absolutely, in the mean time, enjoy the best offense in hockey over here in Toronto. We were a top team without an entire top-line. Now that we have said top line - well - I'll let your imagination do the rest.

Very special time to be a Leafs fan.

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Now that I’m seeing how the contract is structured, this feels like cap circumvention...

Nylander makes in dollars his AAV times the length of the contract. That is not circumvention, that is definition of AAV.

Let me guess, the league has already rejected the contract in your mind, just like Nylander was already sitting out the season Nov. 30. That’s how bias works, right?

Let’s see your bookmarks.

 

[Zybalto]

Leafs have a pretty good team. But winning that cup may have to come sooner or later because their roster has cap hell written all over it.

The core pieces will be fine to sign, its just trying to find good peripheral pieces to compliment them. Winnipeg is probably going to be the first to have to blow up something big with Laine, Trouba and Connor + coming up next year. This is Winnipegs win now year.

 

[Flukeshot]

lol show me a report he's asking for 8. All the report i've read was 7M longterm. wich he got. it's a nice deal for the leafs too, in my opinion.

https://www.tsn.ca/nylander-s-camp-appears-stuck-on-8m-aav-1.1186520

You're welcome

 

[ottawa]

leafs started at 6, like Willy started at 8, how is meeting in the middle bad?

Because it took 2 months to get it done if it were so simple.

But it wasn't that simple, as the tweet said...Leafs didn't want to go past 6.5m and they went 500k over.

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

That settles who caved

No it really doesn’t.

 

[1specter]

Nylander didn't drop to $6.9 million, he dropped to $7.5 million because the contract he signed was the equivalent of a $7.5 million AAV. Even if you assume that Nylander started at $8.5 million, which I haven't seen an actual source for saying that, Nylander dropped $1 million a year in salary and the Leafs went up $1 million a year in AAV. If you assume that Nylander was asking for what Draisaitl made, both went off of their initial ask about the same, but I haven't seen anything to make that assumption about Nylander.

 

[Saitama]

Good deal, congrats Leafs fans! You were already a force to be reckoned with, now with extra scariness!

 

[TheDoldrums]

he's getting 45M over 6 years.

 

[Cotton]

If you're really considering $20k a win, then I don't really know what to tell you.

And if you consider it a loss I dont know what to tell you.