Confirmed Signing with Link: Nylander re-signs with Leafs ($6.96M AAV For 6 Years) - XXVI

[Ziggdiezan]

It's probably a bit overpaid considering the contract doesn't buy many UFA years and he was probably worth around 5.5M as an RFA.
Also, I'm not exactly sure what the rule is, but it looks like Cap circumvention... he's getting paid 10M (based on the whole year) this year + 2 M bonus for 12M, but somehow it doesn't affect his average cap hit for the entire lenght of his contract since he has a cap hit of 10.2M this year. His deal is suppose to be 45M/6years, which should amount to 7.5M on the cap hit, yet it's 10.2M the first year and then 6.96... can someone explain?

It is due to how the CBA was written to dissuade teams purposely signing RFAs later in the season to get a cap reduction for the first year, so they went and wrote it so the opposite happens, I.e. a very big cap hit the first year so when it pro rated due to timed missed it comes out to the same cap hit as the following years.

Nylander has a 6.9 million dollar cap hit this year as well no? Due to timed missed, the 10 million being the cap hit if he played the entire season.

 

[Dr Pepper]

"Overpay your young stars by 100 - 300k if you have to"

"WTF LOLLANDER AND DUMBAS DUMB AF"

- hfboards

Key words being "if you have to".

The way the Leafs have been playing this season, I don't feel like they had to do anything with regards to Nylander and his amusing contract demands.

Just my .02.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Still crazy that he gets that much, very overpaid imo. To put into perspective Tarasenko and ROR get 7.5 lol and those are our highest paid players. Not saying Nylander isn't a good player but..

You cant really compare contracts before the McDavid and Draisaitl to contracts signed after.

They completely changed the landscape and valuation of RFA contacts.

 

[LT]

Confirmed Signing with Link: - Nylander re-signs with Leafs ($6.96M AAV For 6 Years) - XXVII