Salary Cap: Are we really happy to have Matthews and Marner signed?

[Magick93]

There have been a lot of assertions that Dubas overpaid Matthews, and that since he did so, he also had to overpay Marner to get him signed before the star of the season. Comparing Marner's and Rantanen's 6 year deals it would appear that he did pay a premium.

In fairness to Dubas I think he knew that if Matthews had been unsigned by July 1, that Arizona or another team would have signed him to an offer sheet that the Leafs could not have matched. We would have had 4 more first round picks and lots of cap space but lost our franchise centre. Without the Matthews comparable, Marner likely would have signed for less- perhaps more in the Rantanen range.

So what would you prefer, overpaid stars or Marner at market price plus the picks?

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[Marshy]

He could, and he did.

 

[Jozay]

Yes

 

[Auston 316]

Lol

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Picking cap space and picks over Matthews would be idiotic

 

[kb]

Yeah, shut this down.

 

[Gary Nylund]

I thought summer was over?

 

[Buds17]

Players like Matthews (or Marner) aren't where I'd start with the intention of creating cap space or trading for potential.

 

[Legion34]

There have been a lot of assertions that Dubas overpaid Matthews, and that since he did so, he also had to overpay Marner to get him signed before the star of the season. Comparing Marner's and Rantanen's 6 year deals it would appear that he did pay a premium.

In fairness to Dubas I think he knew that if Matthews had been unsigned by July 1, that Arizona or another team would have signed him to an offer sheet that the Leafs could not have matched. We would have had 4 more first round picks and lots of cap space but lost our franchise centre. Without the Matthews comparable, Marner likely would have signed for less- perhaps more in the Rantanen range.

So what would you prefer, overpaid stars or Marner at market price plus the picks?

Secret option 3. If Matthews ends up wanting out.

Would you rather the return of just 4 picks from a team not of your choice

Orrrrr on July 2 if trade matthews with 4 years
Left on his contract with 28 million left to pay.

Which is a. Better return?

 

[The Examiner]

Who the f*** cares. Get over it and just enjoy the on ice product. Stop worrying about this crap and let the guys whose job it is to do so, take care of it. Trust me, your ego will survive what other fan bases and the media “assert”.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

I dunno, really. Could any team match the top lines of

Johnsson - Cap Space- Nylander
Hyman - Tavares- Cap Space

All that cap space could be anything! It could even be Matthews and Marner!

 

[Woodman19]

It's leaf land, no one will ever be happy.

 

[BertCorbeau]

I dunno, really. Could any team match the top lines of

Johnsson - Cap Space- Nylander
Hyman - Tavares- Cap Space

All that cap space could be anything! It could even be Matthews and Marner!

Hey now they could have used that cap space to fill the void by signing the amazing Kevin Hayes to a $7 mill AAV deal

 

[MattySnipes]

I don't know which option to pick. How come there is no offer sheet option for Mitch and only for Auston? Word was he had legitimate offers from Columbus and Minni.

 

[ACC1224]

and here I thought I could get through a day without posting "this is dumb".

 

[MattySnipes]

Creating threads is way too easy. I just wish people would use the search function because chances are that same thread idea has already been brought up.

 

[supermann_98]

What a stupid thread.

Do you want 2 of the best in the laegue or some draft picks.

**** off.

Agree with every last word of this post, especially the last sentence

 

[Fogelhund]

We overpaid, and we got our core locked down. It's still likely the best lineup that I've ever seen as a Leafs fan. We could wish for more cap space, but it's a pretty solid lineup.

If we win the cup, nobody will care who get paid what.

Now let's start some hockey, so these threads, and obsession over cap can be left behind. Go Leafs!!

 

[ChuckWoods]

What is this nonsense.

 

[IPS]

I dunno, really. Could any team match the top lines of

Johnsson - Cap Space- Nylander
Hyman - Tavares- Cap Space

All that cap space could be anything! It could even be Matthews and Marner!

Throw More Waffle's dream lineup no doubt.

 

[Morbo]

What is this nonsense.

This is modern Leaf fan

 

[Once]

I’m so pumped for Wednesday. Best team we’ve iced in a very long time.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Lets play f%(@in hockey ha

 

[Critical13]

What a old awful thread.

Are we happy to have 2 of the top players signed for 5 more years?

No we’d much prefer to go back to dark and Bozak.

Shame on you dude

 

[DarkKnight]

What a total shit poll. Can you add C) DELETE?