Magick93
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- Mar 4, 2004
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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?
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?