News Article: Auston Matthews - August 1st., Contract Crickets

[ACC1224]

Already? I was hoping for more panic.

 

[Squiffy]

Imagine Stephens is just reacting to tweet from AM. But barring hacked, something is done right?

 

[PROUD PAPA]

Both Willy and Matty are walking to free agency next summer. Leafs missed the opportunity to trade both this summer before their trade clauses kicked in. Here comes another long term rebuild.

Oh well. As long as we get the next one right.
I just want a Leafs team that can win the cup.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

 

[Gabriel426]

4 more years, and he claims he loves being a Leafs.
Only in Toronto where some will cheer it is a great deal

 

[The Masters]

il take it

 

[BrannigansLaw]

let the butthole clenching begin.

Happy that’s he signed though, please let it be reasonable.

 

[ACC1224]

Cuanto?

 

[The Masters]

 

[Eternal Leaf]

It's all about the cap hit. Let's see.

 

[KaN19]

$13.25mx4

W Brad, Dubas would have got fleeced.

 

[BTP]

aRiZoNa

 

[al secord]

Already? I was hoping for more panic.

Totally ruined my week

 

[BrannigansLaw]

4 years at 13.25.

f*** off. Now I know why this guy was born with a pig nose.

 

[Squiffy]

Good. Done and done.

 

[mikeyz]

Only 4 years?? It better be no more then 13.5 per

 

[Primary Assist]

Yeah but what about Peter Holland

 

[mikeyz]

4 years at 13.25.

f*** off. Now I know why this guy was born with a pig nose.

That's not too bad actually

 

[Stand Witness]

4 x 13.25m is like literally best case scenario. That was less than i was expecting and fair for both sides.

All of Matthews prime will be as a Leaf. There is always some risk signing an 8 year deal for any player. I’ll take his full prime and we can go from there.

 

[Gabriel426]

13.4mil is not good at all esp since this is a 4 yrs deal.
Don’t understand why can’t players just sign 8 yrs deal with their current market value while proclaiming they want to be here play for the Leafs….

 

[Squiffy]

At least 5 more years of one of the best 1C’s on the planet. Today is a good day, and trust me, my day has been crap.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

It's definitely a contract you can live with, but he certainly did the Leafs no favours this time around either. He could have taken a little bit less or committed for a little bit longed to make it easier to build a winning team around him, but it is what it is. It was better than losing him for nothing, and the Leafs should remain a competitive team for the next 5 years

 

[LaPlante94]

Bad news is it's not 8 years. Good news is with his injury/wrist issues maybe 4 years isn't the worst idea and we can get his next 4 year deal even cheaper, but I doubt that since the cap will be up by a lot at the end of this deal.

 

[Racer88]

I would say like 50 or so games but it also depends when in the season, most years the scoring starts off higher and then teams start tightening up before the playoffs resulting in lower scoring


The only possible reasoning is internal cap structure. JT was paid 11 million and Matthews is a far better player so you take 11 million and add a couple on you get to the 13+ Matthews evidently wants.

If he wants a 3 or 4 year deal I would probably look at trading him. Can't have a guy like that who is trying to milk your for every dollar and still win. It sets a precedence and effects team culture

The number of games is an arbitrary number that would vary from person to person thus rendering it basically meaningless

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Probably f***ed the Leafs

I wouldn't say so in fact I have no doubt he could have gotten more