The problem is Ehlers doesn’t have anyone blowing smoke up his ass in Winnipeg, nor Larkin in Detroit. Nor Kucherov and Point in Tampa, nor Rantanen in Colorado.
Only Matthews, Marner and Nylander are told on a daily basis how godly they are, and they come to believe it themselves.
If you listen to the so-called “experts”, you would think Marner will get paid more than Kucherov’s 9.5 million when Marner has done nothing to play up to Kucherov’s level. Nor Matthews, for that matter.
Dubas needs to put a stake in the ground and say “NO MORE”. You get paid based on league comparables, NOT how great the media says you are.