Thanks. and that's the thing. I might not like every deal (lol i try to be quiet on these
) but i try not to react to every micro move. it's the macro moves that i think we should be focusing on.
I don't have capfriendly up right now but I still feel that a majority of our yuckiest contracts expire this year or next year, So we're pretty much playing with house money right now at this moment.
You
know you have to extend (ideally) the following
2 years: Nylander
3 years: Marner + Matthews.
out of those 3 - Matthews is the obvious "here is your "cheap" long term deal - cheap in quotations because it could easily be anything to a 5-6 year deal for whatever the the cap hit at that time will be and what game economics dictate - but say 6-7ish m). he could be AMAZING as all hell a lot earlier and we give him 8x8.
Nylander + Marner will dictate what we give them. we could bridge them, they could be given Naz-Mo Contracts (cheaper and liveable than what we expected it to be). so when people freak out about "omg, how do we sign them." That's literally a bridge we cross. they'll show us what to pay - and we'll have the cap space to pay it (because again the crap contracts for the most part are gone).
and etc, etc.
Martin's 4 years doesn't bug - because it won't be an issue. 4 years is a long time, and literally anything can happen. (for all we know,he could be part of our core. i likely doubt that happens, but again. anything can happen). this is micro.
Polak's one flipping year - it's such a micro move.
the MACRO moves in my opinion is when they start moving pieces out - that you really have to stop and think about. Stamkos (had he signed here) would have been a Macro move. if we trade Kadri (or JVR or etc). that's a Macro-move. Those are the moves where you should be having the debates, and wondering what's going on, se how things fit.
People might want to cauterwall - but pieces like Marincin, Corrado, Hyman, Sosh, Brown etc - they ALL won't be on the "We're ready to kick ass and take names" Leafs. So depending on who they are moved for (or why they are let go) - those aren't the players we should jump up and down if something affects them. what we SHOULD be saying is: those are the players who better be having the summer of the lives and playing in a way that Babcock goes "How do i send him down? How do I bench them." these little micro obstacles, are in place to make those "bubble-y" guys - macro in nature.
