Confirmed with Link: Kapanen and Johnsson officially sign their extensions

[Nineteen67]

Highly unlikely this has anything to do with Mitch.. Although the trade of Marleau may have been holding this up.

Maybe. I still think Marner gets announced Sunday night or early Monday morning

 

[81Leafs50]

I don't think so. As Johnston said, trading Marleau just made it easier to finish signing the players.

The Leafs now dont have enough cap to match a Marner offersheet. I personally would have thought they would wait in announcing these.

I'm sure the Leafs and Marner will have something done by July 1.

 

[inthe6ix]

Maybe. I still think Marner gets announced Sunday night or early Monday morning

Hopefully Monday

Mitchy and Kawhi both re-up

Would be a Happy Canada Day indeed!

 

[SprDaVE]

The Leafs now dont have enough cap to match a Marner offersheet. I personally would have thought they would wait in announcing these.

I'm sure the Leafs and Marner will have something done by July 1.

They can match anywhere up to at least 12M, if not more than that.

 

[Riellyfan04]

So that leaves Zaitsev and either kadri or Nylander to be moved I would think

it would be a mistake if kadri or nylander move.... get zaitsev out. even if its just cap dump

 

[Fogelhund]

Is it a general consensus that these 2 are worth the same or is Kapanen the better player ?

They are pretty close really. In some ways Johnsson is better, in other ways Kapanen is better... doesn't matter much, we have them both, and they are both locked up long-term.

 

[Maple Leaf]

Hard to trade Zaitsev because he is not good

 

[TheProspector]

How does intentionally holding up finalizing 2 other deals put pressure on Marner? If anything it makes it look like everything else waits on Marner making it look like pressure is on Dubas.

Putting pressure on Marner would be having an in person meeting with Panarin.

Now this would be fun.

 

[Kiwi]

Nice

Fair deals for both sides, just good business all round

I do still wonder if we had an agreement at the draft why these deals weren't just signed at the time and what the wait was, and what's changed now, interesting development

 

[Sypher04]

I will understand if we move on from Zaitsev, due to cap and his comments/request for trade, but he is going to move on to another team and be really good value imo.
His contract is hardly going to be expensive going forward, and someone will actually play him to his strengths where we chose not to after his rookie season.

 

[hizzoner]

Do these deals take them to ufa status or do Leafs retain any rights after these contracts?

 

[18leafsfan18]

Do these deals take them to ugh status or do Leafs retain any rights after these contracts?

Kapanen to RFA
Johnnson to UFA

 

[NastyKnies]

beautttyyyyyyyy!

 

[56 Years No Cup]

5 year deal and have Matthews, Marner, and Nylander all become UFA at the same time? What hell that would be.

Honestly, if you haven't won anything by then it's time to blow up the team anyway.

 

[Warden of the North]

The Leafs now dont have enough cap to match a Marner offersheet. I personally would have thought they would wait in announcing these.

I'm sure the Leafs and Marner will have something done by July 1.

Yes they can. Offseason overage and Horton offseason LTIR.

They literally have a guy who wrote the CBA as an AGM. They arent going to get caught like that

 

[Blue Nate]

Looks like Kappy gets almost 40% of the total contract by this July 1 in signing bonuses. Hell of a trade asset if that becomes necessary.

 

[Sniper99]

Luckily he is on ignore.

Im sure Waffles the Salary guru of these boards will have something to say.

 

[Morgs]

So that leaves Zaitsev and either kadri or Nylander to be moved I would think

There's 0% chance Nylander is moved.

 

[LeafSteel]

Because Toronto the deals are amazing. To most teams... Fair deals.

Old, boring and predictable.

 

[crump]

we got wings

 

[LeafSteel]

Dubas absolutely cannot give out another 5 year contract. It would be absolutely stupid if he did.

Minimum 7 years.

 

[Alerion]

Honestly, if you haven't won anything by then it's time to blow up the team anyway.

Disagree, look at the Caps who took a decade to get there, or even the Pens who had 6+ years between victories if memory serves correctly. There's a lot of value in being good year in and year out.

 

[ottomaddox]

Is Mango and Kap top 6 forwards?

 

[SprDaVE]

Is Mango and Kap top 6 forwards?

Anything suggests they are not?

 

[Zizzzzy]

Good ol' Canadian boys...