DueDiligence
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what if he blows out a knee in 3-4 years and becomes just a "good" players. He loses millions.The ability to ask for more money in 5 years with an increased cap.
what if he blows out a knee in 3-4 years and becomes just a "good" players. He loses millions.The ability to ask for more money in 5 years with an increased cap.
Nobody is getting more than McDavid. The fact that McDavid signed for 12.5mil being the highest paid player by a fair margain, I doubt any other players would come close to that for a while.Comparables...awards, trophies, health and durability, location and market of the team. And we shouldn't compare JT who was an UFA to Matthews is going to be an RFA. I listen to all these media folks throwing $12 million to $13 million around for Matthews like giving away candy and I just want to puke.
Another non priority I guess.
At the rate Matthews/Marner are playing, why would they sign a contract right now?
Ill take 4 1sts for Marner if he doesnt take a 8*8 deal. Thats the offer right now, thats the offer dec 1 2019.
That's why roll the dice in the offseason. Dubas currently has none of the big 3 signed.At the rate Matthews/Marner are playing, why would they sign a contract right now?
At the rate Matthews/Marner are playing, why would they sign a contract right now?
At the rate Matthews/Marner are playing, why would they sign a contract right now?
Maybe if ito young GM thought signing them was a priority he would have got them done in July. Oh well.
Hard to say.
There are probably many loopholes to be exploited. He can sign but not be on the 23 man roster due to whatever reason. “AHL” conditioning, emergency leave, whatever.
Until he gets here some kind of paper transaction can be worked out.
I guess what I'm trying to figure out is if the paper transactions, including potentially assigning a re-signed Nylander to the AHL for a conditioning stint, would have to be completed before the 5PM deadline on Nylander's eligibility to play this year. Those paper transactions have to be filed at a certain time in order for them to take effect for that day's cap calculations, etc. - If 5PM is the deadline for everything, then it obviously doesn't make any difference; if players have to be assigned to the AHL before 5PM, though, then we'd likely have to see some kind of movement in preparation for the new contract being added to the roster.Could they not technically send Nylander to the AHL temporarily on a conditioning assignment?
Maybe if ito young GM thought signing them was a priority he would have got them done in July. Oh well.
I guess what I'm trying to figure out is if the paper transactions, including potentially assigning a re-signed Nylander to the AHL for a conditioning stint, would have to be completed before the 5PM deadline on Nylander's eligibility to play this year. Those paper transactions have to be filed at a certain time in order for them to take effect for that day's cap calculations, etc. - If 5PM is the deadline for everything, then it obviously doesn't make any difference; if players have to be assigned to the AHL before 5PM, though, then we'd likely have to see some kind of movement in preparation for the new contract being added to the roster.
Yes, I know - Does anyone know what time that needs to happen? Can they do that literally any time, or does the transaction need to be filed at a certain time to be accepted by the League?"Par Lindholm, you're a Marlie"
Thats literally all it takes.
To what end? Extract the most money,without consideration to a winning plan(leaving enough to surround yourself with competent team mates).I've wondered if the agents for Nylander, Marner & Matthews ever talk with each other? If so, I wonder if the topic of bridge deals has ever come up. No idea if this has happened. Just makes me curious.
2. The other wrinkle is that Nylander’s contract sets the floor for his teammates next summer: Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner. Matthews is getting paid regardless, but it’s the latter that’s becoming trickier. Before this season it looked likely that Marner would be closer to Nylander’s number, but that’s becoming more difficult to believe with the way Marner has taken over games this season playing at a 114-point pace. He’s third in the league in scoring now. More astounding is his insane primary assist rate with 25 in 26 games. That’s four more than Mikko Rantanen in second and 10 more than Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Nikita Kucherov, Johnny Gaudreau and John Carlson, who are all tied for sixth.
Currently, I’d project Marner to slow down to around 97 points, with a 90-point pace going forward. Of those 97 points, I suspect 54 of those would come off primary assists which would be an absurd amount built mostly from the ones he’s already banked. Since 2007-08 when primary assist data became available (would love to know Joe Thornton’s splits from his 92-assist season in 2006-07), the highest primary assist total in a season is 51 by Sidney Crosby in 2008-09 – Marner is halfway there with 56 games left to play. Beating that would make for a truly special season as a playmaker and it’s certainly doable after his terrific start. Paying him after a season like that will be a colossal headache for the Leafs.
3. My model has become a big fan as a result of Marner’s start, specifically his ability to accrue primary points and now projects just seven players to do so at a higher rate going forward: Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Auston Matthews, Mark Scheifele, David Pastrnak, Blake Wheeler and Mikko Rantanen. Not a bad group that’s for sure. So while “best player in the world” or “top five” or “hockey’s LeBron James” are all absurd benchmarks for him via a fever-pitched local media, I personally don’t think top 25 skater (or higher) is that far off moving forward. He’s been compared to Patrick Kane since his draft year and he’s certainly living up to the billing this season.
4. Despite the hype though, there are some warning signs for regression going forward. At 5-on-5 Marner has an alarmingly high on-ice shooting percentage of 13.4 percent, a mark that very likely comes down over the remainder of the season. Only one player was north of 12.5 percent last season and that was Marner’s teammate, Matthews.
You’re an idiot if you don’t think Dubas tried to sign them.Maybe if ito young GM thought signing them was a priority he would have got them done in July. Oh well.