Speculation: Matthews/Leafs closing in on new contract

[Walshy7]

Kypreos says they could announce a press conference today or tommorow, and Austons parents are in town....

DAMN IT!!! so it isn't happening in the next few days everyone

 

[Cleetus]

DAMN IT!!! so it isn't happening in the next few days everyone

yea he just said it on Hockey Central @ noon. right off the top of the show lol.

 

[Al14]

DAMN IT!!! so it isn't happening in the next few days everyone

I'll believe it when I hear it!

 

[Mkdaman1818]

At first Bob tweeted this but put an AAV of 5.5M instead and I nearly had a heart attack of joy.

 

[DanM]

OMFG Kipper needs to shut up.

"In a perfect world AM would be getting 16m per year"

Like STFU

He needs to be warned by his bosses to stop saying these things.

 

[Warden of the North]

5 years is kinda gross.

But Crosby signed his second contract for 5 years, so there is precedent.

 

[SprDaVE]

Almost done.

 

[SprDaVE]

5 years is kinda gross.

But Crosby signes his second contract for 5 years, so there is precedent.

5 years is totally fine. The cap is a little high based on comparables to me for 5 years though, but definitely not a big problem.

It's not that great.

 

[BushFireRecordsRedux]

Thought it would be a hair lower if it was 5 years. It's steep for only getting 1 UFA year but it saves the drama of a prolonged negotiation and gives cost certainty on a great player. Not much else could have been done, makes you wonder how high the number would have had to be over 8 lol.

 

[LeafsLegendAkiBerg]

Kypreos says they could announce a press conference today or tommorow, and Austons parents are in town....

Matthews parents aren't necessarily a rare sighting at a Leafs game.

 

[DanM]

At first Bob tweeted this but put an AAV of 5.5M instead and I nearly had a heart attack of joy.

If he gets 5 years at 11.5m, I am no longer a fan of AM, he does not care about team and cap.

Not that it matters what I think lol

 

[Kamiccolo]

LOL Bobby Mac just tweet 5 years 5.5 AAV and I shit myself. Now he is saying 5 years 11.5 ish

 

[Cleetus]

Matthews parents aren't necessarily a rare sighting at a Leafs game.

yup just relaying what I heard on Hockey central.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Almost done.

Yuck... that would be a terrible overpayment :/

 

[Warden of the North]

It is kinda wierd that anyone knows anything here. Leafs have been airtight lately.

Please surprise me with 11m x 8

 

[SprDaVE]

Yuck... that would be a terrible overpayment :/

Terrible? Probably over by about 1M based on comparables for one of the best goal scorers in the past 2-3 years. We'll live if that means we can't overpay for a free agent for a year or two.

 

[Kamiccolo]

So I'll be honest, if that is the deal I hate it so much. Not worth that much at all. Just give him the McDavid contract if that is the case, get the extra 3 years for 1M. He has no case to argue he is worth more than McDavid anyways.

Also incoming LOL overpayment and "Matthews taking the shortest term possible to go home" posts on the Main boards.

I am especially looking forward to the 11M for a RFA who has never hit 70 points one. That is always good for a knee slapper

 

[Ziggdiezan]

It is kinda wierd that anyone knows anything here. Leafs have been airtight lately.

Please surprise me with 11m x 8

I hope they just give Matthews the JT contract straight up. 11 x 7 years.

Hopefully JT was brought in to be an internal cap ceiling

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

the AAV is completely reasonable. 5 years is pretty bad though

 

[Cleetus]

I wouldnt even mind [email protected], 5 yrs at that number is too high.

 

[Walshy7]

OMFG Kipper needs to shut up.

"In a perfect world AM would be getting 16m per year"

Like ****

He needs to be warned by his bosses to stop saying these things.

I do agree with that, in a perfect would McDavid would be getting $25m-30M a season,
Matthews and his level of player $15-20M
and marner and his level of players $10-15M
unfortunately they are artificially capped by the salary cap. Especially McDavid they make far more money for the league than they are paid in salaries

 

[zeke]

OMFG Kipper needs to shut up.

"In a perfect world AM would be getting 16m per year"

Like ****

He needs to be warned by his bosses to stop saying these things.

Kipper's comments about new sources of gambling revenue and the new CBA's impact on the cap going forward are really interesting, actually.

 

[disgruntleddave]

11 range should be 7 or 8 years.
I'll be very disappointed if 5 years at 11 is the best Dubas can do. If its 5 years we should see a number starting with an 8 or a 9 in my opinion.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Terrible? Probably over by about 1M based on comparables for one of the best goal scorers in the past 2-3 years. We'll live if that means we can't overpay for a free agent for a year or two.

McDavid got 1M more for 3 more years. He had a scoring title and a playoff series win under his belt when he signed. Matthews has injury concerns, and hasn't actually hit 70 points in a year. Everything is projection at this point.

In essence, this would be like the Leafs paying him 14M for 8 years and to be quite honest, not only is that not a discount in the slightest, it's a massive over payment as I am not even sure McDavid's cap% hits that right now.

I have no faith in Dubas' ability to negotiate a contract. Tavares only took less because he wanted to. The kids are making a fool out of him.

 

[shakes]

Love the people who think that nickel and dimeing the best player the Leafs have had in a long, long time is a good idea. Matthews was ALWAYS, repeat ALWAYS going to get whatever he wanted in a contract and the best fans could hope for would be that he would give the Leafs a break on salary or not request crazy money. But let's wring our hands because he might get $1-2 million more per year than poster's expect he should get. Or do people think it's a brilliant idea to let him sit on the sidelines a la Nylander?