Proposal: Nate McKinnon for Auston Matthews

[connormcmuffin]

To Colorado

Auston Matthews

To Leafs

Nate MacKinnon

no agenda, don't care if it happens, not invested, it's August let's have some fun.

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[MMC]

Colorado says no

 

[Captain97]

Colorado says no because they are comparable players but MacKinnon has arguably the best contract in the NHL.

 

[Marshy]

Leafs say no.

 

[rent free]

both teams easily decline.

 

[Pyrophorus]

We would have to add, but not a lot.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Leafs say no. MacKinnon has more unimpressive seasons than Matthews.

 

[leaffaninvancouver]

Neither team has any interest in this.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

And unfortunately we've already devolved into stupidity in this thread. And nobody is surprised to see it.

 

[JT Kreider]

Leafs would be fools to say no, especially when factoring in contracts

 

[Echo Roku]

Everyone loses

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Leafs add 1st and its close

 

[AvsFanJosh]

Avs fan declining.

 

[AuraSphere]

Leafs do this solely for contract purposes, otherwise both teams say no


People have to consider it took Nate Mack 5 seasons to break out, Auston will be just fine

 

[Hunter368]

Can’t see the Avs considering it

 

[Dog]

As a Leaf fan believe we would have to add more but Avalanche are not trading their franchise player!

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Avs laugh, hang up and block the number

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

I have to go with the young elite talent here.

 

[Hockey Stick]

Colorado says no because they are comparable players but MacKinnon has arguably the best contract in the NHL.

I'm surprised a fellow habs fan like myself is actually for once saying that someone in the league has a better contract than Max Pac

 

[Laineux]

Neither team does this. Avs obviously for contract reasons, and the season that MacKinnon just had.

I don't think Leafs are trading Matthews for anyone sans McDavid either. MacKinnon had a bunch of very unimpressive seasons before this monster year. What is his true level is still a guestion mark.

 

[Avs44]

This is a troll thread from a fan looking for bait. Anyone familiar with OP's post history knows what the purpose of stuff like this is.

 

[Lukin1978]

Waste of a thread

 

[jetsforever]

I think both teams would decline.

 

[CupsOverCash]

 

[Price is Wright]

I definitely do it if I'm Toronto (and I've done my research to know that Mac won't hold out or anything) due to both that contract and the fact that MacKinnon and Matthews will likely be separated by 10 points at most but both be 70+ point players every healthy season of their career. Getting five years of an elite first line centre at $6.3M is worth it to lose the younger player when that younger player won't be two steps better and has a contract coming up based on 2018-2019 salary cap.

I don't ever touch it if I'm Colorado. Matthews is approaching RFA, he has no emotional connection to Colorado since he wasn't drafted or developed there. He'd ask for a hefty raise. So you'd be paying a younger player more than you were paying the guy you had and it wouldn't be for a 20 point difference or Hart play vs. just a bunch of scoring.

I just don't see enough of a gap between players for it to be worth it for Colorado, even if you could guarantee that Matthews would outscore Mackinnon every season for the rest of their careers.