Confirmed with Link: [TOR] Matt Martin - 4 Years // 2.5M AAV

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[Marlander93]

About 500K overpaid.

Peanuts.

 

[MJ65]

Elliotte Friedman ‏@FriedgeHNIC 1m1 minute ago
$2.5 M AAV, four years for Martin.
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Elliotte Friedman ‏@FriedgeHNIC 2m2 minutes ago
Matt Martin is going to TOR

 

[sIDEsHOW93]

Too much term. Not happy about that. Cap hit is also too high for a 4th liner. This feels like a Burke signing.

 

[Muston Atthews]

Great deal. 2.5 is nothing and 4 years seems to be the right time to insulate our younger players.

 

[Schenn]

Not crazy about it. I'm sure I'll like him as a player on the leafs but the term scares me.

 

[deletethis]

I don't get the hysterics unless hockey fans have become so fully bought into the softening creep that is infiltrating pro sports. His possession numbers are good for this type of player. The guy is a physical specimen so he's unlikely to break down immediately. The Leafs have no such type of player in the pipeline. Free agent day you overpay to fill holes on your roster.

 

[MR4]

low quality sources saying Russell 5 * 5.5 makes this day so much worse tho

 

[Quares27]

I wanted him on the team and I can live with 2.5. Hope Lou makes him cut his hair

 

[Mad Brills*]

They're down to $1,655,916 in cap space

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

.5 overpaid and one year to long. But otherwise fine with it. Welcome to the Leafs and good luck.

 

[Finnish your Czech]

Terrible. Worst move of the Lou era for sure.

 

[Warden of the North]

Guy scored 10 goals last season. Thats not terrible

 

[Mess]

Look out for other teams that don't like to be hit.

 

[Menzinger]

Gross.

The cap hit singing, the term is terrible. There is simply no need to lock up replaceable bottom six guys with so much term.

A bonus however is that he can be used as expansion fodder. They ain't going to protect him.

 

[KGL]

On the bright side, hopefully this means we're out on Russell.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Guy scored 10 goals last season. Thats not terrible

It was a career high shooting percentage, unlikely to replicate that.

Seriously, how does he cost more than Weise?

 

[Muston Atthews]

Martin and Komarov are gonna be a wicked pair. Babcock told everyone we were gonna get tougher. We got tougher

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Not crazy about this.

 

[ChuckWoods]

Love the player, only like the deal.

Martin is exactly what this young team needs.

Hes going to be a leader off the ice and hold his opponents accountable on the ice if they take runs at our youth.

You can be sure Matthews and Marner will fee more comfortable with someone like Matt Martin on their wing.

He's a lot better than people give him credit for. Its the guys who simply look at the stat sheets that wont fully understand his value.

 

[Jeypic]

too much cost and term. 2 mill is the most I'd like to pay him. 3 years is as long as I'd like to have him. One less spot for the kids.. He does fill a need, but at the same time guys like greening, rychel, lindberg could do it for us.

 

[Marlander93]

Lead the league in hits as well. Great pick up.

 

[cookie]

Not a fan of the signing. At least Don Cherry is happy and having him on the ice with Komarov should be fun to see.

 

[ChrisCall]

Yay? He's a 1.5M player. So that's 1M that has to be cut someplace else.

 

[CdnFan]

I don't mind it. Definitely were in need of some toughness.