Confirmed Signing with Link: [TOR] Matthews extended (5 years, $11.63M AAV)

[Rob Brown]

Terrible.

 

[amnesiac]

cant wait to see offer sheets for Marner

 

[CaptPantalones]

Fair deal for both sides. Gives Leafs some flexibility and let's him give UFA a look in his mid 20s if he wants

 

[Michoulicious]

Such an amazing deal for Matthews.

Not so great for the Leafs.

Gets to be the 2nd highest paid player in the game, but still becomes UFA at 26.

Ouch.

 

[DRW204]

generational player gets generational contract

 

[Seanaconda]

HA all the leafs fans that said it was an overpay. But tbh it won’t be that terrible .

 

[Weezeric]

That really makes the mcdavid deal seem like a bigger hometown discount than it already does...

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Ouch.

Matthews could have at least lubed up.

What a horrendous deal for the Leafs.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Damn. Should make him happy.

 

[Kranix]

One of the best contracts in the league.

 

[Thorton02]

Almost $12 million and you can expect him to get a raise in 5 years? What's Marner going to get? $10 million?

 

[Burnie97]

Congrats everyone. Now we can talk about Marner then finally be ****ing done with it.

You should know better... it never ends lol

 

[Snippit]

If it's 11.5 it should be an 8 year deal.

How can he justify 11.5 on a 5 year deal?

 

[Martin Skoula]

For the record, the majority of Leaf fans hate this deal. Absolutely disgusting Matthews bent over the Leafs and had a good time.

Hope he never touches the C as long as he is in the city.

He didn't cost Carolina a cent so what do you care?

 

[Unspecified]

He is a great player and all that but that dollar amount/term is bad

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Fairly certain this is a sign and trade to the Coyotes.

 

[The Man with a Plan]

For the record, the majority of Leaf fans hate this deal. Absolutely disgusting Matthews bent over the Leafs and had a good time.

Hope he never touches the C as long as he is in the city.

Wow talk about someone who always turns everything into a negative.

Not every Leaf fan hates this deal. Only those who seek drama and don't see the big picture of the cap rising over that entire timeframe of his contract

 

[sansabri]

Kyle Dubas didn't even last a year before his first massive blunder.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

ooof...that's a tough deal to swallow for Leaf fans

lots of money and not a lot of term

Marner is licking his chops

 

[cyris]

Not a fan of this. Walks him almost exactly to UFA.
Even a 6 year deal would have brought him to the end of the Tavares deal leaving us with room to resign him.

 

[Thorton02]

One of the best contracts in the league.

For who? Matthews and the rest of the Atlantic Division?

Seriously though, TML had no choice. You have to pay a guy like Matthews what ever he wants.

 

[SnizzMitch]

That’s a terrible contract..... Losing faith in Dubas..

 

[Scooooooooooooot]

Still amazed that he would get that AAV for 5 years. Dude is a stud, but that's a pricy contract. Maybe I'm just out of touch now...

you are

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

f*** this really sucks for us fans of other teams with elite RFAs.

 

[Schenn]

I'm not going to freak out or anything like many will. All I'll say is the kid better hope to hell he can stay healthy and produce or it may not be pretty.

 

[Canovin]

11.634M will look like a discount in 20 years

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Deserves it

 

[NextYear67]

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