Quoting: palhal
Show the deal in 2019 and the following years when the Leafs might want/need all there cap space for other players. Why are punishing the Pens by imposing a 4 year contract with Bozak?
The contract can be negotiated but I've seen constant desire from Pens fans to have him extended if he was to be traded.. So that's for them. If they don't want him signed that's fine.
Quoting: ShafferPens
Adam Larsson got Taylor Hall . . .
If Letang can’t get more than Bozak than GMJR should be fired on the spot.
The Larsson/Hall deal appeared to be an outlier of a deal. Vatanen was just traded for Henrique, which is market value, so I think we could both bring in trades that suit our point but it's just best to say you don't need to heavily overpay to get a defenseman.
Also you appear to be leaving Gardiner out of your assessment. Bozak/Gardiner is a good package that fits the needs of the Pens roster. They get the perfect 3C locked up, and replace Letang with a lite version of him, aka Gardiner.
Quoting: palhal
Thanks for proving my point. Fact is the Leaf do have Marleau on a contract at 6.25m, or Martin at 2.5m and paying retention on Kessel, and you're silly tirade about not paying them is meaningless right now. And while the Pens managed to find excellent value of course in Crosby and Malkin, the Leafs may forced to pay Matthews 11m a year, which is the new going rate. So it really doesn't matter if Letang is worth 7.25m, the fact is as I suggested, the Leafs may not be able to fit him under the cap in 2019/20.
Well.. I agree as a Leafs fan the contract is tough to swallow.. And I'm not even sure I would do the above deal, lol, but it makes sense for both sides. I see lots of posters on here giving Gardiner 5.5/6+ million. So there's most of your cap space there
And this is the probably unrealistic way to look at it.. But with Letang's poor injury history and the Leafs sneaky LTIR tendencies they may be able to throw him on there down the road.. But I don't want to factor in that as a possibility. I think the cap would work.