Quoting: swesont
if marner does have a monster season next year and get 80-100 points i still dont see him making 10mill. but it seems like you forgot about marners first half of the season because he was not good at all take that in to account and if marner doesnt have a monster back half youre looking at a pretty big step back compared to his rookie season, and as for the matthews rumour .. its a rumour first of all and you're saying its coming from marners dad and his old agent ? i dont believe you there sorry. And cool marner and matthews wanna play together im sure a lot of guys wanna play together , babcock is coach the lineup he puts out is his choice and i personally think matthews and nylander are better together so why change that ?
Honestly, dude...I could care less whether you believe me. Makes absolutely zero difference to me.
Apparently you're looking to argue with me. Why? I don't know. I've never stated any proposed scenario as a set in stone fact. Also..just because someone's agent starts negotiations somewhere...doesn't mean that's where they end up....that's the whole point of a negotiation. The whole point of the roster built above was to make sure the financial flexibility is there.
I'm on record on various threads stating I have no idea what Marner's cap number is going to be.
Not sure what's warranted your antagonistic tone...but no, I didn't forget the first half of the season. I was actually a little bit happy at the start of last season when him and Nylander were playing piss poor because I thought the Leafs could get the re-signed to lower contracts. You're ignoring both facts and my comments, though. Marner gets moved up to the 2nd line. He immediately catches fire and both him and Kadri break out of their slumps. All of the sudden, when he's on the ice, he completely runs the offence. If it's you and your agent...and you sit down with Leaf brass...and they bring up the 1st half of the season and use that to argue why they think $6.5m is a fair number...maybe you decide to bet on yourself...hold off signing until July 2019 when your entry contract is actually up...and hope you put up big numbers.
Could he put up a stinker of a year in 18-19 and see his next contract in the $6m range? Sure...entirely possible. Could he play beside Matthews all year and both put up 100pts? Sure..entirely possible. And if that happens...and Kane/Toews signed matching $10.5m deals back in 2014 when the salary cap was $69m...what do you think is possible for Matthews-Marner if the 19-20 cap is $82m?
Again...I'm not claiming to state what WILL happen...just what COULD. Big difference.
I love Babcock as a coach and hockey stategist...and don't like to stereotype...but I'm sure there's a learning curve for him in dealing with the personalities of superstar millennials. Does he have to change the lineup to appease their complaints? No, of course not. But does that mean the players don't b*tch about him behind his back? No.