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Marner will get closer to if not more than 9 million on an 8 year deal and Nylander will get 8 at over 7. They aren't signing for less term than comparables have the past two off seasons. Bridge deals for young stars are a thing of the past.

You're talking about comparables but don't bring up any names. In Nylander's case the closest comparable is Pastrnak. He is making 6.66 AVV and posting much better numbers, so not sure where you are getting 8 from. Similarily for Marner, I'd say Johnny Gaudreau is a good comparable and he is making around 6.7 AVV I believe. If you take into account the cap rising and use cap % to figure out Marner's and Nylander's next deals, they work out to be around 7 AVV. Your numbers are way off

Marner's deal will come in higher than Nylander I believe and Dubas is going to go for term of 8 years. So with Nylander, using comparables of Elhers and Pastrnak, to get him to 8 years the cap hit will have to exceed those two players. Keep in mind the cap is rising so the contract will rise as well and you'll have Nylander signing for 8 years at around 7 million. Likely a hair over.

Marner is a better player than Nylander and has shown that he can handle being targeted and still shines through. He'll get 8 years because the big 3 will all get max term. So he'll be looking at more Draisaitl money, and he'll argue that he's better than Draisaitl cause he can anchor a line himself and make other players better. Draisaitl scores points at a 2C rate only when he's playing with McDavid, he has't been much on his own. So Marner can and will argue for similar money.

There is no problems with signing elite young offensive players big money. They'll earn that money over the course of their deals. McDavid, Eichel, Elhers, and soon Marner, Matthews, Laine and Nylander will join the trend of young stars being locked up for their whole prime. It'll give their teams much more cost certainty and also more cap flexibility down the line. Secondary players will be rotated in and out of the organization all at reasonable costs. Stay away from FA who always are looking to get paid for what they've done in the past, not what they will be doing. And the Leafs will be really good for 10 years at least.