huge overpay for willy. 6x6.5 would be about right

I don't pay too much attention to the leafs cap situation, but how will you guys pay for Willy, Matthews and Marner with 13mil in cap to work with?

We have roughly 25-28to sign all 3 depending on performance of other rfa’s.

That defensive pairing with dermott on the right has been brought up in a couple agm’s. he played very well on the right for the marlies. It would most likely be ozhiganov in the 3rd pairing right side.

There's a bunch in Nylander's draft class that haven't signed extensions yet. Of those who didn't sign a bridge deal (still RFA upon expiry, where following contract is a much larger cap hit that doesn't have cheap RFA years to bring the average down)


http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2014e.html
1. Ekblad 8x $7.5 (signed July 2016)
309 GP 53 G 81 A

2. Reinhart
249 GP 65 G 75 A

3. Draisatl 8x $8.5 (signed August 2017)
269 GP 75 G 132 A

8. Nylander
185 GP 48 G 87 A

9. Ehlers 7x $6 (Signed Oct 2017)
236 GP 69 G 93 A

10. Ritchie
186 GP 26 G 33 A

15. Larkin 5x $6.1 (Signed Aug 2018)
242 GP 56 G 84 A

25. Pastrnak 6x $6.7 (Signed Sept 2017)
254 GP 94 G 109 A

from 2013 draft,
6. Monahan 7x $6.375 (Signed Aug 2016)
393 GP 138 G 143 A



The longer a team waits, the less uncertainty in a player's production and the more the price rises due to cap inflation

Nylander's floor price is 5x $6.1, the recent Larkin signing. 6x $7 is possible, depending on the other hold-outs this year.
7x $7 would be the next floor
The smart move for long term cap savings is the max 8 year extension, which will boost Nylander to the $8 million range easy. Draisatl has similar production, but he signed his contract over a year ago


The final option is a short bridge deal, just waiting to match with a good trading partner.