I love how he is said to be able to play centre but has looked terrible whenever put there. Weird logic

Idk I just know if he doesn't have a contract by July 1st next year he can walk away, I think he gets traded personally but eh

His stats say he was better at C then Kadri is, solid logic

Also Draisaitl had 77 regular season points, 16 pts in 13 games and was their best player of the playoff when he signed that deal. Nylander just had 4 in 7 games and his ice time went down because he looked like **** when the team needed him the most

How lovely

Nylander just came off what an 63 point season? Something like that? He's 21 and putting up numbers like that? Drai was older, logically Nylander could fetch more, I honestly see him gone in any case, Nylander is worth every penny of an 8 mil contract

Sorry, I don't know why you think 22 or 23 year NHL can suddenly be UFAs. Actually drafted Europeans who remain in Europe and don't sign NHL contracts have their NHL right held by drafting team often till the age of 27.
The key is whether the the team has given the player a qualifying offer.
Nylander worth 8m? It always a question. Certainly no other team has put in an offer sheet. 8m would make him about the 4th highest paid RWer. Doubt if any team thinks he's worth that much

Came from same draft. I will save these posts for when he signs for less

How about the Reinhart signing. Same draft. Reinhart was 25/25 for 50 points and he signed a 3.625m a year for two years. Nylander 20/41//61. You could argue a two year bridge is in the 4m or so range.

At least one Cane is pissed at me cause I don't think Faulk is all that special to trade for. Now another Cane fan wants to change the CBA.

Yes, his leverage, especially since they have NHL ready players in the A is almost zero. You could argue 4.25 and the leafs say you arent jor as important as Naz, here is a bridge, prove to us you are worth it.

And if Edmonton lets anyway willing to give 4 first rounders taht is potentially 2 top 6 forward and 2 top4 dmentaht you could add over the next 8 years to a lineup that is stacked.
People seem to forget in 8 years Matthews is 29. Like the Leafs could win the cup this year. In 8years Auston and Mitch will be better. In 2022 when Tavares is 31 and Auston is 25 they are going to be deadly. I would take 4 first rounders to keep making the depth better and better.

In Dubas we trust.

It's in the NHL rule book, when a player hits RFA the team only has 1 year to resign them, after that they are free to go

Let's look at recent history. Two seasons ago, Trouba "held out" after his ELC, and then signed a his first RFA deal....2 years at 2.8m each. Then this year he went to arbitration, and after this year he still has one year of a RFA till he's a UFA. That's a total of four RFA years after his three years of his ELC.
Actually Nylander is a different position than Trouba. Trouba had 3 years of plus 40 games of his ELC, which makes him eligible to be a UFA after another four years of RFA.
Nylander has had only 2 season of 40 plus games as a ELC so he has 5 years of RFA seasons before being a UFA.

Sorry Willy you have no leverage. Oh and your team is good without you. That's tough, take what you can get man, Ennis might take your endorsement deal too!

It honestly isn't and I can't beleive you've like quadrupled down on it.

Once a player signs their ELC the team has control of the player for 7 accrued seasons or they turn 27, whichever occurs first. If Nylander sits out the year he just becomes at UFA at 27 instead of 26 if he had played. It's the same situation as with Trouba. Sit out the year and play in Europe or something, it doesn't matter as long as the team extends a qualifying offer every year. Next season he would still be a RFA without arbitration rights.

Nylander has no leverage. The longer the holdout goes the more the leverage moves to the team. He hasn't missed any real games yet so it's not a big deal yet.

I know everyone can make mistakes me included but this has to be the funniest ACGM post ever

I'm so glad people are starting to come around to the fact the management has all the leverage now. This core of players will be signing non anchor deals until they consistently prove themselves or win something. Just like most teams who are successful

Tavares did so many things, first and foremost gave them the most depth at the most important position, but 2 it makes the team so deep that a player like Nylander loses leverage. Auston, John, Naz, Morgan and Freddy are all more important than you. I am not paying my 6th or 7th most important player that much. Literally if Ennis happened to play with Auston all year, Tyler probably has 25 and 25. So willy you only had 61 points, take a little bridge or a long term deal that helps this team. Otherwise sit and watch Mike talk about how people are passing you because you aren't here. All the pressure is on him.

Nylander is literally the opposite of Phil. Phil please be happy, take 8x8 for a bad year. That was 14-15. Think how things have changed!