Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 23, 2018

Published: Sep. 23, 2018

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

So Matthews has stated he wants to win in TOR and with Marner and Nylander on the roster. A way to keep all 3 happy is if Matthews pulls a Crosby and walks into Dubas office and takes a huge pay cut on the premise that that money goes to Nylander and Marner. He takes a 6 year contract and is the 1st to UFA and can get McDavid salary making him the same mount over the length of his career and keep his 2 good friends happy salary wise and in TOR for a very long time. I get this is wishful thinking but in my opinion everyone but nylanders camp knows he isn't seeing 8 million and odds are this will put a bitter taste in Nylanders mouth and could start the clock of getting to UFA and moving on. This will show how dedicated Matthews is to this team, how bad he wants Marner and Nylander here for a very long time. Before people ask why bring up Crosby he demanded that he gets only 8.7 even though even Ozi got about 3 mill more that same year but on the premise Malkin make more to make sure they were together for a very long time. This is a fact and it was well documented going into negotiations that crosby did this so that he would be part of something very special and seeing he knew he would make millions a year in endorsements to offset his lose in salary.