Edited Sep. 27, 2018 at 11:19 a.m.
Quoting: MunkyCheez
Their GM already stated that they are looking to lock up Nylander long term. They are going to need him anyways. Matthews right now does not have an elite winger to play with and Tyler Ennis on his line does not cut it. Ennis is a bottom 6 winger while Nylander is a top line winger with an elite skill set. He isint going anywhere.
Doesn't matter what the GM says. He isn't signed. They aren't close on the numbers. He wants paid. No way he's gonna sit there and not get paid after they handed JT a pile of cash, and are going to hand piles of cash to Matthews and Marner. He doesn't have to sign long term anything. He signs short term and then the CBA hits. He becomes a UFA sooner, and gets his money on the open market. Toronto can't tie their salary cap up in 4 players.
They got 40 mil in cap space next year. But Mathews and Marner are gonna take up what 20 of that. Matthews is atleast 11, Marner probably 8. Really depends what Panarin is gonna sign for will set his market value. That gives you 20 left roughly speaking. For 6 forwads ( one of which would be Nylander), 3 defensemen and a back up goalie. Even at league minimums they can't really afford it if they give one of those forwards aka Mylander 7-8 mil a year. That would leave 12-13 million left for 9 guys. Not to mention how bad the team will look with that many players being bottom of the barrel league minimum guys. There aren't enough solid rookies in the system to replace that. This is why they should trade him,.
This is why he's not signed yet. Toronto has no choice but to try to low ball him because they can't low ball Matthews and they would rather low ball Nylander than Marner. Who is probably looking at Draisaitl, type money.
Tornoto really is in a trade him situation. If not this year than next. Because he's worth 7-8 on the open market. Once the CBA lowers that age, it's all over. You will have basically 2 years of him including this year then he's out the door. Next year when everyone knows you are going to lose him, and everyone knows you are up against the cap, his value drops like a rock for a trade. This is their best chance to trade him. Period.