Kucherov signed his deal this year as an RFA not a UFA and it doesn’t kick in until next season so is a good comparable. Adding 5 goals to Matthews pace from last year is not a huge atep and neither is Marner getting 80 points. Those are very reasonable assumptions. We disagree on the relative merit of M&M and their comparables in the marketplace and in my opinion unlikely unless both players are willing to take a home team discount which is very dangerous to assume.

Kucherov signed his deal this year as an RFA not a UFA and it doesn’t kick in until next season so is a good comparable. Adding 5 goals to Matthews pace from last year is not a huge atep and neither is Marner getting 80 points. Those are very reasonable assumptions. We disagree on the relative merit of M&M and their comparables in the marketplace and in my opinion unlikely unless both players are willing to take a home team discount which is very dangerous to assume.

I am perfectly happy to accept that Matthews will score ~45 goals, and that Marner will hit 80 points. Guess where that puts them in terms of cap hit? 11 and 7.5 respectively.

We will just have to wait until after this season to see how they do. Can’t really project contracts when we don’t know how they will perform. Let’s reconnect on this then.

Kucherov signed his deal this year as an RFA not a UFA and it doesn’t kick in until next season so is a good comparable. Adding 5 goals to Matthews pace from last year is not a huge step and neither is Marner getting 80 points. Those are very reasonable assumptions. We disagree on the relative merit of M&M and their comparables in the marketplace and in my opinion it is unlikely unless both players are willing to take a home team discount which is very dangerous to assume.

Drag and drop to IR bar

Otherwise longterm :
Matthews is 11M max ( being overhyped by ppl )
Marner is 8M max
Nylander is 7M max