LongtimeLeafsufferer
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Excellent job on comparing the Nylander/Matthews contracts and the upcoming Marner deal. Certainly an agent will be looking at these. The Leafs seemed to boxed themselves into "this the way we do things" corner. IMO the Leafs had their agenda and didn't look at league wide comparables as much as other organizations do.
IMO Nylander should have been closer to Larkin or Teravainen. Matthews 6% more than the the third highest NHLer And Marner...shouldn't the Kucherov or even Pasterak deals be somewhat comparables?
But the Leafs management went right or wrong to wrap up at least two of young players with subjectively "hometown premier contracts". Not every Leaf RFA will afforded the same consideration,