Quoting: Bcarlo25
sure. and I read leafs fans saying, ohhh, Matthews won't get much more than the Eichel deal. That's the best comparison. He won't get close to McDavid money. 8 years and 10.5. Then he gets 11.634 for 5 years, which, in reality, is far more than McDavid money seeing how it only buys out one UFA year. And then you have Marner, who doesn't miss games, has outproduced Matthews, and pretty frequently looks like the leafs best player. Why is he going to take so much less than Matthews? Out of the goodness of his heart? Keep in mind that the reported price for Matthews for an 8 year deal was 13.8. I agree that he'll take slightly less than Matthews, but if it's going to be 10.5 million, it will be 5 years. Here is how I see the options shaking out, at least from the Marner camp perspective.
1 year: 8 million
2 years: 8.5
3 years: 9
5 years: 10.5
6 years: 11
7 years: 11.5
8 years: 12
Two, very simple reasons:
1) Wingers don't make what centers do, ever, league wide, that's a fact. That I hope we can agree on, yes? Matthews is a Center, Marner is a winger.
2) Goals are the premium, and guys who score get paid more than play-makers, agreed? Matthews outscores Marner badly.
Based on those two simple reasons alone, Marner will not make a much as Matthews. Only 1 winger makes more than 10 in the NHL, ONE. not 3, not 10, not 20, ONE guy.
Anywhere from 9-10.5 is the reasonable range at whatever years of term they agree on. How can you argue Marner deserves more than Kuch? even pro-rate Kucherovs contract and it's something around 10.5. Which makes 10.5 the absolute ceiling. There's no logical way you can argue that Marner gets more than Kuch.