At worse theyre equal, at best Eichel does more with less> Eichel has the better contract by far

tbh if you replace Gauthier with Kapanen and drop the 2nd and the 4th, you're kinda in the ballpark.

He may or may not be worth more, but he most certainly doesn’t get you all of jokiharju and a 2nd and a 3rd for Dermott, gauthier and a measly 4th

Eichel is payed 1.5 mil less than Matthews. I literally don't understand why people say his contract is so good.

Ok, take out the 3rd. Dermott is not that far behind Jokiharju.

Ya right. Kapanen is worth Jokiharju, and the third. Maybe more.

because he's signed for 2 more years than Matthews.

Eichel has more years on his contract, it’s definitely better.

he signed 8 years at 10 mill compared to 5 years at 11.5

No, take out the 2nd.... and I still wouldn’t trade jokiharju for Dermott and that other “stuff”

Honestly, who cares?!?!?! 2 extra years.

Yes it’s important. Matthews signed for 3 less years. Matthews could be leaving while Eichel is still hopefully playing in Buffalo for 2 more years.

No its only 2. For how much better Matthews is, I'll take him over Eichel.

It’s not a huge gap. Eichel definitely had the better year.

how did he definitely have the better year?

nit picking leaf haters that have the leafs live in their head rent free

What? How can you even say that? How is Eichel's 36 goal 78 points better than Matthews' 47 goal 80 point season? That just defies logic.

Thank you. Thats what I said.

For one Eichel is on an absolute dumpster fire of a team and Matthews has Marner, Tavares and Nylander to take some attention away from him.

more with less? what? No, he's done less with less

Eichel played two less games had a higher ppg. And is one of the worst teams in the league.. plus he often gets doubled team when he gets the puck.

because buffalo sucks it hurts matthews in this argument? not like buffalo hasnt had a chance to give him talent, reinhart 2nd OA, evander, skinner, olofsson, not the leafs fault buffalos talent didnt pan out, the teammate thing is such a copout

1.147 vs 1.142 lmao, keep on nit picking buddy

Its the full 8 years. More UFA years and a lesser cap hit is a pretty big difference.

Not slandering Matthews whatsoever. Simply stating facts. This isn't a who's team is better argument, it's not a copout at all.