"Here's what I believe has been established: this generation, these three players, Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander, I don't include Tavares into this because he was older and quite frankly he fulfilled the prophecy that we've been waiting for a long time, he came back as a free agent, he's clear, I don't think Morgan Rielly is included in this because, again, he's older, and he's unanimously loved and he took a great deal, been through thick and thin, . . .Matthews, Marner, Nylander, they're all linked together because they all started together, there is a fork in the road, two options: you either go down as the most celebrated generation in team history or the most disappointing generation in team history.
Because there is no middle ground. There's no 'oh they stuck around, they put up some decent numbers, maybe won a couple of rounds,' no, no, no. When you dig in and you demand every penny you can get, which they've done and they're entitled to that, but none of them took any discount, all of them wanted to set the bar for the rest of the league, you've put a fork in the ground. Now, if they win, it doesn't matter, but if you don't win, you keep losing, if you leave you're going to be the most disappointing generation in franchise history." - Bryan Hayes, TSN Overdrive, September 11, 2019.
CBJ wouldn't do Jiricek 1 for 1, it just doesn't make any sense based on their current situation and future outlook, even with an extension. They have no long term RD1 (Severson is a poor mans RD1, great RD2 imo) without Jiricek so he's insanely important to them.
If I were a fan of a team in another situation, I'd be super interested in making a move for Nylander and paying up (I think he's very worth 9+ mil), but it just doesn't fit Columbus at all.
CBJ wouldn't do Jiricek 1 for 1, it just doesn't make any sense based on their current situation and future outlook, even with an extension. They have no long term RD1 (Severson is a poor mans RD1, great RD2 imo) without Jiricek so he's insanely important to them.
If I were a fan of a team in another situation, I'd be super interested in making a move for Nylander and paying up (I think he's very worth 9+ mil), but it just doesn't fit Columbus at all.
More fantasy that the Leafs ask to two of their stars to negotiate with another team hoping to make a trade.
I can't think of one occassion where a a Cup hopeful asks their stars to do this one year away from free agency. Seems to Leaf CF fantasy fantasy.
By the way, no CBJ or Arizona don't those trades.
Don't think Florida has the cap for that trade.
Seems like you have Leafs in the sell mode. Thanks a big overpay for one year of Lindholm.
Now that would be tough for Columbus to pass up...
So many people don't realize, though, that Columbus doesn't have a ton of cap. Even if Roslovic goes the other way, Nylander would put us within $2M this year. Next year, we've got about $28M if the cap goes up by $4M to sign Robinson, Tex, Johnson, Marchenko, Sillinger, Bemstrom, Chinakhov, Foudy, and possibly Bean and Blankenburg. Johnson, Marchenko, and Sillinger eat up $11-13M easily, so that's $15M to sign 7 guys. Add Nylander, and it's $5.5M to sign probably 5 of them.
It would probably work, but you eliminate all the flexibility and push one of Johnson, Marchenko, Laine, or Gaudreau into the bottom 6. We just don't really need him.
lmfao did Steve actually say that??? that's hilarious
Yeah, they were talking about Nylander trade options and he said a trade to Columbus *starts* with Jiricek as if there would be a significant add beyond him in that trade heh.
Yeah, they were talking about Nylander trade options and he said a trade to Columbus *starts* with Jiricek as if there would be a significant add beyond him in that trade heh.
i love those guys but BOY can they have some piping takes lmao
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