And since signing that new deal the Caps will go 4 more years out of the playoffs and need to rebuild from scratch.
Because until Ovie retires the Cap will continue to be playoff pretenders when in reality they should be starting year 2 of the rebuild.
Also concerning that Ovie Stanley Cup, he was not the playoff MVP, Knutzy was easily the better player and I also remember Ovie did not get even 1 single shift during the last 10 minutes of the deciding Cup winning victory game.
Guess this is the end of the line for Nylander. Hopefully the Leafs can get good value for him in a trade. They have to go with picks and prospects because they need to dump money. IMO just too much money timed up in one player. With this commitment to Matthew’s and what they are going to have to do the be cap compliant I can’t see the team better this year over last. Hopefully, I’m wrong but they are really up against it. Gonna be interesting to see how GM handles it.
And since signing that new deal the Caps will go 4 more years out of the playoffs and need to rebuild from scratch.
Because until Ovie retires the Cap will continue to be playoff pretenders when in reality they should be starting year 2 of the rebuild.
Also concerning that Ovie Stanley Cup, he was not the playoff MVP, Knutzy was easily the better player and I also remember Ovie did not get even 1 single shift during the last 10 minutes of the deciding Cup winning victory game.
Can't be too proud of that.
Yea that shift part is just a blatant lie/you not remembering. And he won the Conn Smythe and scored 15 goals 🤣🤣
You think anyone cares if Kuznetsov “outplayed him”? they were linemates lmao
I guess every time Matthews gets outplayed by Nylander or Marner in the playoffs I’ll have to come back to this.
Am I the only one that thinks Toronto just missed a chance to change the culture?
Instead of sending a message and trading one of the core 4 for assets, they are handing them big contracts. I just don't understand why they believe in this core so much when they simply fail to show up year after year when it matters. They failed at sending a message and changing the culture imo.
I would've liked it at 13 or under but that's about what I expected for him. If he stays close to 100 points or 50 goals then great contract, sucks that he still gets only 4 years. At least he's staying I guess. Matthews has to step it up this season though.
Yea that shift part is just a blatant lie/you not remembering. And he won the Conn Smythe and scored 15 goals 🤣🤣
You think anyone cares if Kuznetsov “outplayed him”? they were linemates lmao
I guess every time Matthews gets outplayed by Nylander or Marner in the playoffs I’ll have to come back to this.
NO, you remember wrongly, re watch the Cup deciding game, Ovie sat on the bench for the last 10 minutes.
Ovie scored 15 goals, wow...that's awesome, Knutzy had 12 goals that playoff year and a ton load more assists. SO Knutzy drove that scoring line.
Also every Leaf fan knows Marner drives the line he is on, Marner helped Kadri reach over 30 goals when they were line mates, Marner helped JT flirt with a 50 goal season that 1 season they were together and Marner helps Matthews to win the Rocket Trophy.
Next year, Toronto has ~$35 million locked up in three players. They 12 players signed for next season with ~$33 million left to sign the rest of the team, and that's with the cap going up by $4 million. They will be in cap hell for next season at which point they will lose half the team.
They need to resign liljegren and a starting tender (hopefully Sammy). Call that 8.5 mil
That gives them 3 of their top 4 signed, starter and back up goalie and their top 2 C's, top 2 ws and a 3w and their fourth line.
So they'll have 24.5 mil to sign 3 middle six wingers, a 3c and a top 4 defender and two bottom pairing defenders. Then maybe 1-2 healthy scratches. A couple of which will be prospects.
Call it 4 mil for the bottom pair defenseman together. That's 20.5 mil left
Then 3 prospects/cheap vets for about 2.5 mil for the 3rd line wing and healthy scratches. That's 18
Maybe Domi for 4 mil for 3c. That's 14 mil for 2 ws and and a top 4 dman. It's right but not crazy...
Auston Shmauston.
Leafs are never ever ever gonna go deep in the playoffs with a guy who, yes CAN be a lethal scorer, but is in the end an overpaid unidimensional centerman who is, even at 1,25 pt a game, very FAR from being the league's MVP imo.
Doesn't make his team or linemates any better. Never performed in the playoffs.
Nuff said
Leafs will never win a cup with this punk in their lineup.
This signing has "Rebuild in 4 years" written all over it.
Too bad, cause they have decent other players in their lineup wasting their careers and playoff hopes with him.
Should have traded him after his last playoff "performance"
Am I the only one that thinks Toronto just missed a chance to change the culture?
Instead of sending a message and trading one of the core 4 for assets, they are handing them big contracts. I just don't understand why they believe in this core so much when they simply fail to show up year after year when it matters. They failed at sending a message and changing the culture imo.
Couldn't agree more.
Although he can be a game changer, he is the utmost symbol of the toxic culture they choose to maintain in Toronto.
I pity their fans. Years of deception coming forth imo.
And you could see it coming from like, before last year's playoffs...
You're probably going to be right, depending on what happens with Nylander, but Matthews isn't the guy you get rid of to solve that problem. You get your best player signed, and you make adjustments elsewhere to make it work. This is a raise of only $1.6M, which is probably less than the amount the cap is going to go up, so if they can't afford to keep their core together, it's not because of this contract.
If 40% of the cap raise goes to one guy, then they will be in trouble.
NO, you remember wrongly, re watch the Cup deciding game, Ovie sat on the bench for the last 10 minutes.
Ovie scored 15 goals, wow...that's awesome, Knutzy had 12 goals that playoff year and a ton load more assists. SO Knutzy drove that scoring line.
Also every Leaf fan knows Marner drives the line he is on, Marner helped Kadri reach over 30 goals when they were line mates, Marner helped JT flirt with a 50 goal season that 1 season they were together and Marner helps Matthews to win the Rocket Trophy.
Those are the FACTS.
So, the fact is that goalscorers need a play driver by their side. Not really groundbreaking news. And I think Caps are pretty happy with their cup and Ovie winning the Conn Smythe. It's not like he didn't do anything to deserve it.
Happy for Toronto that he's signed. 4 years is still good. He'll be a leaf until at least 30 yrs old.
Question though:
When this contract finishes, is that when he goes for a max term contract to bring him to 38 years old?
If I were the leafs, I'd tell him hell no and offer him a 4 year contract just like this one. Dude will show long-term loyalty when it benefits him I'm sure.