He walks to free agency if you offer him 10 mill. Toronto taxes are not the same as those places. You need to offer him 11.5 at least

Hey I put over in brackets meaning up to interpretation, for me they are not overpaying per guy…but paying too much for the same…high regular season points and still unproven playoff guys

Remember Gaudreau got 9.75 after a 115 point yeat

Anyone who's been watching Nylander should have seen this coming. When he's on, he's one of the best players in the world. His problem has always been consistency and it's been better each year. I said this many times, what does it look like when (never if) he puts all his talent together with a full year of consistency? Well this is what you have. An absolute dominant player who can take over a game at any moment.

This isn't luck, it's not him playing for a contract or any other made up excuse people have to undervalue him, it's just his growth as a player. I don't think this will be his best year either. There are some moments this season where he's just pushed guys out of his way, and I think that is going to morph into more anger and eventually he'll add a little bit of violence to his work along the boards.

If Treliving could have signed him for 9.5 before the season when he was saying less than 9, he messed up. And from all accounts that is exactly what happened. Now he has no leverage. Treliving sucks, it's beyond clear by now. Great work Shanahan!

Remember Gaudreau got 9.75 after a 115 point yeat

Or Kucherov 128 points and got 9.5m

I get its TBL but 128 points for a wing is insane that man could have demanded the world from them or walked in FA.

Kucherov signed his deal a million years ago and in a no income state tax 😂😂😂😂 that’s not even a good comparison at all

These same people have been adamant every year that all or at least one of the core 4 was going to have to leave or want to leave and every year they are proven wrong. It's beyond silly at this point

Yeah but Nylander’s deal is 2 years later. And Gaudreau is a small winger and only wanted to go to a select few teams. I could see Nylander signing mid 10s in a good state with low or no tax. But he’s not signing that in Ontario

1 year is the important thing. Maybe they take a step back next year and then come back with a lot more space the year after when JT is making 7 or less.

Yeah but that's still 1 year of Matthews Marner Willy etc.

I don't even think it will be half as bad as many think. A lot of young guys on elc's could become full time players and maybe things work better than expected.

It won't be bc of Minten, Cowan, Niemela making the jump but still...

Those guys all playing next season will be a huge boon for the team