Who is voting no on this? He's on a 20-goal, 40-point pace this year and his on-ice goal differential is 5.8 ABOVE expected, and this is with limited ice time. Now that he's proven himself, that ice time, and the production, will go up. You would spend nearly $3 million on a player like this and the Leafs have him for half that for two years.
Wonder what Joshua will get with this out there. Same age, same play style, similar numbers, but Joshua has a longer track record of being an NHL player. He's atleast 2 AAV then right? 2.5AAV?
As a Canucks fan... probably closer to $3 million. I think we lose him this summer.
He’s definitely earned an extension but I’m not sure he’s earned this much of a pay increase. I like what he’s been doing recently, but the sample size is pretty small, and he’s not a young player who’s still developing. Maybe it’s to discourage other teams from claiming him on waivers if they have to send him back down to the Marlies. Hopefully he’ll stick with the Leafs and they won’t have to worry about that. He looks like he could be one of those guys who can play up and down the lineup as needs dictate.
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