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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
If JT got 11, Matthews won't get more than that. Tavares took less to be in Toronto, and he is the biggest free agent in NHL history. Matthews isn't going to get more just because Peter Chiarelli sucks at his job.
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Tavares' contract goes until his mid 30s with a full NMC, while taking less to play at home.
Matthews contract will, at max, bring him to 30 and he can not have a NTC for the majority of the contract and he isn't even Canadian. While the RFA years have to be accounted for we're still talking about a player who's averaging over 40 goals pro-rated, and he just turned 21. If he wanted 10M+ there's 31 teams in the league offering him that and soon to be 32.
He may, like Tavares, take less to keep the team competitive, but everything points to him getting 10M at least.