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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
For the team it is simple. You have 17.8 million in cap space available. Yearly net profits for the team are estimated around 76 million dollars. The team is holding out because they do not want to pay one half of one percent of their yearly profits (even less since they will not have to pay the full 300K.
And what do they get for not paying the 300K? As mentioned above they get the 300K. In a world where they do not sign Nylander to any contract, they probably save around 6 million dollars. This is real money now, that is equal to 7.8 percent of profits. Perhaps the money making strategy for the Leafs is to not pay anyone.
Downside to this strategy is whatever revenue they miss out on from a playoff run that is longer with Nylander than it is without him. But I am not surprised by the scheer incompetence of the Leafs, a normal team would pay the money and try to win a Cup, but not the Leafs. Idiots.
But to me it is odd to be driving such a hard bargain over 300K when your corporation makes 76 million a year. But I guess this type of logic is why the Leafs have been so successful over the years.
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I think the profits the team makes are irrelevant. MLSE is a very successful business regardless of whether the team is good or not.
But, with the salary cap things are different. The Leafs know they will need to resign Matthews to a big contract, plus other guys, so yes the $300,000 can make a difference.
If you want to compare money lost / gained, Nylander is losing far more. Plus there is his whole reputation. Nobody will say it, but I'm sure willing trade participants are paying attention because he will probably sign 2 more contracts, and negotiating those takes give / take / common sense from both sides, and its obvious the Nylander camp has zero of that.