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Originally Posted by Azure
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.
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I highly doubt the owners of the Leafs are fine with making less money because of the salary cap.
Most business people would take the extra 5-7 million an extra round in the playoffs would earn MLSE for the 300K difference. If I was the owners and the GM told me that Nylander wanted an extra 300K but that we could trade him in the offseason and I thought that Nylander could help us win an extra round in the playoffs vs. saving the money and leaving the asset on the bench I would tell the GM to quit being an idiot and sign the player for the extra 300K. Especially at this point, since the extra 300K would actually cost 200K.
If someone made 76K at their business and they were told if they spent 200 dollars on an investment it had the opportunity bring them in 5000 to 7000 dollars and there was even a 10 percent chance that was true, they would invest the money. #### most people would do that for a 5 percent chance or lower.