Seems I may be the minority but I like this deal and hope to see more of them. Where the player is buying term, maybe worth it. Where the team is buying term, I don’t think it is.
If it were a McDavid deal the leafs would have at $1-2m less salary room in the next 5 years and pay more $ up front. The return is they hope to save a 2-3m in years 6-8 (when its worth less) and hope Matthews stays healthy and happy. When do they want to win? If they lose Matthews in year 6 that’s still a lot easier problem to solve than being Oiler’ed in the early years.
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