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Originally Posted by Bonded
I actually heard it first from a Leafs fan I know
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I don't think you can discount how Leafs fans and media put their star players on pedestals. Look at Sundin for example. That could be enticing for Matthews but so could playing in the USA. I don't believe anything players say when it comes to speculation on an expiring deal as they are trained by their agents to say the right things as we saw in Calgary. At the end of the day money talks and he's going to expect the biggest payday in the history of the NHL and if the Leafs aren't willing to pay him $13+ million then he's going to go to a team that will. If I was his agent I would be asking for closer to $14-15 knowing that Draisaitl will eclipse his deal a year later.