If he keeps playing like he has lately he’ll be lucky to get more than Gaudreau. I absolutely think there is a 3+ million difference between Matthews and him. He doesn’t play center, he doesn’t PK, he’s a poor skater, he doesn’t take faceoffs and he is not anywhere close on 5v5 numbers. I expect in negotiations that Treliving will hammer that he got so many points on the pp and really didn’t take a big step forward anywhere else. Only way I see him getting over 8 million is if they go for a 7+ year contract.
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