[Signing] Leafs sign Nylander to 6 yr $41.77m deal ($10.2m hit in yr 1, $6.97m hit yr 2-6)

[heep223]

I lose respect for players who miss hockey for an extra bit of $. I know it’s more complex than that, and can be debated ad nauseum, but I just can’t help it.

[manwiches]

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@RyanNPike
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For #Flames fans, this is an excellent number. Puts Tkachuk market value a shade over $7m.

I'm okay with Tkachuk at $7m.

[Atodaso]

If waiting as long as possible was the plan, what would the difference have been signing this morning as to 5 mins before the deadline? Besides drama.

[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Yup that was a theory among Leaf fans since the start of the season that this what management wanted.

I guess I was wrong about Dubas ignoring everything Lamiorello taught him... the Cap Circumvention is strong in this one.

[1_Flames_Fan]

Makes me even more impressed with Tre locking up Johnny Hockey for 6@6.75 that's for sure 🙂

[GullFoss]

Nylander takes home $7.2x6. That seems ok to me; perhaps a touch low. He was worth $7.5m. Dubas cost him $1.8m - if it was me, I'd hold a grudge forever.

[bubbsy]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

So basically by signing Nylander late they get his future caphit down by 520k, and only have to pay extra in the single year where they can afford to?

Sounds sketchy... like it was planned.

I would not doubt this to be the case for a second.

Seems like a silly little loophole

[Oling_Roachinen]

Originally Posted by heep223

I lose respect for players who miss hockey for an extra bit of $. I know it’s more complex than that, and can be debated ad nauseum, but I just can’t help it.

Yeah, people like Iginla just shouldn't have our respect.

[dammage79]

10.1 cap hit this year?

[chummer]

Get on the concorde to Minny Willie.

Wonder when he'll play?

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

Yeah, people like Iginla just shouldn't have our respect.

What do you mean people like Iginla?

[Oling_Roachinen]

Originally Posted by bubbsy

I would not doubt this to be the case for a second.

Seems like a silly little loophole

They could have signed him to a 1 year 15M contract at the beginning of the season, and then signed him to a 5 year 6M per year contract on January 1, 2019 as well, which would have worked out to the same as a 7.5Mx6year contract.

[Oling_Roachinen]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

What do you mean people like Iginla?

Filthy no-good holdouts.

[Nsd1]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1068988303171624961


For the immature... like myself

[Macindoc]

So $6.9M buys two UFA years. If you accept the assumption that UFA years cost $1M more than RFA years, that would be approximately $6.57M X 4 + $7.57M X 2. I wonder if we could get Tkachuk for $6.57M X 4 + $7.75M X 4, for and AAV of $7.07 X 8 (both are wingers, and Nylander was slightly ahead in PPG last year). I know that the two play with different styles and bring different attributes to their teams, but this is what Treliving will now use for a comparable.

[Macindoc]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Deal is still subject to NHL approval.

Would be funny if it got rejected for some reason.

One thing the Leafs will have to do first is send down a current roster player, they are currently over the max.

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by Macindoc

So $6.9M buys two UFA years. If you accept the assumption that UFA years cost $1M more than RFA years, that would be approximately $6.57M X 4 + $7.57M X 2. I wonder if we could get Tkachuk for $6.57M X 4 + $7.75M X 4, for and AAV of $7.07 X 8 (both are wingers, and Nylander was slightly ahead in PPG last year). I know that the two play with different styles and bring different attributes to their teams, but this is what Treliving will now use for a comparable.

I think it only bought one UFA year

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by bubbsy

So..

Tavares $11M for 7 years
Nylander $6.9M for 7 years

Mathews, let's say $11M for 7/8 years
Marner, let's say $9M for 7/8 years

So about $38M on their top4 forwards.... Quite the recipe for success. It's win now mode this year clearly.

Posters said the same thing when Chicago won their first Stanley Cup and then had to retool, before they won their 2nd SC.

Then posters said the same thing when they had to retool before they won their 3rd Stanley Cup.

Sure Toronto will have to make choices, like all successful teams have too. We can only hope that Calgary gets to the position where they have too many good players that they have to choose between them after a Stanley Cup win. And then retool and win.

As long as the core stays young andproductive, retooling the complimentary players and continuing to win is possible.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Macindoc

So $6.9M buys two UFA years.

One. He wasn't on the Leafs roster for 40+ games in 2015-16, so it doesn't count as an accrued season toward UFA status.

[Hockey_Ninja]

I figured they'd get a deal done before it was too late. I'm just glad we don't have to hear about it anynore.