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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
When a team has to resort to "but you get to play for the Leafs" as a tactic, you should be asking your agent to ask for maximums. Hometown discounts are only warranted if the player wants it rather than being guilted into it by team management.
That is some Oilers-level of idiocy right there.
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I don't view this so much as a 'But you get to play for the Leafs' as it is 'we just went out and signed Tavares, Matthews is here, and with Kadri as the #3, the only other team with centre depth like ours is Pittsburgh. We have the 2-time Olympic gold medalist, World Cup winning, Stanley Cup winning head coach behind the bench, and we have a goalie. We are a defenseman away from being a favorite for the next five years, but that only works if all of you take 2-3M less. You are all in your early 20s - you will make this money up when you're 27 and we give you the real money.'
Plus, there's the allure of being on the team that brought a cup back to Toronto.
Flames have a Gio cap and nobody resents that. This isn't football where you never know if you'll have a career at the end of any given. Just because Chiarelli is bad at his job, now every half-decent RFA forward deserves $8M?
#### that. Nylander doesn't like the terms, sign a bridge deal and get to work. They're not going to pay you what you want.
