TML w/ tavares

OK with this lineup, how does Matthews, Marner, Kapanen and others get signed under cap in 2019/20?, especially when he have a carryover Perf Bonuses in 2018/19.

Ever hear of a salary cap?

A $10m sized contract can fit on the leafs even with perf. bonuses...but only if they have a solid understanding of what Matthews and Marners' numbers will be along with where the salary cap is going. If Marner is close to 6.5-7 and Matthews is close to 10, I think it works...if those guys are closer to 9 and 12...it doesn't. And doing so means the Leafs are essentially moving forward with their current crop of d-men (or finding similarly priced replacements)....which I'm not opposed to if it means we're going Matthews-Tavares-Kadri up the middle...but it's just part of the strategy discussion

something called the salary cap which the league introduced in 05 I belive. and why would tavares play behind matthews???? he's a number 1 center.

The fact that only 1 minor change has been made to our defence corp is heavily concerning. Frederick Gauthier will not be our permanent 4th line center. He is just too slow to keep up with the system that the Leafs have in place. If not Miro Aaltonen internally, I suspect they would look for a UFA option like Riley Nash, Derek Ryan or Chris Wagner or try to trade for one.