Quoting: TML1991
Not sure how you can say anaheim is waaaaay nicer than Toronto. That's just an idiotic americanized view of Toronto/Canada. Toronto is consistently ranked as one of the top cities in the world to live in, just like LA, yes your weather is better in the winter, but players are off after the playoffs and can travel, and our team is better, and yours is getting old.. Players want to win.
Offersheets are not vacuum. When thinking about offersheets , you need to provide surplus value to the player vs what the team can offer right now, most understand that part, but you havent done that with a 4x3.4 offer. $3.4 mil is probably 2-300k off where they sign on a 2 year deal with the leafs. You also have to provide surplus value to the team vs the cost of finding that extra $ if the team matches. A second round pick in return for either of those players is terrible, so the leafs would match and go find cap space by moving other pieces.
$3.4 mil as an offersheet doesnt even get you Kap/AJs phone number. Plus youre offering $3.4mil by 4 years. Most think that is ballpark AAV for a deal from the leafs on a 2 year. If you want longer term, up the $.
I'm not disagreeing that you can sign them to an offersheet but at least make it realistic. Do like $5x5 or $4.5x3. $3.4x4 is a joke.
I'm from Winnipeg. And I have been to both cities... I mean you can't really compare the two. Most people would much rather live in a beach city like Anaheim than Toronto. And actually, Anaheim is one of the youngest rosters in the league, Getzlaf and Perry have two years left and are still good players, not worth their contracts, but both still drive play. Kesler and Eaves' bodies are done and will in all likelihood be on LTIR next season. Ducks have a top 3 goalie in Gibson, a young quality Dcore, and a plethora of quality young forwards Terry, Jones, Steel, Kase, Comtois, Sprong, and Ritchie. Plus the Ducks are in a much poorer positioned division than Toronto, Sharks are going to face a quick decline with those old man contracts long-term, Oilers suck, Coyotes have been disappointing, Kings suck, Flames goaltending is a question mark, only real competition for the coming years will likely be Vegas and Canucks. Toronto has to deal with Boston, Tampa, Florida (if they get Panarin and Bobrovsky as speculated), Buffalo if their luck turns around.
I can agree with part of that point, the Ducks may have to offer 3.2AAV for 2 years instead.