Too much for the term. IMO, this isn’t a good contract for the team, depth wins cups, not 3 guys making 42% of the team budget. Bad move. If it was 6+ years, I’d say it’s fair cuz the cap’ll go up.

The "get me out of here" contract has been signed

4 more years for the best player in hockey

Wow that seemingly came out of nowhere, 250k cheaper than expected and solid term. Leafs haters will say this is a bad contract but it’s really not, he’s worth every penny as one of the best players in the world. Excited he’s going to be a leaf for the next 5 years (including the last year of his current contract)

Does McDavid not exist in your fantasy?

He has never scored more than 11 points in the playoffs. He isn't worth the most expensive contract in the league.

He was a UFA, he could’ve just not re signed and gotten out? He clearly wants to stay here since he just signed an extension

He was a YFA

People will say no, but this a great deal for both sides tbh, Matthews gets a good pay bump and can pretty much cash out a massive deal after this contract is up, Leafs will be able to afford that big cash in when the cap goes up a decent amount in 5 years. People saying no are just haters on my king.

He carried the leafs in game 4 vs TBL

Too add to this I think we're in for 2 more offseasons of record setting contracts with Drai and McDavid, and this contract doesn't even start till next year.

People just say no bc it’s the Leafs. I’m happy with it

4 more years of playoff disappointments

Matthews highest paid nhl player now McDavid next contract going to be in the 15MIL mark.

I voted yes. This is what a negotiation looks like. TOR obviously wanted more term, but they really didn't have a lot of leverage. Now they can go to Nylander and get him extended "reasonably". Good job Treliving!

Just bc he’s extended doesn’t mean the core 4 will be together guarenteed making that much. Matthews is a superstar and I’m fine with the price and term since he’s staying

bedard is gonna get like 17 million

He got less than he wanted AAV wise but only 4 years so I think it’s fair for both sides

I'm confused why people are saying no?

Cap hit is more or less where it was expected to be, no?

Would I have liked it longer? Absolutely. But this covers the rest of his 20s. Age 27, 28, 29, and 30 season.

We got his best years...

His next contract starts at 31...

The salary is going to be messed in another decade.

The term here is honestly underrated.
You're getting him for his prime years.
And you have the option to let him walk in 5 years at age 30/31

Next year, Toronto has ~$35 million locked up in three players. They 12 players signed for next season with ~$33 million left to sign the rest of the team, and that's with the cap going up by $4 million. They will be in cap hell for next season at which point they will lose half the team.

People just love to rag on the leafs , it’s not a bad contract at all

11 points. That's his BEST playoff run.

No, the term is clearly bad, 4 years is such an awkward term to give someone like Matthews