William Nylander has signed a new contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Setting the over/under on pages this post will have at 15.

I'm sure it will be cordial.

First of all, Nylander is worth 11 mil. I've been saying this for a long time now. If you don't think so - you're simply wrong

Second, he signed at a similar cap% as comparable wingers at the time like Benn, Stone, and Perry. Don't let the raw number fool you this isnt out of the blue.

Third and most importantly, Trev completely ****ed this negotiation up. If they were scared Nylander might walk - the time to "cave in" was in the summer. As it stands Nylander is at peak value and there is no reason to cave now 30 some odd games after refusing to go above 9mil. They should have waited out the year and let Reinhart get a comparable deal or let Willie cool off. Even if he didn't they could always just pay him this in June no problem. No one in the league can match 92 million dollars!

There was no risk!

What a horrible GM Trev has turned out to be. Worst fears confirmed about him

Fourth, I am very exited to have Willie be a life long leaf. Amazing player who has the perfect mentality for the market. Ideal Leaf and for that reason its still a good deal even with Trev being a panicky idiot.

I expect CF to vote it down. They also voted down both Matthews deals so that should tell you how little you should value that

Of course there are the usual worries about deals like this aging but I don't see any reason to suggest the risk is any more than any other comparable star so whatever. Would have liked us to get this down to 5 or 6 years given the aav, but I'll live with it.



I figure he will drop down to somewhere around a point per game to a 100 point pace for the next few years, and that's fine for what he will cost

‪Seems like the salary cap doesn’t apply to Toronto…and they still haven’t learned their lesson in cap management.‬

All that to lose in the round

Never heard that one before! Man you're clever.

The moment when you realize next year Marner is the cheapest of the big four at $10,9M 💀

Pants are wet already from sheer hatred

I know it’ll be divisive but I’m happy willy is a leaf for 8 more years

No blame on Tre for this terrible contract. If calculator boy Dubas set the culture straight in Toronto, there will be discounts. Started by overpaying on both Marner and Tavares, the others followed suit. Ultimately, glad Nylander is here for 8 years

Tre was in a lose-lose situation. Either let Nylander walk, get minimal value in a trade, or overpay him

What a hideous contract. The Leafs will be stuck in mediocrity forever.

Marner is going to get $14m, isn't he?

Brutal deal in my opinion. Way too expensive for a 1 way forward. Sure, it might make sense on another team, but for the Leafs who already have 3 other 10m+ forwards (2 of them being elite scorers) this deal is a bad one. Poor cap management even with the "cap is rising" argument in play. Yeah Tavares and Marner will be getting new deals in 2 years. Marner will make more than Nylander.

Just seems like to me the money could be better spent elsewhere if this team was actually trying to win a Stanley Cup.

Fine money for the player since the cap will be rising significantly

Not the right team for it at all, especially if they still refuse to trade Marner when his time is up

Leafs fans: I hope we don’t have to pay Nylander $10 million.

Monkey’s paw curls

It's a bit too pricy for my liking but it's funny seeing everyone who spent the entire offseason clamouring for him to make this money suddenly voting no

I don't think there is anything wrong with the contract in a vacuum. The question is really one of roster construction, and if having so much of the cap tied up in four forwards is wise.

Price is completely justified given Nylander's play this season IMO, but based on the larger picture I would have expected something closer to 9.5m

Not complaining about a 2m overpay of the expected deal when it comes to someone of Nylanders ability. So stoked to have him for another 8 seasons beyond this one

Wow, what an overpayment... Willy isn't worth $11m let a lone $11.5.

Most of them probably expected him to make it in another city.

In a vacuum, this is a good deal just based on what Nylander brings to the table. He is worth the money and should continue to be through most of the contract. The last few years won't be as bad with the higher cap as well.

The problem is the structure of this team. I just don't think you can give 4 players 50% of the money and ice a complete roster. I have the feeling the Delta between JT+Marner now compared to JT+Marner with their upcoming extensions won't be much, if anything. JT will see his pay come down, I honestly don't know what a 'fair' number will look like, and Marner will go up. Probably something around 13-14 million/year. So even if JT takes 6-8 million on the next deal, the core four will still cost around 50% of the cap.

Nylander is worth this money, he is an elite player, the problem with this contract is simply that Toronto signed it when they're already paying 3 other dudes 11+ mil

Oof. Alr Toronto. Enjoy cap he'll and a sub par depth for the next few years

The Toronto overpayment...

Yikes. Top heavy and guys that can play in net or in front of the goalies in there own end. What a mess the Leafs are.