If he ever does reach the open market, he will easily get leauge max. Only 700k more than Matthews? Edmonton would easily beat that offer as well

Yeah this is just a pipe dream lol. Really unlikely we do land him,but if we did Matthews/McDavid/Marner/Nylander on the same team would be so electric

Yeah Mcdavid would very easily get a 15m+ contract max term. Only way he takes a pay cut is to go to a team that is already super stacked so he could win a cup.

McDavid has TML PJs like JT

The situations are vastly different. When JT went to Toronto in 2018 they had 3 elite players U23 in Marner, Nylander and Matthews while the islanders only had Barzal. They were up and coming and were already a playoff team. Ever since signing, they only have won 1 playoff series. Edmonton accutally has had success

After 11 years in Edmonton and if they don't have any CUPs with 2 of the best players in the world did they really have any team success?

The Leaf's will still likely have 3 elite players plus #97 in 2026. and take into account the cap he will demand there will really only be a handful of teams that could afford to add him and IF they had the cap space TML would be at the top of his list. In Toronto he could afford to take less as the value of his endorsements will go up.

Also take into account that McDavid would also attract other UFAs to TO.

I think he will be signing a contract at League Max - League Min, whatever they are at the time of signing. Of course NMC and max years