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MikeyVC97
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Forum: Armchair-GM17 août 2023 à 10 h 28
Sujet: Most Cash and Upside for AM34
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Snowhawk18</b></div><div>Personally I think $5m per year for Bear is waaaay to much.

I know Matthews is extremely talented but I have a hard time paying him $15m per season when he hasn’t proven he can win when it matters most. Now I know it is a team game but when you are the top dog, getting paid the most, you’re expected to be the guy to drag the team along with you. How many times did we see Kane or Toews step up in a crucial time and have a monster game? Matthews hasn’t done that ever in his career, it has just playoff disappointment after playoff disappointment. I believe the Leafs have won one series with him on the team… one!</div></div>

Hossa didn't win prior to becoming a Hawk and that worked out well when they broke the bank for him when the cap was much smaller.
Forum: Armchair-GM17 août 2023 à 10 h 24
Sujet: Most Cash and Upside for AM34
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BankersBox</b></div><div>Chicago should be another bottom 10 team this year, but 24-25 should be the start of their climb in the Central.

Its interesting you don't see the comparison with Chicago and Toronto's rebuild that brought them Matthews, Marner, Willy and Rielly. Toronto made the playoffs Matthews 1st year.

Chicago has high end forward prospects (Bedard, Reichel, Nazar and Moore) Depth prospects (Ludwinski, Hayes, Savoie, Greene) + the 9 other draft picks from this past year and 13 picks in the top 3 rounds in the next 3 years. Dont forget the 60 Million in cap space in 24-25

Not all of the prospects will work, but the foundation has been started.</div></div>

I know everyone is freaked about Toronto's current cap and lack of success problem but that's NOT Matthews' fault. The Leaf's overpaid Marner and others not Matthews. To think the Hawks can't sign a top FA because they have a lot of prospects is a flawed mentality. Look at what happened when the Hawks in the early days of the last rebuild signed Campbell and Hossa those were amazing FAs to add to a crop of drafted prospects. You can never be 100% obviously, there will be mistake signings like Huet. But like I said you don't even get opportunities to sign players like Matthews every year maybe once-a-decade type FA opportunity!
Forum: Armchair-GM17 août 2023 à 10 h 3
Forum: Armchair-GM16 août 2023 à 16 h 12
Sujet: What if the Hawks get 1OA again
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>babouie</b></div><div>I would not go after Mathews . Hawks will have to hand out some very big contracts if there prospects pan out . Giving Mathews 14 mil at this point in the rebuild would hurt the team longterm cap wise like the idiotic decision to sign Tavares was . Ever since that signing the Leafs have had to dump all sorts of depth players and pics . Bedard ,Korchinski ,Nazer , Reichel , Seth Jones ( no elc ) , Moore , all these guys ELC's will end within the same two or three year period . And then Hawks are back in cap hell . The Leafs had to dump Kadri after signing Mathews ( double kadri salary ) were the Leafs better of after this signing ???</div></div>

First this offseason the cap is anticipated to rise about $5 mil. The Hawks at the moment have the 2nd most cap space in the league. They can absolutely afford to pay Matthews a proven superstar in the league. Even after they sign him they will have an outrageous amount of cap space they can save for the furture. However if you pass on Matthews when you can afford him just to expect to pay out a bunch of money for players who might not pop the team suffers even more. You don't pass on superstar talent when you can afford it.
Forum: Armchair-GM16 août 2023 à 15 h 25
Sujet: What if the Hawks get 1OA again
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Snowhawk18</b></div><div>I think this post is 100% correct. Matthews is obviously an exceptional talent but due to the salary cap restraints you can only have two or three of these guys very most before it really ties your hands with the remainder of the roster building.</div></div>

I disagree Matthews is the proven superstar in the league and the Hawks can afford him this offseason. The prospects we drafted are not guaranteed to come anywhere close to the talent level of Matthews. If you pass on Matthews because you are saving money to pay a prospect who might not ascend to that level its even worse.

Best-Worst problem is you pay Matthews and your talent level booms and demands big pay days thats good problems to have.

What if the Hawks had passed on Hossa said, no we need to budget for the future of all these young guys in the pipeline. We don't win 3 Cups. Sure the cap pain hurt but the Hawks cried into 3 cups in that time.
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