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Forum: Armchair-GM27 août 2020 à 13 h 41
Sujet: Big 4 Staying one more year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lenny7</b></div><div>Tell me more about how "If you want to win you sign a fair deal at market value"? McDavid-hasn't won. I'm pretty confident that he hasn't even made it out of the first round? Tavares-hasn't won. Also hasn't had much success in the playoffs. Eichel, same. Aho, same. Rantanen, same, though this year could be the one.

I don't know, I could be completely wrong, but long-term, what does "hurting the team" have to do with someone being paid what they think they're value is? If my boss comes in to talk about renewing my contract, why would I ever consider taking a discount without asking for the moon first?

Consider the fact that these guys are play for the first three years of their careers at a fraction of their actual value, and then spend the next 3-4 years having their contracts restricted by arbitration. They're tied to one team unless that team decides to trade them to another. Why the heck would they be overly concerned about "hurting the team"? Because they *might* have a shot to win? Screw that. If I'm Matthews, Marner, Tavares or Nylander, the amount that I'm paid has absolutely nothing to do with the contract I've signed. All 4 of these guys have performed extremely well since they were signed.

If there's anyone to blame, it's the group at the top who says "Sign here".</div></div>

look at boston. they are a great example. Oilers went to the WCF i believe. look at thw Hawks when they won their cups.... players got paid after they won.. there actually a lot of examples.. players should get paid after they win ... makes the most sense.
Forum: Armchair-GM27 août 2020 à 12 h 56
Sujet: Big 4 Staying one more year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Capitalfail67</b></div><div>why do leaf fans only blame Mitch? you can argue hes better than matthews...he def just as good as matthews. Matthews was just as selfish why no hate towards him?? baffling</div></div>

Leafs fans don't always blame mitch. Only the fans who don't make a lot of sense. He's not better than Matthews and that's not even an argument. He's overpaid a bit and a fantastic playmaker. Probably the best playmaker in the league. As for the overpay, Oh well, every GM has a **** contract except the Leafs now. If our **** contract is traded for a slightly overpaid playmaker I'll take it. That's not the issue with the Leafs. The problem with the Leafs is the Young guys need to realise that playing without structure and by the seat of your pants doesn't work in the NHL. That's a Youth problem. Listen to the coach, learn the game he's teaching and play the game he teaches you and the wins will happen.
Forum: Armchair-GM27 août 2020 à 10 h 42
Sujet: Pietrangelo and Thornton
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>kous</b></div><div>There is nothing wrong with Anderson contract with that said the Wings don't make that deal</div></div>

The article that named Andersson as a player on the trade block (from James Mirtle of the Athletic) made fairly clear that they just want to clear his cap (not his salary, which is only $1 million). The article says,

<em>"The Leafs starting goaltender can apparently be had for a “useful” but low-cost asset in what would largely be a cap-clearing trade. Andersen could be a really intriguing option for a team without a lot of cash, as he has only $1 million in salary remaining due to a large signing bonus the Leafs have already paid. I wonder if the Oilers might be a fit given they want to overhaul their goaltending situation, although they’d have to find a way to make Andersen’s cap hit work."</em>
Forum: Armchair-GM27 août 2020 à 9 h 42
Sujet: 20-21 Leafs weaponize the cap
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>kous</b></div><div>Those draft picks turn into real players. Also I mentioned that even if it did not include the retention of salary.</div></div>

It's still throwing darts at a dart board, and by pick 15 in a normal draft your 20 feet away from the board, which makes it much harder to get a bullseye. Think most owners would want a safer bet if they are spending millions of dollars, 20 teams in the league struggle to break even in a good year, let alone what's happening in the world now.

As far as sign and trades similar to the NBA (not big NBA fan, but I think this is what you are getting at). They don't make a lot of sense in the NHL as the typical 27-30 UFA likely is not getting the 8th year anyways (which is the only advantage to signing with the original team). It has been pretty rare for a high enough profile 25/26 yo to hit UFA and be allowed to walk away from their team.