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Forum: Armchair-GM24 sept. 2019 à 14 h 43
Forum: Armchair-GM19 août 2019 à 12 h 36
Sujet: Signing Marner And The Opening Roster Cap Situation
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>rush5154</b></div><div>I agree that all of this sounds logical, but the scope of this contract and term is very team friendly and my opinion is that Marner's camp is not in the business of making team friendly deals. And I can understand why Marner's camp is pushing back given how the Leaf's front office handled Matthews' deal.

Matthews' got: the perfect term; an amazing and "overpaid" AAV relative to his career success; and the perfect contract structure (bonus heavy). So when Marner's camp sees the Leafs give Matthews' everything without any major pushback, why wouldn't they push hard to get as close to that deal as possible? I get that people will use the Matthews' is a centre argument and goals are worth more argument, but what could Marner have done more in the past two seasons? Remember, Marner didn't get the full entry level bonuses and Matthews did; Marner got sent down to the fourth line when he was "struggling", but when Matthews' went 13 games without a point in his rookie year Babcock never sent him down to the fourth line; Marner proved to stay healthy and produce the past two seasons while Matthews' battled injuries. For context, I'm not hating on Matthews' - he's unbelievable and generally deserving of his contract. But if your Marner's camp, are you really going to stomach the front office telling you - again - that you won't get what Matthews' gets despite being an all-around more impact player who's effective in all situations? I can see why they're holding out and I know people will criticize this stance, but I can understand where Marner's camp is coming from. It's not their role to all of a sudden be team-friendly when Nylander's deal (to an extent) and Matthews' deals weren't.</div></div>

I put the full blame on all these Leafs' RFA negotiations firmly upon the shoulders of our rookie GM. Had he negotiated earlier on with Nylander, a precedent of "holding out" would have never been set. I am more aggravated over the hold out, then on the AAV they settled it with that one. But then comes Matthews, and I would agree with most of what you said in analyzing those negotiations. In the Matthews' negotiation, I was pissed off both with term (should have been longer for the money he got) and the AAV should have been less, in my opinion. If Tavares, an established, still young, #1 centre gets x amount, Matthews, especially on a 5 year deal, should not have gotten more. That was a huge fail in my opinion.

Word around Leafland is that they want Marner signed at the start of camp. Although nothing has been said yet, or agreed to internally, management has at least discussed a hard deadline. Meaning that if doesn't sign by x date, the Leafs will go through the entire season without him. It's a harsh but perhaps necessary move. Honestly, at this point, I would have absolutely no issue with the Leafs making an example out of Mitch Marner.
Forum: Armchair-GM2 juill. 2019 à 16 h 45
Forum: Armchair-GM5 juin 2019 à 8 h 59
Forum: Armchair-GM3 juin 2019 à 10 h 49
Sujet: Stars Align
Hawks Fan coming in peace...

The reason the organization was so desperate to dump Hossa to Arizona in the first place was due to the stipulations of LTIR. In order to make deadline deals with extra cap space, the Blackhawks had to be salary cap compliant (including Hossa's contract) by the first day of the season. From there, they could place him on LTIR and have 5.275 million in cap space for in-season moves and acquisitions.

The alternative is to be exactly over the cap by his deal at the start of the season. From there, he could be placed on LTIR, but the Hawks would have perpetually been at the cap ceiling all year.

The organization dealt with Hossa on LTIR for one season after his allergy and it really handcuffed the moves they could make in the 2017-2018 season.

Taking on Hossa's contract with Horton will be different for the Leafs this year, as they will be at the cap for the first time in a while with actual players they are icing.

I wouldn't be so quick to bank on LTIR as a "magic potion"
Forum: Armchair-GM2 mai 2019 à 13 h 15