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Auston Matthews Extension: 13.25M AAV x 4yrs

https://twitter.com/mapleleafs/status/1694456850362605880
https://x.com/friedgehnic/status/1694457229041184791
 
https://twitter.com/capfriendly/status/1694459085091905706
https://twitter.com/domluszczyszyn/status/1694457852205621378
https://x.com/ineffectivemath/status/1694461350288765387
 
I think that's about as favourable of a contract for the Leafs as one could expect. Even on a completely hypothetical/unrealistic 1-year deal he was never signing for below $13mil. So to stretch that type of money for 4 years is a win. As for beyond that, as long as the Leafs are good he'll re-sign and be a forever-Leaf. I'm genuinely not too concerned about that.
 
herman said:
Highlander said:
When does Tavares come of the books? 

His and Marner?s contracts end 2025, the final year overlapping with the first year of Matthews? extension.

Yeah next year is the tough year, if they sign Nylander. Then they're great for cap space.
 
Locking up Matthews for what figures to be the rest of his peak at a reasonable rate? Sounds good to me.

I think I need a few more healthy seasons from him before I'd want to lock him into a deal into his mid 30's. This seems right.
 
At the end of the deal Matthews will have been here for 12 years. I absolutely love it that he's betting on himself. Good deal.
 
Hey, remember when people said he'd leave as a free agent for Arizona?

Now that that's officially behind us we can all admit...that was the dumbest thing anyone could have thought, right? Like, no sought after UFA in hockey right now is signing in Arizona unless there's a gun to their head.
 
I love this deal.

I wish there was more of this in hockey tbh, hockey is a bit conservative still.

I kind of get the security of the long term deal from a player point of view. But I?d love to see more of this and potentially players moving about a bit more. Like at the end of this 4 year deal maybe Matthews takes a one year deal somewhere to play with McDavid or something. I think that would be cool. (Well, not for the Leafs, but you know what I mean).
 
bustaheims said:
Longer would have been better, but this still a very good deal.
And if his play drops off after he turns 30 it would suck. Leafs get Matthews for his prime years. If we don't succeed in another 5 years it's time to pull the plug anyway.
 
Guilt Trip said:
bustaheims said:
Longer would have been better, but this still a very good deal.
And if his play drops off after he turns 30 it would suck. Leafs get Matthews for his prime years. If we don't succeed in another 5 years it's time to pull the plug anyway.

Unless McDavid signs here as a UFA for el cheapo
 
Once McDavid signs with the Leafs we'll have Matthews and McDavid together for at least 2 seasons
 
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