Toronto Maple Leafs

[matchuk]

Leafs sign Tavares - 7 years for $77 million. Too rich for me, especially when they have to eventually sign Matthews and Marner.

I think it is going to be a problem in a few years when Matthews, Marner, and Nylander are looking for decent contracts.

[PullTogether73]

I think it is going to be a problem in a few years when Matthews, Marner, and Nylander are looking for decent contracts.

As soon as I saw that Tavares had signed with the Leafs' my first thought was "Which of Marner and Nylander gets traded when they are up for their next contract?"

Personally I would prefer that it be Nylander, but I figure the Leafs trade one of them for a defenseman at the right time.

[Argo57]

As soon as I saw that Tavares had signed with the Leafs' my first thought was "Which of Marner and Nylander gets traded when they are up for their next contract?"

Personally I would prefer that it be Nylander, but I figure the Leafs trade one of them for a defenseman at the right time.

Can’t see Marner going anywhere TBH.

[jerrym]

I think it is going to be a problem in a few years when Matthews, Marner, and Nylander are looking for decent contracts.

In the modern free agent world, a team usually only has a limited window to go for a championship before the free agency starts costing one its stars. Better to go for it all while the chance is there even if it costs valuable high skill players long term.

[jerrym]

In case you remember him

Murray Westgate, the iconic pitchman for Esso in the Happy Motoring days of Hockey Night In Canada, has passed away in Toronto. He was 100 and always glad to give interviews on the golden age of televised hockey.

— Lance Hornby (@sunhornby) August 27, 2018