Drink
Well-Known Member
Agree totally, Toronto faces the task of signing both Matthews and Marner next June and that will be a tall order particularly with Marner having a banner year. #3 for the NHL scoring lead.The Leafs have no choice but to trade Nylander in my opinion if they want to keep the rest of the team intact. The Hawks were in the same situation and made trades they probably didn't want to make.Don Cherry and Brian Burke couldn't believe how much they paid him, and what it means next years RFAs will get. Leafs had been pretty disciplined on not massively overpaying but not now. The only good thing is the contract has a large amount of money as bonus upfront, so the salary paid is a lot less than the cap hit. Poor teams like that. Contract structured for a trade to Carolina maybe? Let him play with Matthew's and put up great numbers then move him next summer. Leafs will have to move Marleau and his contract to make room too.