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Originally Posted by theman23
In a league with comparables like Pastrnak and Mackinnon, Matthews should not be paid 11.6 million for a measly 1 year of UFA. What the heck was he demanding for an 8 year contract?
Dubas has screwed the Leafs cap situation. Nylander is a good 1 million overpaid, Matthews probably 1.5-2 million. Marner is not going to be accepting any less than Matthews either. That's $5 million in cap space between the 3.
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Rumours were Matthews was looking around $12M for 8 years in the summer.
It's pretty clear that Matthews would have be signed to an offer sheet. Is it better to pay a bit more for the Leafs to sign a deal they could live with, or have your hand forced by another team? Dubas made the best deal he could.