JackBurton
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I called Tavares to Toronto. where's my hand job?
Leafs sign John Tavares to 7 year/ $77m deal
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I called Tavares to Toronto. where's my hand job?
LeafOfFaith
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Right after I get my blowjob. Get in line.
JackBurton
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I like a pinky in my brown love tunnel every now and then.
LeafOfFaith
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Next time predict something right and you can get in on this action too.
MyNameIsJonas
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I mean leave it to one guy to make this thread unbearable to read.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
C'mon man, LoF isn't that bad.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
Teeds pinky though?
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
LeafOfFaith
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Disagree. If I were a calf, you can bet I would belong to one Luke Schenn.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
Which means you would have lasted a lot longer in the league than Teeds thought you would.
LeafOfFaith
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Not with someone calling the rest of me “Schitt” on a nightly basis.
Kills the confidence.
Kills the confidence.
LeafOfFaith
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The head gets the pillow. The calf gets the sunken part of the bed, suffocating under the sheets.
number17
Mod Squad
Skipping all the bromance around here
Read Mirtle's article on the cap situation after Tavares signing on the Athletic. He suggested a couple scenarios, but bottomline is we'll be tight but we will be fine next season after we re-sign MNM (he assumes Nylander $6.5M which he believes is high-end of what he'll get, based on Nylander's numbers at the end of 17/18 season and comparing him to players like Pasternik ... he also assumes Matthews at $11M and Marner at same $6.5M)
He quoted from Dubas and made one point clear - the 'good' thing about Tavares' contract is not only he sets the ceiling for Matthews, but it sends a message to the rest of the organization in which Tavares is a 'vet' who left some pretty coins on the table (he left almost $17M on the table over 7 years, if you believe in rumours of SJ's $93.5M/7 yrs offer) and that becomes the culture and expectation for all the young players - that if you want to win and stay on this team, you have to make little personal sacrifices at negotiation table so we can keep the team together.
I believe Martin's contract will be gone, as soon as this summer and I don't think we have to eat any contract, we may have to lose a late pick or so. There are apparently still GMs who believe in truculence in 2018.
number17
Mod Squad
Here's the Mirtle projection, btw ...
Marleau (6.5) - Matthews (11) - Nylander (6.5)
Hyman (2.25) - Tavares (11) - Marner (6.5)
Johnsson (1.25) - Kadri (4.5) - Brown (2.1)
Grundstrom (0.95) - Lindholm (0.8) - Kapanen (1.85)
(Kessel buyout 1.2)
Total F = 56.4M
Rielly (5) - Zaitsev (4.5)
Gardiner (6) - Dermott (0.8)
Borgman (1) - Rosen (1)
Holl (0.8)
Total D = $19.1
Andersen (5)
Sparks (0.8)
TOtal G = $5.8
Team total = $81.3
It will be tight, but we can keep MNM, Marleau and Gardiner (assuming he re-signs at $6M, which is possible if he leaves some $$ on the table). Alternatively we can also go after another D and $6M does give you some options.
And then Marleau's contract comes off the book in 2020 summer, which gives us another $6.5M with no more emerging young star player to re-sign. At some point good teams can't keep everyone, and that same thing happened to Pittsburgh and Chicago. But as long as you can keep your core, and a stream of young players from drafts to compliment your team, you can keep this thing running for a long time.
In the 2 hours meeting with Tavares, Tavares asked Dubas to show him the projection of roster and cap space year by year so that he can be convinced they CAN indeed contend for all 7 years of his contract, and Dubas was able to convince him. I'm sure he has this cap thing mapped out over the next 7 years already while taking into consideration of different options. I'm not worried.
Marleau (6.5) - Matthews (11) - Nylander (6.5)
Hyman (2.25) - Tavares (11) - Marner (6.5)
Johnsson (1.25) - Kadri (4.5) - Brown (2.1)
Grundstrom (0.95) - Lindholm (0.8) - Kapanen (1.85)
(Kessel buyout 1.2)
Total F = 56.4M
Rielly (5) - Zaitsev (4.5)
Gardiner (6) - Dermott (0.8)
Borgman (1) - Rosen (1)
Holl (0.8)
Total D = $19.1
Andersen (5)
Sparks (0.8)
TOtal G = $5.8
Team total = $81.3
It will be tight, but we can keep MNM, Marleau and Gardiner (assuming he re-signs at $6M, which is possible if he leaves some $$ on the table). Alternatively we can also go after another D and $6M does give you some options.
And then Marleau's contract comes off the book in 2020 summer, which gives us another $6.5M with no more emerging young star player to re-sign. At some point good teams can't keep everyone, and that same thing happened to Pittsburgh and Chicago. But as long as you can keep your core, and a stream of young players from drafts to compliment your team, you can keep this thing running for a long time.
In the 2 hours meeting with Tavares, Tavares asked Dubas to show him the projection of roster and cap space year by year so that he can be convinced they CAN indeed contend for all 7 years of his contract, and Dubas was able to convince him. I'm sure he has this cap thing mapped out over the next 7 years already while taking into consideration of different options. I'm not worried.
Assuming Matthews continues to improve... there's no chance he signs for $10m. Remember... he's not a Toronto boy like Tavares.
Volcanologist
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I'm also pretty sure the question "what are you going to do about the defence" came up, and that the answer was not "we're going to ship out Nylander for somebody as soon as you get here"
