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I take your point- I?m thinking less about the 8th/9th year than about the difference between a $7m and $8m offer over the next 8 years. I.e the offer is: 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7=56 What he gets is: 0-8-8-8-8-8-8-8= 56 (and yes if he then signs 8x8, another year at 8 tacked on the back) I take your...

They?ll trade for him and sign for him because he?s good. We?ve seen it time and again with contract disputes, if they can play, eventually they get signed... the alternative is ending up somewhere like the Jets and Trouba did (1 yr $5.5m)... and a ?show me? deal is an entirely reasonable...

Yeah, my point was more around where the financial pressures actually arise than the literal match payments. If we want to break it down to exactly when he?d need to sign for an $8m difference to become the driver, I bet that?s something his management has done and explained to him - but, while...

If the difference in ask/offer is $8m, then it costs Nylander $8m to sign the leafs contract vs what he thinks he?s worth. The total value of $8m by 8 is $64m. If the Leafs are offering (hypothetically) $7, that?s a $56m value contract. So from Nylander?s perspective the difference is $8m... if...

By this stage in his career Nylander isn?t going to starve if he misses a couple of cheques. The math is not about whether the difference in ask over the course of the contract amounts to more than he?ll lose by sitting out a period of time. If the hypothetical $8m per for 8 years is accurate...

Nylander may not have many options, but it?s not like the leafs do either.... it?s not like Tyler Ennis is a feasible replacement.Sign, trade, sit - those are the scenarios, and trade or sit are just as bad for the Leafs - who want to win - as they are for Nylander. Leverage is not a zero sum game.

If Dubas had all the leverage, Nylander would already have signed. Interesting idea that being a fan means supporting the guy in the suit over the guy in the jersey. Personally im a hockey obsessive who knows the cap situation, but I don?t tune in for the math.

My interpretation is that it means Kyle Dubas has read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, in which there's a chapter that talks about the impact of orchestra's going from open auditions to having musician's audition behind a screen. Prior to the change, nobody would have said they were being biased, but...

This. Further, the Leafs play 4 forwards on the Powerplay, so as odd as it is to see a Komarov getting PP time, you'd guess he the 8th man picked. The alternatives tonight being Hyman, Brown, Plekanec and Kapanen.I'd guess Komarov gets the nod for being a "heavy body" in front of the net.

Teams play their divisional rivals more during the regular season. Montreal, Detroit, Ottawa and Buffalo have less points than anyone in the Metro division, and the Leafs, Lightning and Bruins played these guys more often. If they had to play ~8 more games against NJ, Carolina, NYR, and NYI...

Okay, good example, it CAN happen. Still seems unlikely. My recollection is the Blues were in a position where they were really averse to letting yet annother big name walk away for nothing in a year where they weren't as competitive as in other recent seasons. He was a rumoured trade all...

Do people really  expect this? When has a playoff team (even one on the bubble, which the leafs aren't) ever traded a 30 goal scorer out?

I'm enjoying the mental image of the Oilers front office manning the phones to cover the Martin Marincin bidding war. Pick 107 was attractive, but the team held out and eventually the Leafs folded and offered Ross as well. Cue the montage

Just logged into this site for the first time in years to say hallelujah for the trade down tactic. I'm not sold on Babcock as the latest in a long line of messiahs. I wouldn't know if Marner or Hanifin was a better choice.... I can easily see however that after the top 5 or so picks, the...

Damien Cox, is that you?

Shayne Corson? Would have been around 2001, was useless in the regular season, then went out and blanketed Yashin in the playoffs, from where he became a moderately useful shutdown guy.