Florida extends Michael Matheson 8 years @ 4.875M AAV

[herman]

What's up with this?

81 GP 7G 10A ~50% CF%

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Tallon making the big lumbering oafs he likes unmovable.

 

[Kin]

Tallon making the big lumbering oafs he likes unmovable.

Thing is, he's not even that big.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I mean Matheson seems like he's a pretty good defenceman, but this is such a wildly unnecessary risk. Also, if I was Tallon I wouldn't really be saying this in public:

https://twitter.com/Cats0ntheprowl/status/917479861085769728

 

[herman]

I laughed.

They didn't want to pay Marchessault's next contract so they exposed him to Vegas.

 

[Kin]

To be fair you could sort of say the same things about the Zaitsev contract.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

To be fair you could sort of say the same things about the Zaitsev contract.

Oh, I did.

 

[Kin]

To be fair you could sort of say the same things about the Zaitsev contract.

Oh, I did.

No, that's true. I remember you saying that. Just saying that there's precedent of a sort.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

To be fair you could sort of say the same things about the Zaitsev contract.

Oh, I did.

No, that's true. I remember you saying that. Just saying that there's precedent of a sort.

Yeah, and I didn't actually make that Zaitsev connection at first but you're definitely right that deal must have been brought up in these negotiations.