Auston Mathews anyone?

[Stoner]

24 minutes ago, seer775 said:

And 1 playoff series win.

Would the Leafs want someone with zero playoff games as a replacement?

[SDS]

40 minutes ago, seer775 said:

And 1 playoff series win.

So this is no longer a team game. Got it.

[Night Train]

He'll be overshadowed by Lindy here .  😃

[xzy89c1]

it is very telling that he scored 69 goals and is not even up for hart trophy. 

[LGR4GM]

1 hour ago, xzy89c1 said:

it is very telling that he scored 69 goals and is not even up for hart trophy. 

Nathan MacKinnon 51g, 140pts

Connor McDavid 32g, 132pts

Nikita Kucherov 44g, 144pts

Auston Matthews 69g, 107pts

[JoeSchmoe]

You trade for Matthews and his $13.25 million contract, every future contract negotiation on the team will be benchmarked against that, instead of the $7 or so million we're paying Thompson. On the Leafs, the Tavares contract set the stage for their overpayments thereafter.

We'd be handcuffed by the cap just like the Laffs are.

[Taro T]

29 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:

You trade for Matthews and his $13.25 million contract, every future contract negotiation on the team will be benchmarked against that, instead of the $7 or so million we're paying Thompson. On the Leafs, the Tavares contract set the stage for their overpayments thereafter.

We'd be handcuffed by the cap just like the Laffs are.

Maybe, maybe not.  Sometimes an outlier is simply an outlier.  If that WEREN'T the case, Tage Thompson and Dylan Cozens would be making much closer to $9MM/yr IMHO.