Lucas Neilson: Top Corner Hockey: Matthews and Tavares Star Power

Nice log lucas

Still, the longer Nylander holds out, the less the cap his contract counts towards after this season. It could be mututal at this point considering they couldn't come to a reasonable agreement before the season started.

Sign Willie to a bridge 2yr $5m

Play him at C in Kadri's spot...move Kadri to wing with Matthews.

Let's see what Willie can do playing with Connor Brown and Josh Leivo.

If he still puts up big points...give him big money.

The end.

Sign Willie to a bridge 2yr $5m

Play him at C in Kadri's spot...move Kadri to wing with Matthews.

Let's see what Willie can do playing with Connor Brown and Josh Leivo.

If he still puts up big points...give him big money.

The end.
- Garnie

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#FireDubas

Dubas is great, no need to fire him.

#firebabcock

Honest question,
Can you see Arizona offering and Mathews signing an offer sheet next year for 14 per?
Would you match or take the 5 first rounders? I assume you match.

Dubas is great, no need to fire him.

#firebabcock
- Garnie

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#FireDubas
- plantheparade

Yeah, fire the guy who didn't capitulate in his first contract negotiation. We want a yes man who is afraid to make the hard decisions managing this team.

Honest question,
Can you see Arizona offering and Mathews signing an offer sheet next year for 14 per?
Would you match or take the 5 first rounders? I assume you match.
- Ross77

Where are they getting the money to do that?

Where are they getting the money to do that?
- AdamFrench

Easy.

Sell the team for millions, pay Matthews the millions.

- AdamFrench

Easy.

Sell the team for millions, pay Matthews the millions.
- TheMussel

That Hossa-Matthews-Bolland line would be deadly.

Where are they getting the money to do that?
- AdamFrench

They’ll have more cap space than the leafs next year ( if you consider they dont have a Marner, Mathews nylander to pay) and we are only talking 2-3 million if you think the leafs are signing him 10- 12.

In answer to the Willy UFA question from last thread:

To get to UFA, you have to have 7 years of NHL or be 27 years old.

If I'm doing the math correct here, if he plays this year, he'd be UFA after the 2021-22 season.

He turns 27 at the end of the 2022-23 season.

So sitting out a year does not get him closer to UFA status.

Please note: I may not have done the math correctly here.

They’ll have more cap space than the leafs next year ( if you consider they dont have a Marner, Mathews nylander to pay) and we are only talking 2-3 million if you think the leafs are signing him 10- 12.
- Ross77

Where are the Coyotes getting 14mil in internal salary to pay him?

Honest question,
Can you see Arizona offering and Mathews signing an offer sheet next year for 14 per?
Would you match or take the 5 first rounders? I assume you match.
- Ross77

Very tempting to take Arizona's 5 first rounders - I'm assuming the Coyotes remain a tire fire for the next few years.

Where are the Coyotes getting 14mil in internal salary to pay him?
- AdamFrench

They can start a gofundme

In answer to the Willy UFA question from last thread:

To get to UFA, you have to have 7 years of NHL or be 27 years old.

If I'm doing the math correct here, if he plays this year, he'd be UFA after the 2021-22 season.

He turns 27 at the end of the 2022-23 season.

So sitting out a year does not get him closer to UFA status.

Please note: I may not have done the math correctly here.
- Atomic Wedgie

I answered.....in the other blog...but if he sits this year...they'd tack another year on before he hits UFA....right?

When Anderson is dialed in, the Leafs really worry me.

They can start a gofundme
- TheMussel

Isn't that kinda what they are already doing - with the Leafs, Rangers and Flyers shipping them money?

Very tempting to take Arizona's 5 first rounders - I'm assuming the Coyotes remain a tire fire for the next few years.
- Atomic Wedgie

Even with Matthews?

You'd think it would make considerably better.

Very tempting to take Arizona's 5 first rounders - I'm assuming the Coyotes remain a tire fire for the next few years.
- Atomic Wedgie

Not with Matthews I wouldn't think.

They can start a gofundme
- TheMussel

They're paying 52 mil in actual salary this year with a 72mil cap hit. They're Melnyking it up hard.

When Anderson is dialed in, the Leafs really worry me.
- GalacticStone

sen. He's a Dane.

Where are the Coyotes getting 14mil in internal salary to pay him?
- AdamFrench

Bringing home the home town kid might very well be the absolute last ditch attempt to keep the team there, just saying they may completely over pay out of pure desperation and find a way.
I think it’s a long shot but If we were ever to see another huge offer sheet signed ( last one was maybe WEBER with Philly ). This would be it.