herman
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Awesome
Let's see if this works...
A couple of reasons I'd spitball to not have Nylander signed right now (even though I'd much prefer it):
- Gives the staff a chance to see what they have in the next wave of young players
- While the Leafs are currently in a bit of a slump (both for lack of trying and not), the Atlantic has enough garbage in it that the Leafs will make the playoffs and it's really just a matter of positioning; the only Atlantic team we play in November is Boston (twice)
- The more days Nylander is not signed, the lower his future cap hits become, which is when our actual cap crunch occurs, and it's only for that one season (2019-2020) which may or may not coincide with a CBA re-negotiation/lockout anyway and is also projected to see a bump in the cap to 81-84M.
- Not blinking here is Dubas giving a shot across the bow to Matthews' and Marner's respective agents, as well as other executives around the league who are cagily taking their measure of the new kid
Let's see if this works...
A couple of reasons I'd spitball to not have Nylander signed right now (even though I'd much prefer it):
- Gives the staff a chance to see what they have in the next wave of young players
- While the Leafs are currently in a bit of a slump (both for lack of trying and not), the Atlantic has enough garbage in it that the Leafs will make the playoffs and it's really just a matter of positioning; the only Atlantic team we play in November is Boston (twice)
- The more days Nylander is not signed, the lower his future cap hits become, which is when our actual cap crunch occurs, and it's only for that one season (2019-2020) which may or may not coincide with a CBA re-negotiation/lockout anyway and is also projected to see a bump in the cap to 81-84M.
- Not blinking here is Dubas giving a shot across the bow to Matthews' and Marner's respective agents, as well as other executives around the league who are cagily taking their measure of the new kid