I could see him going the deferred contract route to help with some tax stuff (although the CRA picking another fight with him about this is a very real possibility) but it's not going to get us some significant discount. With the way those calculations work I think anything more than like a $500k cut on the AAV starts to really make no sense for the player.
Well I'd say for starters it's worth noting the league doesn't seem like a particularly big fan of these deferred contracts and is probably going to remove them from the next CBA. So far none of the ones signed have really gone to do anything too crazy like a 10 year deferral but I'd imagine that's the type of structure that the league might take serious issue with. And I don't think I'm being hysterical when I say it would be very Leaf-y for the league to finally step in when we try to do something like this.
Sure but again even with a significant deferral I don't think the cap price would really go down that much. Seth Jarvis has the biggest deferred contract so far I think. He signed a 8-year deal where over $15mil ($4.95mil year 1, $4.95m year 2, $5.77m year 7) gets deferred to the July 1st immediately after his contract expires. That's a very large chunk of money to defer, and some of it for a very long period, and it only dropped his AAV about $500k.
Imagine going to your boss to negotiate a lower salary for yourself. Ridiculous.
https://sports.yahoo.com/connor-mcdavid-felt-guilty-took-less-massive-new-oilers-contract-201252512.html said:
For some people.... there are somethings worth more than money.
I like to think of his request to have Marner on his line at the 4 Nations is him test-driving his future Leafs' linemate.
Sure. But judging someone because they don't is the ridiculous part.
I get what you're saying. We'd all love to be playing hockey for money. And most of us would do if for 100k a year. But regardless of the job, who am I to judge their wants and needs?
Too much for me. Just my opinion. I've liked his game this year albeit in a contract year but he's been very quiet since the beginning of the year and benefits from playing with 88 and the PP. Would be great to have him centering the 3rd line but not at 7 million. Problem though is what else is out there. Nothing really as far as free agents.
Paying Tavares for 3-years because he's producing like a 2C (or better) right now but then immediately dropping him to 3C with worse line mates which will significantly nerf a good chunk of his 5-on-5 offence is what I'm worried about though. If you're not getting a really big discount from him (I think it's fair to say $7mil considering everything is big but maybe not really big) I'm hesitant to offer him much if any term because his offence is very much role-dependent and that role could be changing at any point now.
Don't get me wrong, I think Tavares would make a fantastic 3C if the Leafs can find another C who would mesh well with Nylander. Again it's just that his offence will undoubtedly suffer and that's what players get paid for.