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Guilt Trip said:I'm not worried at all. The key to keeping Matthews will be team success. Crosby, Malkin, Hedman, Stamkos, Toews, Kane and more stars all signed 5 year deals after their ELCs. All of them also had NMC in the 5th and final years. Not one of these stars left their original teams. Tavares was one of the very few. His 2nd contract was for 6 years, with a NMC/NTC in the 5th and 6th years.
"Worried" may have been the wrong word but I think the big exception there is that most of those guys played in places where I don't think it's easy to see a considerable downside. The fact that Tavares was the guy to leave, understandably, I'm not sure makes the point you think it does.
Playing in Toronto has some real downsides. That we know Matthews may have had to deal with. So if there's some concern, it comes from that.