Nylander signing 8-year, $92mil extension

[cw]

Point is we?ve rarely seen a NMC really hinder moving a player.

I do not think we'd hear about it very often.
That would cause a lot of difficultly for the player who did not waive a right he negotiated into his contract.
Mats Sundin could probably weigh in.
I suspect they've kicked Tavares' tires on that as they were trying to figure out what to do about the other three top forwards.

 

[Joe S.]

Point is we?ve rarely seen a NMC really hinder moving a player.

I do not think we'd hear about it very often.
That would cause a lot of difficultly for the player who did not waive a right he negotiated into his contract.
Mats Sundin could probably weigh in.
I suspect they've kicked Tavares' tires on that as they were trying to figure out what to do about the other three top forwards.

Sure it happens from time to time, Kadri used his as well. But by and large it isn?t some epidemic that there is a rash of unmovable players in the NHL and somehow the leafs are at the forefront of this problem.

 

[cw]

Point is we?ve rarely seen a NMC really hinder moving a player.

I do not think we'd hear about it very often.
That would cause a lot of difficultly for the player who did not waive a right he negotiated into his contract.
Mats Sundin could probably weigh in.
I suspect they've kicked Tavares' tires on that as they were trying to figure out what to do about the other three top forwards.

Sure it happens from time to time, Kadri used his as well. But by and large it isn?t some epidemic that there is a rash of unmovable players in the NHL and somehow the leafs are at the forefront of this problem.

Where the Leafs are arguably at the forefront is the % of cap dollars tied up in NMC - roughly 62% next season on 21% of the 23 man roster. A quick scan of the playoffs teams - they don't seem to have as much $ tied up that way.

This is definitely a problem for the basement general managers/internet warriors.

But it is also a legitimately perceived constraint on the team trying to build a winner. 79% of the roster has to be paid with the 38% of the cap money left. That is tougher to do any time soon with fewer top draft picks that tend to graduate to the NHL faster and a 27th ranked prospect system. A lot of contending teams have problems like this. The Leafs are arguably in the more extreme circumstance. Some questioning of that seem very fair to me.

 

[Kin]

That is tougher to do any time soon with fewer top draft picks that tend to graduate to the NHL faster and a 27th ranked prospect system. A lot of contending teams have problems like this. The Leafs are arguably in the more extreme circumstance. Some questioning of that seem very fair to me.

I think you've hit on the real issue though which is the paucity of talent developed by previous management teams. Sure being top heavy is an issue but it's only a serious issue if you're a team that can't fill holes from within. Obviously it would be better if the team had their top end making a little less but ideally the regret there would be because it made it tough to retain all the talented homegrown players that gave your roster depth similar to what the Lightning have been dealing with recently.

But if the issue is that you don't have the money to use the UFA market to build out your roster then I'm pretty dubious of that as a strategy regardless of how much money you're paying your stars.

 

[Frank E]

https://twitter.com/TheBeaverton/status/1744747121079620019

 

[herman]

https://x.com/friedgehnic/status/1745820902301089975
Bump the time slider to the Lewis Gross segment

 

[cw]

https://twitter.com/friedgehnic/status/1745820902301089975
Bump the time slider to the Lewis Gross segment

That was a very good interview.

One take away "What was the big thing Nylander wanted most?"
Answer "To stay in Toronto for the next 8 years. He loves playing on Toronto" (paraphrased)

Many interesting tidbits of stuff.
He's a good agent.