Quoting: HABS19
yeah good luck signing matthews and marner
That was my initial thought..
Matthews is going to get 13-15 easily.. Marner is going to want Draisaitl money 8.5-9 and Nylander will want 7.5... So those 3 will cost 30 million per minimum combined.
It will be interesting to see how Toronto handles "cap hell" in the next couple of years.... I'll bet Lou Lamoriello will wish he's in hell at that point.
This is why you gotta win when these kids are cost controlled, and as a Hawks fan I know this all too well.
Signing Tavares and trading for OEL is absolutely out of the question if the Leafs want any depth at all around their core... IMO, Lou Lamoriello is going to be forced to trade one of the pieces at some point for some breathing room and it will be highly unpopular when it happens.
Then again I think the addition of Seattle and a stronger economy will certainly help with the cap.
But you don't make long-term commitments now just because you can afford it ....... That will bite you in the butt down the road and trust me there is a "down the road".
Of course Toronto could do this, win cups but when the time comes to dismantle to get under cap the city would riot - it would be anarchy lol..