Do the Maple Leafs and Avalanche have inside caps when coping with pending UFAs Mitch Marner and Mikko Rantanen?
TSN: Pierre LeBrun mentioned that it’s extra doubtless than not that pending UFAs Mitch Marner and Mikko Rantanen re-sign with their respective groups. It doubtless gained’t be straightforward for the groups contemplating the form of have an inside ceiling with Auston Matthews at $13.25 and Nathan MacKinnon at $12.6 million. That may doubtless be introduced up by the groups in the event that they haven’t already, however the participant brokers could have their very own arguments.
“One is these extensions have been signed and since then the wage cap panorama has modified dramatically. The cap goes approach up right here over the subsequent few years.
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Quantity two, these brokers, for positive, will discuss share of the cap, not essentially the precise AAV. And so, this negotiation, to me, each for Rantanen and for Marner, goes to be so attention-grabbing the place it finally ends up.
Can the Leafs get Mitch Marner at $13 million or much less? Can the Avalanche get Rantanen at $12.6 million or much less?”
LeBrun thinks that Rantanen’s camp believes they’ll get $14 million in the event that they go to the open market.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and John Tavares are speaking extension
TSN: The Toronto Maple Leafs and pending UFA John Tavares have held contract talks however aren’t on the level the place each side are comfy with the deal that’s on the desk based on Chris Johnston. Tavares needs to stay a Leaf and isn’t serious about free company they usually could have to defer some wage to make it work.
“One factor that’s popped up as a chance right here is utilizing deferred wage compensation as a approach, maybe, to bridge a number of the monetary hole that exists at present.
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You’ll keep in mind the Leafs did use this with Jake McCabe, reducing his cap hit on the extension he signed in October. Carolina did it with a pair gamers over the summer time.”
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