Maple Leafs Sign William Nylander To Eight-year Contract Extension. $11.5M AAV x 8 years.
Maple Leafs Sign William Nylander To Eight-year Contract Extension. $11.5M AAV x 8 years.
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Maple Leafs Sign William Nylander To Eight-year Contract Extension | Toronto Maple Leafs
Honestly insane. He was probably their best piece to move for a high tier dman. Instead the leafs are going to keep running the same lineup that's had no playoff success
And with a full NMC over the whole contract according to capfriendly.
You're kidding right? Surely they didn't give him a full NMC...
He’s their only elimination game performer
And their only player that can enter the zone without getting a running start from their blue line
You can hate every other contract but this is good for the team
It's a weird thing in sports. For most people, you get annual performance reviews -- did you hit your KPIs? What's your bonus this year, if any? A salary increase that tracks inflation, or maybe you're a better worker than that...
In sports: "how much revenue will this player create for us over this period" -- they are a product, and you're trying to recoup costs. Signing Nylander must at least create $11.5M in revenue for the leafs each year, right? In advertising, brand recognition, jersey sales, whatever. That's all that matters here. Not whether or not it makes the Leafs competitive. Not whether his value on the market is fair. And since Rogers and Bell own 75% of the company, they can make it happen, whether we want it to or not.
In many ways, the small markets are so much better off here. There's no way Chevy (in Winnipeg) would have signed this contract.