What Brock Nelson‘s extension means for John Tavares?
First Up: Mike Johnson when requested what Brock Nelson’s three-year, $7.5 million cap hit cope with the Colorado Avalanche means for Toronto Maple Leafs pending UFA middle John Tavares.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Host: “Do you suppose this Nelson deal once more, three years, 7.5 million per. He’s a yr youthful than Tavares. Does that have an effect on something with reference to how Tavares appears to be like at this free company.”
Johnson: “It’s a very good level, as a result of Tavares had a greater yr by a mile than Brock Nelson. Tavares had a greater profession than Brock Nelson. Tavares has been constantly higher the previous few years than Brock Nelson.
Tavares won’t be provided the identical contract that Brock Nelson was provided. And so to attempt to persuade John Tavares that we simply, you realize, we wish to offer you three years at 4 and a half or 5, the one approach you may get that deal completed is that if he’s keen to only say, I’m taking an enormous low cost as a result of I wish to play in Toronto.
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In any other case, you realize, his market worth is mainly Nelson’s deal, perhaps a bit extra, proper? Three for eight, three for eight and a half. That’s most likely what Tavares’ open market worth appears to be like like, and also you’re going to attempt to get him for nearly half that? That could be a important low cost.
You hope you may get it if you happen to’re the Leafs, however the market kind of set there. And that negotiating place to love how do you pitch that to Tavares is barely beneath the guise of, nicely, we’d like you to if you wish to assist your house crew if you wish to reside and play right here. You bought to offer it them.”
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