The Montreal Canadiens Can Play the Ready Sport with a Mike Matheson Extension
Anthony Di Marco of Every day Faceoff joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was requested about what Mike Matheson may get on his subsequent contract. Di Marco mentions they are often affected person with Mike Matheson, and no choices need to be made proper now.
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Host: “Properly, you talked about the cash facet of it. Do you assume that they may come to a team-friendly settlement with Mike Matheson to retain him, on condition that, such as you stated earlier, he may very simply exit into the advertising and get far extra money?”
Anthony Di Marco: “He makes what, like 5.3 proper now, I imagine in that vary. The wage cap might be going to be, I feel, round $110 million in a yr’s time. I imply, I can’t think about that Mike Matheson goes to get much less. So possibly you get him round that six to $7 million. Like the primary contract that jumps out at me as they just like the Travis SanheimAAV is $6.25 million however even at that, even with the wage cap rising, are you going to pay a 3rd pair of defenseman north of $6 million even in a world the place the wage cap is $110 million.
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Like I must get out my calculator, which has by no means been my good friend, going again to my days in highschool, however like, I simply, I can’t think about it will be possible, particularly when you’ve gotten guys like Struble, like Xhekaj, you may signal a depth veteran left shot defenseman in free company, or a depth proper facet defenseman in free company. So, I imply, I don’t know. I simply need to assume that, sure, they may get him at a team-friendly deal, but when it’s going to be to play on the third pair, I can think about how team-friendly it may very well be. I simply assume it actually comes all the way down to Guhle and Mike Matheson long run right here.”
Host: “I feel you might not must combat with the cap going up. You may need slightly bit extra flexibility. And it’s one thing fascinating, you stated, and it’s one thing once we had been discussing yesterday, and we’re going to proceed the dialog at 12 o’clock in the present day is wouldn’t Mike Matheson be the proper associate for somebody like David Reibacher making an attempt to leap in, and that call about extending Matheson doesn’t must occur in the present day.
It doesn’t even must occur earlier than coaching camp begins. You could possibly get into the season if you need, and you may wait on this. It’s advantageous, you can also make that call. However let’s simply say, David Reinbacher shines in coaching camp. He begins the season. They pair them up. All people falls in love with it. You is perhaps like, Yeah, I like this for the subsequent couple of years. After which it modifications your determination about extending.”
Di Marco: “Yeah 100% and look, I don’t assume it’s important to make that call now, as a result of what if the Canadiens are method out of the playoff image come the commerce deadline. Mike Matheson might be one of many high rental defenseman in the marketplace, and you may most likely fetch a first-round decide plus for him, however I feel the Canadiens are going to be within the playoff image this yr.
And the best way this blue line shaking out is you probably have Matheson and Reinbacher on that second pair, after which you’ve gotten Guhle and Provider on that third pair, and Lane Hutson and Dobson as your high pair. First off, that has the potential to be among the finest defenses within the Atlantic Division, for my part. And second of all, like the place what’s the actual drop off between possibly Hutson and Dobson shall be a reduce above the remaining, however from the second pair to the third pair.
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Like, to me, that’s like 1A, 1B, second pair in for that workforce. So I imply left, proper on each facet, on, on every pair, after which you’ve gotten Xhekaj and Struble as your seven, eight. Like, I simply wouldn’t contact it proper now, as a result of for the Canadiens, who’re type of beginning to exit their rebuilding come out the opposite facet, you don’t need to rush into these choices, simply fear in regards to the right here and now and the right here and now presents a extremely good possibility for the Canadiens to have one of the numerous and proficient blue strains of their division, and possibly even within the convention.”
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