05 May 2018 13:53:40
To Van: Brown, Borgman, Gauthier
To Tor: Tanev

I think Tanev is being slightly overvalued because he is a right shot. Although he consistently misses close to 20 games a year

This part might be a little crazy but could work.
Sign Tavares for 1yr at 20 million
Then extend him for 6 years at 8.3 it's the same as signing for 7x70 just makes the cap hit cheaper after the first year.

1.) 06 May 2018
05 May 2018 21:52:49
The whole blown knee thing is very concerning, and caused Tanev to miss a large number of games this season. When healthy, he is a solid top 4 defenseman. But you are correct, Tanev is very prone to injury.

My gut instinct tells me we should avoid Tanev altogether. At $4.5M, he seems to be reasonably priced. But when you are only getting half a season out of him, all of a sudden he’s becomes very expensive.

The package you are offering here seems more than reasonable. Brown is the only player that would be coming off the current roster. Borgman and Gauthier will probably never make the team full time. Signing the Swedish guy at center position tells me Leafs have zero interest in making Gauthier our 4C.

I would do this trade. It’s a low risk, high reward potential trade. With the exception of Brown, who is a good depth player, but certainly not irreplaceable, we aren’t losing anything. If Tanev can stay healthy, then we acquire a potential top line RHD.

2.) 06 May 2018
05 May 2018 21:58:12
All these suggested contracts that pay players an enormous amount of money first year, with reduced salary the remainder upon extension are almost certainly illegal, and just plain silly. It’s an extremely expensive risk to take paying a player that much money for one year of service.

If GM’s felt that a contract as this one suggested here, and the others posted below, were a good idea, they would already have been taking advantage of this loophole (if it’s even legal) . As there hasn’t been even one player signed to a deal like this, you need to acknowledge that not only is this type of sign and extension not only a bad idea, it also isn’t allowed by the league. It’s almost certainly cap avoidance.

3.) 06 May 2018
05 May 2018 22:39:29
I like it but the max amount of money you can sign a player to per year is 15 million.

4.) 06 May 2018
05 May 2018 23:24:41
You can't pay a guy more than 20% of the total cap in a given year. The maximum he could earn is 16 million.