Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Headlines reviews that the Toronto Maple Leafs are nearing an eight-year contract extension value $11.5 million.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“It’s getting shut. The Toronto Maple Leafs. Principals aren’t speaking. The Maple Leafs fly residence from San Jose on Sunday. And we may see this as quickly as Monday and I do consider the AAV for Nylander goes to be round $11.5 million a 12 months.
Now clearly there’s going to be a ton of debate about this. I believe fairly merely it got here down to 1 reality the, Toronto Maple Leafs wished to maintain the participant. They assume he’s an excellent participant and a giant a part of their future and this was the worth that it took to get them for eight years and that’s what they’re going to do.
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So assume we may see it as quickly as Monday, round 11 and a half million a 12 months.
Ron McLean: “What concerning the proportion of the cap and does this put them in an actual…”
Friedman: “13%”
McLean: “13%. Okay you reply that. The core fives put them in an actual bind or is cap going as much as remedy it.”
Friedman: “Caps going up and you recognize, the one factor is, is that the calendar dictated you needed to take care of Nylander now. So that they had selection and I believe they mentioned, we need to do that after which we’ll take care of every part else as now we have too.”
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