Very slight overpayment, surprised it’s under $5 million. Not happy about the NMC. Hopefully Treliving has something else brewing.
Edit: also think the contract is two years too long. And being Buyout proof doesn’t help.
The NMC is 100% going to come back to bite us. I was hoping for a 4 year deal but I guess this will do.
Decent player but contract seems a few years too long
His time with us was brief, but it was a good run.
Leafs plugged a hole for the next 3. the last 3 could be either good or horrible
Leafs get burned by full NMC again and again but never learn
Contracts like this make me giggle at the people that think Tavares is going to take some 4×3.5 “team friendly” deal.
Treliving doing his cap magic.
Holy shit he ruined the flames. Good luck leafs.
That term, yikes
This is… A terrible contract.
Leafs are apparently a charity now. Best thing they can hope for is he ends up in LTIRement in a few years since they cant waive him or buy him out of trade him.
He’s good, but he’s got injury issues and… Signing a guy till he’s 40 is a choice.
Don’t hate this at all. Everybody saying that the last 3 years is going to bite them don’t realize that he’s so easy to ship off to LTIRetirement the moment that he starts to regress.
6 years? Tanev is 34. This contact is not going to age well.
Got his passport all ready for his 2026-27 trip to Robidas Island
I’m curious how those bonuses are structured. What is the impact on salary cap?
This reminds me of the Blackhawks and the Brent Seabrook contract extension back in 2015. Good defensemen but aging and past his prime. Salary is reflection of previous play, not a reasonable amount over the life of the contract given that his level of play will decline significantly as he gets older. But perhaps the Leafs will avoid some of that with the bonuses instead of all base salary.
Honestly, I like this better than the Domi contract. At least they are trying something different here and investing in the back end.
The ‘no move’ hurts, but I suspect that’s the only way they can get anyone to sign these days. If the leafs win a cup in the next 4 years, all of these NMC will seem like genius, if not, then an albatross.
Way too much, way too long.
Add another issue to the Leafs roster that will get ripped to shreds once they get bounced in 2025.
A 2 year, 2.5-3.2 million deal without a NMC would have made this fantastic for them. Tanev is good when healthy but an expensive contract if he misses 20-30 games with his play style.
Everyone saying it’s a bad idea like he’s not gonna spend the last 2 years on the LTIR. It was this, or 4 years at 5.5-6 mil. The price you have to pay being in a high tax market.
Wait, he’s gonna be 40 for that last year. Is Giordano’s 4 year deal next?
I feel bad for the Leafs fans that have to deal with an even worse GM
Breaking News:
CRA suing Chris Tanav over Bonuses.
This fucking guy is 34 in two years this contract will be one of the worst in the league…. Toronto continues to sign the most dumb contracts in the league.
As a Flames fan I’m happy we aren’t signing bad deals like this. Tanev is great but man that’s long.
That’s nuts
Actually happy we didn’t give him that. Love the player but he’s one bad blocked shot away from being a cap disaster and 6 years is a long time to keep gambling on that.
Loved him in green but, as others have said, glad we don’t have this deal on the payroll. Best of luck Chris, thanks for playing your ass off in Dallas!
Remember in WCF when Tanev was playing on the wrong side of the ice and left McDavid unattended in front of the net for the SECOND TIME that game and McDavid scored the OT winner?
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[Team announcement](https://x.com/mapleleafs/status/1807782477831795076?s=46) This is official
What the cinnamon toast fuck are the Leafs doing
Very slight overpayment, surprised it’s under $5 million. Not happy about the NMC. Hopefully Treliving has something else brewing.
Edit: also think the contract is two years too long. And being Buyout proof doesn’t help.
The NMC is 100% going to come back to bite us. I was hoping for a 4 year deal but I guess this will do.
Decent player but contract seems a few years too long
His time with us was brief, but it was a good run.
Leafs plugged a hole for the next 3. the last 3 could be either good or horrible
Leafs get burned by full NMC again and again but never learn
Contracts like this make me giggle at the people that think Tavares is going to take some 4×3.5 “team friendly” deal.
Treliving doing his cap magic.
Holy shit he ruined the flames. Good luck leafs.
That term, yikes
This is… A terrible contract.
Leafs are apparently a charity now. Best thing they can hope for is he ends up in LTIRement in a few years since they cant waive him or buy him out of trade him.
He’s good, but he’s got injury issues and… Signing a guy till he’s 40 is a choice.
Don’t hate this at all. Everybody saying that the last 3 years is going to bite them don’t realize that he’s so easy to ship off to LTIRetirement the moment that he starts to regress.
6 years? Tanev is 34. This contact is not going to age well.
Got his passport all ready for his 2026-27 trip to Robidas Island
I’m curious how those bonuses are structured. What is the impact on salary cap?
This reminds me of the Blackhawks and the Brent Seabrook contract extension back in 2015. Good defensemen but aging and past his prime. Salary is reflection of previous play, not a reasonable amount over the life of the contract given that his level of play will decline significantly as he gets older. But perhaps the Leafs will avoid some of that with the bonuses instead of all base salary.
Honestly, I like this better than the Domi contract. At least they are trying something different here and investing in the back end.
The ‘no move’ hurts, but I suspect that’s the only way they can get anyone to sign these days. If the leafs win a cup in the next 4 years, all of these NMC will seem like genius, if not, then an albatross.
Way too much, way too long.
Add another issue to the Leafs roster that will get ripped to shreds once they get bounced in 2025.
A 2 year, 2.5-3.2 million deal without a NMC would have made this fantastic for them. Tanev is good when healthy but an expensive contract if he misses 20-30 games with his play style.
Everyone saying it’s a bad idea like he’s not gonna spend the last 2 years on the LTIR. It was this, or 4 years at 5.5-6 mil. The price you have to pay being in a high tax market.
Wait, he’s gonna be 40 for that last year. Is Giordano’s 4 year deal next?
I feel bad for the Leafs fans that have to deal with an even worse GM
Breaking News:
CRA suing Chris Tanav over Bonuses.
This fucking guy is 34 in two years this contract will be one of the worst in the league…. Toronto continues to sign the most dumb contracts in the league.
As a Flames fan I’m happy we aren’t signing bad deals like this. Tanev is great but man that’s long.
That’s nuts
Actually happy we didn’t give him that. Love the player but he’s one bad blocked shot away from being a cap disaster and 6 years is a long time to keep gambling on that.
Loved him in green but, as others have said, glad we don’t have this deal on the payroll. Best of luck Chris, thanks for playing your ass off in Dallas!
Remember in WCF when Tanev was playing on the wrong side of the ice and left McDavid unattended in front of the net for the SECOND TIME that game and McDavid scored the OT winner?
It’s a great day to be a Leafs hater
This is an April fools joke, right???
Brad Treliving is a hack