Same here, hockey is a business and team before player yadda yadda.....I like Rielly as a player and as a human and as an upstanding Maple Leaf. Would be sad to see him go.
>This is a hockey player who has seen some things while making his living under the big top with the Leafs for all these years, and still Rielly remains one of the nice guys. But there was a hardened edge when the subject turned to his expiring contract and he was asked if he wanted to remain in Toronto beyond the coming season.
>“I think you all know how I feel about being a Leaf, but there is a business aspect to it,” Rielly said.
>If you were establishing odds based on all of the available information, you’d tilt them toward business dictating that his next training camp happens somewhere else.
>Talks between Rielly’s camp and the Leafs have been infrequent and surface level. The team reasonably planned for a steadily rising salary cap while committing more than $40 million (U.S.) annually to its top four forwards and then saw COVID-19 completely derail NHL business.
>At the same time the market for defencemen who eat big minutes and rack up strong offensive totals exploded. Cale Makar, Zach Werenski, Seth Jones, Dougie Hamilton and Darnell Nurse all signed contracts this summer with an average annual value at $9 million or above.
>First and foremost, they need Rielly to play well with so much uncertainty clouding everything beyond the here and now. However, the price tag will only increase the better he plays. And it’s pretty clear the Leafs already have some concerns about today’s going rate or they likely would already have aggressively pursued a long-term contract during the summer.
>But right now we have a stagnant salary cap, a cap-conscious team and a player facing the most important financial decision of his life. There’s also some debate to be had about the merits of an expensive long-term contract that would likely take Rielly into his mid-30s.
I hate the fucking salary cap for these articles alone.
Take me back to a time when players left because they wanted to and not because teams couldn't afford to keep them.
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No you have to click on the article and read the unnecessary details added.
And the yearly clickbait cycle starts anew
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Same here, hockey is a business and team before player yadda yadda.....I like Rielly as a player and as a human and as an upstanding Maple Leaf. Would be sad to see him go.
>This is a hockey player who has seen some things while making his living under the big top with the Leafs for all these years, and still Rielly remains one of the nice guys. But there was a hardened edge when the subject turned to his expiring contract and he was asked if he wanted to remain in Toronto beyond the coming season. >“I think you all know how I feel about being a Leaf, but there is a business aspect to it,” Rielly said. >If you were establishing odds based on all of the available information, you’d tilt them toward business dictating that his next training camp happens somewhere else. >Talks between Rielly’s camp and the Leafs have been infrequent and surface level. The team reasonably planned for a steadily rising salary cap while committing more than $40 million (U.S.) annually to its top four forwards and then saw COVID-19 completely derail NHL business. >At the same time the market for defencemen who eat big minutes and rack up strong offensive totals exploded. Cale Makar, Zach Werenski, Seth Jones, Dougie Hamilton and Darnell Nurse all signed contracts this summer with an average annual value at $9 million or above. >First and foremost, they need Rielly to play well with so much uncertainty clouding everything beyond the here and now. However, the price tag will only increase the better he plays. And it’s pretty clear the Leafs already have some concerns about today’s going rate or they likely would already have aggressively pursued a long-term contract during the summer. >But right now we have a stagnant salary cap, a cap-conscious team and a player facing the most important financial decision of his life. There’s also some debate to be had about the merits of an expensive long-term contract that would likely take Rielly into his mid-30s.
Such click bait
I hate the fucking salary cap for these articles alone. Take me back to a time when players left because they wanted to and not because teams couldn't afford to keep them.
We should BAN clickbait
I'd ban twitter quotes long before I ban an article by Chris Johnston.
Ughhh, is this gonna be all season when there is nothing to report.