that's not true. every single guy who signed a 1 year deal and then cashed in afterward, instead of signing a lower amount just to get term, would be an example.
Seriously though - nobody has ever portrayed shorter term as better for the player until now.
That story, if true seemed quite awkward. I think Dubas did do a great job with getting JT.Its funny, because the rumour was the Leafs brought in the Canadian Tire CEO to the meeting and their pitch was how much money Stammer would make here. And that turned him off.
Clearly players aren't always motivated by making the most money.
Stammer was never leaving Tampa, he was just using the Leafs as leverage IMO.
He didn’t take a discount, the contract was a big risk at the time, he’d only just broken out as something of a star when he signed.You can get better deals if your players get off to slow starts in their careers. Leafs players were so good while NOT getting the minutes others get from year 1.
I still have to deal with seeing how Brad Marchand took a disccount. Jesus.
The hypothesis was, for those who missed it, is what if he did sign with the Leafs.
And now he couldn't even score on a breakaway in the dying seconds of regulation to eliminate Florida in game 5, and look what happened after.Marchand signed a $6.15 x8 extension 1yr before his previous contract expired, when he was 28yrs old, coming off of his first 60pt season (61pts). He had 42pts the previous year, and 53pts the year before that. The Bruins had missed the playoffs 2yrs in a row at that point. And while he had a nice 60pt pace in his first playoffs in that cup run 6yrs prior, he was at a 40pt pace in the 3 subsequent playoffs - and again, the bruins had missed the playoffs the last 2yrs.
Of course, as soon as he signed that deal in september, he went out and scored 85pts in that 28yr old season, making that extension a bargain before it even started the following year. And then when the extension kicked in at age 29, he scored at a 100+pt pace the next 4yrs before falling all the way down to a 90+ pt pace in year 5 and 75pt pace in year 6.
Marchand signed a $6.15 x8 extension 1yr before his previous contract expired, when he was 28yrs old, coming off of his first 60pt season (61pts). He had 42pts the previous year, and 53pts the year before that. The Bruins had missed the playoffs 2yrs in a row at that point. And while he had a nice 60pt pace in his first playoffs in that cup run 6yrs prior, he was at a 40pt pace in the 3 subsequent playoffs - and again, the bruins had missed the playoffs the last 2yrs.
Of course, as soon as he signed that deal in september, he went out and scored 85pts in that 28yr old season, making that extension a bargain before it even started the following year. And then when the extension kicked in at age 29, he scored at a 100+pt pace the next 4yrs before falling all the way down to a 90+ pt pace in year 5 and 75pt pace in year 6.
And now he couldn't even score on a breakaway in the dying seconds of regulation to eliminate Florida in game 5, and look what happened after.
Bum.