The Montreal Canadiens Can Play the Ready Sport with a Mike Matheson Extension
Anthony Di Marco of Every day Faceoff joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was requested about what Mike Matheson may get on his subsequent contract. Di Marco mentions they are often affected person with Mike Matheson, and no selections must be made proper now.
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Host: “Properly, you talked about the cash aspect of it. Do you assume that they might come to a team-friendly settlement with Mike Matheson to retain him, on condition that, such as you stated earlier, he may very simply exit into the advertising and get far extra money?”
Anthony Di Marco: “He makes what, like 5.3 proper now, I consider in that vary. The wage cap might be going to be, I believe, round $110 million in a 12 months’s time. I imply, I can’t think about that Mike Matheson goes to get much less. So possibly you get him round that six to $7 million. Like the primary contract that jumps out at me as they just like the Travis SanheimAAV is $6.25 million however even at that, even with the wage cap rising, are you going to pay a 3rd pair of defenseman north of $6 million even in a world the place the wage cap is $110 million.
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Like I must get out my calculator, which has by no means been my pal, going again to my days in highschool, however like, I simply, I can’t think about it might be possible, particularly when you have got guys like Struble, like Xhekaj, you may signal a depth veteran left shot defenseman in free company, or a depth proper aspect defenseman in free company. So, I imply, I don’t know. I simply must assume that, sure, they might get him at a team-friendly deal, but when it’s going to be to play on the third pair, I can think about how team-friendly it could possibly be. I simply assume it actually comes right down to Guhle and Mike Matheson long run right here.”
Host: “I believe chances are you’ll not have to combat with the cap going up. You might need a bit bit extra flexibility. And it’s one thing fascinating, you stated, and it’s one thing once we had been discussing yesterday, and we’re going to proceed the dialog at 12 o’clock at present is wouldn’t Mike Matheson be the right accomplice for somebody like David Reibacher making an attempt to leap in, and that call about extending Matheson doesn’t have to occur at present.
It doesn’t even have to occur earlier than coaching camp begins. You possibly can get into the season if you would like, and you may wait on this. It’s advantageous, you can also make that call. However let’s simply say, David Reinbacher shines in coaching camp. He begins the season. They pair them up. All people falls in love with it. You could be like, Yeah, I like this for the subsequent couple of years. After which it adjustments your determination about extending.”
Di Marco: “Yeah 100% and look, I don’t assume you need to make that call now, as a result of what if the Canadiens are manner out of the playoff image come the commerce deadline. Mike Matheson might be one of many prime rental defenseman in the marketplace, and you may most likely fetch a first-round choose plus for him, however I believe the Canadiens are going to be within the playoff image this 12 months.
And the best way this blue line shaking out is if in case you have Matheson and Reinbacher on that second pair, after which you have got Guhle and Provider on that third pair, and Lane Hutson and Dobson as your prime pair. First off, that has the potential to be among the finest defenses within the Atlantic Division, in my view. And second of all, like the place what’s the actual drop off between possibly Hutson and Dobson can be a minimize above the remaining, however from the second pair to the third pair.
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Like, to me, that’s like 1A, 1B, second pair in for that group. So I imply left, proper on each aspect, on, on every pair, after which you have got Xhekaj and Struble as your seven, eight. Like, I simply wouldn’t contact it proper now, as a result of for the Canadiens, who’re type of beginning to exit their rebuilding come out the opposite aspect, you don’t must rush into these selections, simply fear concerning the right here and now and the right here and now presents a very good possibility for the Canadiens to have one of the vital numerous and gifted blue strains of their division, and possibly even within the convention.”
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