$1.2M against the cap, but it's actually $1.05M for 2 years, and then 900K for 2 years. But his base salary for those last 2 years is $1M, so the Leafs are paying the majority of his salary for those last 2 years while the Pens or whatever team he's with basically get him for free.
Phil Kessel is getting paid:
Same here I was hoping for Mark Hunter but I'll wait and see what Dubas can do. If he can lockup Matthews, Marner and Nylander then that would be a good start.
Just a warning that analytic guys make decision based on their metric theories, and for this to work they try to be unencumbered by emotion and sentiment.
I'm not totally against using 'analytics' to supplement whatever system Dubas has to evaluate players. I only have issues when those who use analytics like a bible and keep telling how great a defence man Jake Gardiner is, or Marincien is such a NHL calibre d, because they have great analytical numbers, when eye tests clearly tell different tales.
Well, analytics would have told anyone with half a brain what David Clarkson was so what's your point? I doubt Dubas is just an analytics guy but you seem to hold onto that tag.
Sure, after the fact you can find all kinds of analytics to support and "explain" what happened. If analytics were such accurate player evaluation, then all you need would just be a computer to run a team. "Analytics" is a good tool but not the be-all and end-all in judging a player's value to the team, and that's my point.
You missed the point again. Which part of Dubas is not just an analytics guy did you miss. Every team should and prob do use analytics now. You make it sound like Dubas is an ill fit because of the so called analytics guy tag. If hunter would make such a great gm why is he not one already. Other teams were known to be chasing Dubas. No news out there of any team chasing Hunter for gm. That says a lot.
Just because I preferred Hunter over Dubas doesn't mean I think he's a ill fit or I won't support him. I don't think I've made any negative comments on Dubas other than that he relys heavily on analytics. Perhaps my comments on those who believe Gardiner is a great d man because of his analytical numbers are good, but that has nothing to do with Dubas. You're just a bit overzealous in defending him, don't you think ?
I'm curious about your comments because everything he explains in the video totally cements his reputation as an analytics devotee.
That video is just a small sample size of who Kyle Dubas really is. LOL! Analytics will be used as part of his decision making but he's not building a team solely based on a players analytics. There are other factors to be considered when scouting for talent and building a winning team. It's more than corsi numbers, Dubas knows this. How many games have the Leafs won last season when the corsi numbers said they shouldn't have won (ie. outshot and Andersen made 40+ saves). Anyways Shanny will have final say if he sees something he doesn't like.
Speaking of Gardiner his PDO analytic must be shit because he must be the most unlucky SOB in game 7. Maybe he's just not a big game player. I agree with trading Gardiner to get something before his contract is up. I like Marlies defense (Holl) some maybe ready to come to the Leafs and Dubas maybe thinking the same.
Dubas has some key decisions to make right off the bat. With about 7-8 free agents, both restricted and unrestricted, urgent need to improve the defence and contract extensions for MMN, it won't take long before we see what direction this team is heading under his management.
