Also plays zero defense which is his primary job. He also plays a ton of minutes in part because their defense is so bad. As their blueline gets better I would venture to say they won't want to play him 20+ mins a night either. A #1 dman does everything...he does not. He's a scoring top 4 dman. A good one, but not a #1 and never will be.Handsome&FairMike wroteCOLONEssentially top 10 scoring D-man in the league, two years straight. Lacks periphs but so do many top scorers... call it how you want to, but young and going to continue to score on that team. Easily take this offer 100x over 4th and 7th overall. So much unpredictability in those slots. Easily take the guaranteed players and look to move them as their stats improve in the coming years, especially when cap is not an issue. Easy move for me.CasperX22 wroteCOLONHandsome&FairMike wroteCOLONMike's winnning it now for me. Remember matthews is gonna be in a pressure cooker. Tyler Johnson is tampa's #1 centre, Barrie a #1 defence, and another 1st... not sure how much more you can squeeze mike for but that's a fantastic offer... matthews is going to have to do a lot to be worth more than that... and I really don't see it happening for at least the next 3 yrs, if not ever.
I thought you actually had to oh I don't know, play defense to be a #1 defender lol! Steve's and Darkness offers are clearly better imo.
I still say Darkness and Steve presented better offers. Steve offered a superior center and Darkness presented far better futures than either of those offers. Both are better starting points(not at Mike can't come over the top because he has the assets to do so)
