Elliotte Friedman Confirms What He’s Hearing About Knies’ Extension with the Leafs

Matthew Knies and the Leafs continue to negotiate an extension

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As the Maple Leafs and Matthew Knies continue their discussions on an extension, Sportsnet’ Elliotte Friedman revealed where his cap hit is expected to land.

Treliving explained there had been lots of communication with Knies and his camp, but that he is not overly concerned about negotiations going into July 1st when the 22-year-old would be subject to offer-sheets.

Elliotte Friedman Confirms Projected Dollar Value for Matthew Knies

Friday, on his ’32 Thoughts’ podcast, Friedman revealed where Knies’ AAV will fall once his extension is done. Friedman believes that the extension for the Arizona native will fall somewhere between Peterka’s $7.7M and Wyatt Johnston‘s $8.4M per season.

Both of those extensions are five-year deals, which is where many believe Knies ends up. While the Leafs want to get a deal done before the former second-round pick becomes vulnerable to an offer-sheet, Leafs Nation is hopeful that the deal ends up being less or more than five years as to not walk the rising star directly to free agency.

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