Maple Leafs’ Latest Offer to John Tavares Causing Tension Ahead of Free Agency
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The Maple Leafs’ latest offer to pending unrestricted free agent John Tavares is causing some tension between the two sides with free agency creeping closer.
Leafs’ Latest Offer ‘Non-Starter’ for John Tavares
While Tavares won’t sign for under $5M, that didn’t stop Brad Treliving from trying. On Saturday, The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta revealed that the Leafs attempted to low-ball Tavares, reportedly offering him a 3-year deal worth less than $4M per season.
Previous reports have been consistent in citing that the Leafs are willing to go with a longer term to bring the cap hit down, so the 3-year deal was likely an empty attempt to see if the 34-year-old would consider a very significant pay cut without tying up more years of cap space.
As free agency is now just over a week away, time is running out for the Leafs and Tavares to find common ground on an extension, which means the Leafs may be losing two members of their Core 4 come July 1st.
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