Auston Matthews

Against a 3.5% expectation, this deal cost the club $3.95M of room against its plan (where this number comes from) over 5 seasons with a cap on file.

• 2019–20: 14.3% (where this number comes from) of $81.5M (actual cap) · expected 14.1% of $82.3M · gap $0.11M (where this number comes from)
• 2020–21: 14.3% (where this number comes from) of $81.5M (actual cap) · expected 13.7% of $85.2M · gap $0.50M (where this number comes from)
• 2021–22: 14.3% (where this number comes from) of $81.5M (actual cap) · expected 13.2% of $88.1M · gap $0.88M (where this number comes from)
• 2022–23: 14.1% (where this number comes from) of $82.5M (actual cap) · expected 12.8% of $91.2M · gap $1.11M (where this number comes from)
• 2023–24: 13.9% (where this number comes from) of $83.5M (actual cap) · expected 12.3% of $94.4M · gap $1.35M (where this number comes from)

Flat-cap tax (+) or windfall (−)

$3.95M (where this number comes from)

Relative to the league

$2.00M (where this number comes from) over 5 seasons: more room lost than the league's deals in force lost (2019-20 league rate -0.6%, n 60; 2020-21 league rate 2.6%, n 79; 2021-22 league rate 4.8%, n 67; 2022-23 league rate 4.9%, n 93; 2023-24 league rate 5.0%, n 137)

Buyer's-market discount

Not on file (applies only to deals signed in the 2020 and 2021 flat-cap summers)

The same at other expectations

2.5%: $2.37M · 3.5%: $3.95M · 4.0%: $4.71M · 4.8%: $5.89M

At the league guidance on file when signed

$4.42M (the dated guidance for the seasons it covered, then 3.5%)

Mean share: expected · realised

13.2% · 14.2%

Flat equivalent

14.2%

Netted

Retention none on file; LTIR and bonus overage Not on file (no allowed source states them per contract)

Regime

Signed in the rising (2005-06 to 2019-20) years; runs through rising (2005-06 to 2019-20), flat (2020-21 to 2023-24).

Seasons

5 actual

Paid

$11.6M (where this number comes from)14.3% of the cap in 2019–20

Worth

$10.6MCap: paid at or above the market

Worth is what standard deals signed at 26 or older pay for production ranked where his projected points rank. It is a market price, not a judgement of the player.

Term

5 seasons, 2019-20 to 2023-24

Signed

2019-02-05 (2018–19: 14.6% of that cap)

At expiry

Not on file (status not on file)

Trade protection

Not on file (no source states a clause either way)

Retained

None on file

Contract type

standard

Rules it was signed under

2013 CBA: at most 8 seasons with the incumbent club, 7 elsewhere; no season above 20% of the cap in force at signing.

Year-by-year salary and bonuses

Not on file (structure needs a licensed contract source (owner decision pending))

Other deals on file

• 2024-25 to 2027-28: $13.3M

Tier

certified

Sources

• NHL.com: Matthews agrees to five-year contract
• ESPN: Leafs give Auston Matthews 5-year extension

Quoted

signed a five-year, $58.17 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. It has an annual average value of $11.634 million.

Archive

An earlier deal from the contract archive (researched history, 2 sources). The archive holds 855 standard contracts; year-by-year structure is unknown on every one.

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