What Brock Nelson‘s extension means for John Tavares?

First Up: Mike Johnson when asked what Brock Nelson’s three-year, $7.5 million cap hit deal with the Colorado Avalanche means for Toronto Maple Leafs pending UFA center John Tavares.

** NHLRumors.com transcription

Host: “Do you think this Nelson deal again, three years, 7.5 million per. He’s a year younger than Tavares. Does that affect anything with regards to how Tavares looks at this free agency.”

Johnson: “It’s a really good point, because Tavares had a better year by a mile than Brock Nelson. Tavares had a better career than Brock Nelson. Tavares has been consistently better the last few years than Brock Nelson.

Tavares will not be offered the same contract that Brock Nelson was offered. And so to try to convince John Tavares

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