On February 5, Auston Matthews signed a five-year contract extension with the Maple Leafs for $58.15 million. Auston Matthews‘ AAV will be $3.775 million for the upcoming season while his cap hit comes in at the base salary of $925,00 ($2.85 million in … I just don't see how Matthews pulls an 11M deal for almost all RFA years that ends with him being a UFA. Much more stressful than this," he said. TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews, one of the NHL's great young talents, signed a five-year contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday at an annual average of $11.6 million. The five-year, $58.17 million contract signed by Toronto Maple Leafs' 21-year-old Auston Matthews last week includes a full no-move clause in the final year of the contract. In February 2019 the Toronto Maple Leafs signed Auston Matthews to a five year contract with a cap hit of $11.6 million. Only $3.65 million of that sum is in the form of regular salary. At the age of 22, Auston Matthews is already a bonafide star in the league. Finally, they landed on the idea of putting up an enormous ugly sweater in … Matthews and his family made the decision to have him bring his talents to the Zurich Lions in 2015. If Eichel gets less than 10M and if Tavares gets less than 10M no way Matthews gets more than 10M. "I went through a contract thing when I was going to Switzerland that was a debacle. The rest: $54.5 million, is in signing bonuses. Ryan Reynolds continues to be one of the best, and now he’s helping raise money for sick kids in his new video where he tries to put ugly sweaters on dogs, but it takes way too much training. Auston Matthews knows about contract hell, and his negotiation with the Toronto Maple Leafs wasn't it. He then enlisted NHL superstar Auston Matthews, but according to Reynolds, it was too boring. Matthews has so far played 273 games for Toronto, registering 154 goals and 123 assists. Winner: Auston Matthews. The two biggest contracts left that will probably 'dictate' the market is Eichel's contract and Tavares contract. Welcome to the new NHL, where 21-year-old stars dictate terms to 33-year-old general managers. Matthews grew out of his rookie contract last year to sign a reported five-year extension. Anyway, if you happened to be living under a rock for the passed 24 hours, the Leafs have just signed Auston Matthews to a 5 year contract for an AAV of $11.63MM. No matter how you split it, that’s a lot of money and not that much term and I don’t think many people would honestly say that was their ideal contract. Center Auston Matthews, the first pick of the 2016 NHL Draft, signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. Auston Matthews net worth and NHL contract details. Financial terms were not released. In fact Dreger stated that due to the cap increase by the end of Matthews' current contract, the Leafs could be looking at a deal in the range of $13 million to 13.5 million on an 8-year contract extension for Matthews.