Whether Auston Matthews signs for three or five years, the Toronto Maple Leafs should be excited with any extension.
If you’re the Toronto Maple Leafs, you want to try to sign Auston Matthews to the longest-term contract you can, but if you’re Matthews, you want the most amount of money now on the shortest term possible so you can maximize your lifetime earnings.
As a result, the negotiations are still ongoing and could possibly still continue until after the 2023-24 season. That’s unlikely as both sides seem like they want to get a deal done before this season starts, but nothing has happened yet.