The Toronto Maple Leafs should 100 percent try to re-sign Auston Matthews on July 1st, but why should he sign a contract?
Auston Matthews can guarantee an eight-years versus a seven-year contract by signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs this offseason, but he’s not a player who desperately needs that security.
If Matthews was a third-liner or someone who just had a flash-in-the-pan few seasons, then that extra year on a contract is necessary. However he’s a generational talent and despite not even being half way through his career, he’s still arguably the best player in Leafs history.