While winger Nicholas Robertson is approaching his arbitration hearing this Sunday (3 August), the Toronto Maple Leafs run the risk that they could crate his commercial value or return the player to the organization, which can significantly influence the value of the young attacker to the Leafs or another team.
That is why David Alter of the Hockey News Even if Robertson is not in the team’s long -term plans, Toronto would be wise to close a deal before the arbitration starts.
Arbitration is often an ugly process that rarely leaves a player in a position to feel good about his team or himself. The whole idea is that the player and his agent pitch their value while the team finds reasons to lower it. Things are said that cannot be taken back.
The Arbitrageval of Ilya Samsonov 2023 resulted in a price of $ 3.55 million, but the goalkeeper later admitted that the process influenced his trust and collapsed his commercial value. Robertson – who has already had a somewhat controversial past with the Leafs – could be a negative remark to fully check out.
For Samsonov he went on a distance statement and then left via a free desk. He will not be signed this summer. Could things go south with Robertson to the point that he never reached his potential and the Maple Leafs should sell him for money on the dollar?
The Leafs and Robertson must come on the same page or continue
For someone like Robertson – who is already dealing with healthy scratches, stuck development and an earlier trade request – a hearing can damage both mentally and professionally.
Projected on a two -year -old, $ 1.56 million AAV by AFPANALYTICS, it is not expected that the next deal from Robertson will break the bank. However, if the negotiations are acidic and the hearing yield, this can be the ability of Toronto to extract value of a player who is still capable of a Breakout season, especially in the aftermath of the departure of Mitch Marner.
Simply put, if the Leafs want Robertson to thrive – or a strong leverage in a possible trade – they cannot afford to allow this dispute to reach a arbitrator. As soon as that door is opened, everyone is losing.
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