Subban is not signed on yet? What the hell Montreal? I thought he was locked up. What if in some weird turn of events, leafs signed him. Wouldn't that be hilarious?
Subban is an RFA. If we offer Subban a contract, Montreal has the right to match that contract. If Montreal doesn't match, then we have to compensate Montreal with picks. The picks we give up are determined by the salary we offer Subban. The amount of salary necessary to get Montreal to take the picks instead of matching would be in excess of $7million. It would fuck over the Leaf cap, and it would fuck over the Leaf propsect pool for years to come (we would need to give up 4 first round picks).