The Toronto Maple Leafs, much to the consternation of many of their fans, have chosen to pay four players a large chunk of the team’s salary cap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, a recent tween noted that the Maple Leafs’ \u201cCore Four\u201d of\u00a0John Tavares, William Nylander, Auston Matthews, and Mitch Marner has combined to score 49 percent of all the points their team has produced in the 2022-23 regular season. Ironically, the Core Four also take up 49 percent of the team\u2019s salary cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obviously, the tweet below might have a bit out of date. However, given the streak that Marner, Nylander, and Matthews are on, any change probably means that the Core Four players are producing more than half of the team’s total points. For example, Nylander had five points by himself in the team’s last game against the Calgary Flames – an ugly 5-4 overtime victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n