Just pay the kid his money, Lou, come on. That's the refrain right now from all corners of Leaf land. It is just that simple, isn't it?
The book on Lou is that he gets low too quick, so shoot high...no wait, that's the book on every goalie according to the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, sorry. The book on Lou is he hates bonuses and won't pay them, and Auston Matthews will totally have to suck it up and take a bare-bones contract.
There are some media reports, apparently, it is believed that are willing to state as fact that the hold up (not quite four weeks since the draft) is Lou Lamoriello's personal intransigence on the issue of bonuses.