[nylanderthews] Frank Seravalli on the DFO pod on Marner:
“I think the Leafs are going to make a play and they’re going to basically back him into a corner over the next three weeks that says Mitch it’s been great but we’re moving on, so whether it’s now or eight months from now your times up”
by CTHT07
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seravalli is not credible. next.
If this happens, and that’s a big if, Marner will say fuck you and play out his contract and walk in UFA and we get nothing.
This is what I am hoping for. Make it abundantly clear he is no longer welcome.
Does he think this based on anything or is it just an “if I were them, here’s what I’d do”?
For once I hope Spaghetti is right
Marner, more than any other player on the team, cares what the public thinks of him. I don’t think he’ll be very happy and want to stay on the team if it’s made public that the team doesn’t want him and he chooses to stay. That would be pretty embarrassing for him.
On the other hand it would be a crummy thing to do to a player so I can see him purely out of spite not waiving his NMC and going straight to UFA. He’s dealt with enough heat at this point that if the team won’t stick up for him, he may as well use the leverage he has as a final F you to the haters.
I just want clarity. Either extend at a fair number or waive the NMC if you don’t want to be here.
Nah, this is bs. Got engagement though so a win for Frank
Vomit on his sweater already. Mom’s spaghetti.
ITT: projection and delusion
An organization that has coddled these guys the second they stepped into the league, is all of a sudden going to be ruthless and back one of them into a corner?
It’s the right play, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
I also don’t trust emotions to not play a role here – even if the Leafs develop a backbone, which I don’t think they will, the most likely scenario in my mind is a bitter Marner/Marner’s camp simply saying he intends to stay, honor his NMC, and screw the Leafs as he walks out the door.
Offer him an extension low enough he’ll decline and then just give GMs access to his camp to discuss extension terms before trading. End this thing as amicably as possible.
BTW Elliotte and Jeff said both said nothing is close to happening on Mitch on Jeff’s radio show today.
Also said last time he checked the Leafs are planning on JT to be on the roster opening night
The key words are “I think”.
I can think WWE or the Kardashians are real, doesn’t make it true.
Seravalli you make my dreams come true
A trade will not happen in June as Marner will be paid his $8 million signing bonus on July 1st.
Cant remember a single time Seravalli was right
Well leafs are fucked
Mostly every player has some type of NTC/NMC
Leafs won’t win the Marner trade or get back value to close to what Marner is worth in the regular season
But it could turn out like Boston trade Joe Thornton where Boston using that cap to land Zdeno Chara and ended up winning the SC years later
This is the way. Basically you put the pressure on Marner to state he’s not waiving. Which he knows how he’ll be received if it’s publicly out there that the Leafs tried to make a move, and Marner prevented it.
I’d also just be completely honest, and add to that statement about moving on, that if Marner chooses to stick around, we’re focusing more attention on guys we see as being here in the future. Which means we can’t guarantee power player minutes or top line minutes.
This entire situation is being handled so badly. The media and some of the fans here just suck. The leafiest shit always happens so my prediction is he’s gonna stay out of spite, have a career year, probably kill it in the playoffs, we’ll still lose because JT turned it over, Nylander didn’t backcheck and Reilly made a signature bad read and then finally he’ll walk for nothing lol
Marner is the kind of guy who cares about his image, we all know this. I highly doubt he would want to leave the leafs as a villain in his own hometown. We also know Marner chases those dollar signs, so I believe it’s in his best interest to be traded to a team that can PAY him and can offer him that 8th year.
This sub is so weird. You all act like the NHLPA wouldn’t get very involved if they curbed Marner’s ice time in an attempt to bully him out. You act like it wouldn’t make us look like a bunch of piss babies who can’t handle our contracts.
It would make us look like piss babies and losers and make it so no one would want to believe in a NMC from us.
What is with players with NMC sticking to their guns here in Toronto? It seems like every other market they are meaningless and waives them without a thought but every player here proves a point with them.
This whole “issue” is self inflicted by MM and Ferris. IF the player and the agent got a 8 year deal in 2019 at the same AAV even of 10.8, he wouldn’t be dangled as trade bait.
Instead, they thought by timing the contract to end ONE year after Matthew’s and Nylander, they would be able to use those two extensions as benchmarks.
Instead, Marner dug his own grave.
No, they won’t… Imagine telling a player before the season that you’re gone now or at the deadline. That player would give you negative effort and tank his value on purpose.
They’ll get him to give them a list of teams he wouldn’t go to, then they won’t speak about it again until the day hes traded. If he’s not traded then they’ll say he was too valuable to us because hes so good etc. etc.
Telling him hes gone is just such a bad tactical move, no GM in the world would do that.
“I think”
“Mom can we have Elliotte Friedman at home”
“We have him already!!”
*Seravalli appears*
Marner is not being traded. He has not been approached to remove his NO TRADE CLAUSE.
This is 1000% made up and perpetuated by the media. The biggest problem the leafs have is the media.
The harder we push Marner out of town the more cups and individual trophies he wins for his new team. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.
This is not even close to true move along
Sign and trade is probably the best outcome for everyone.