It is time to have a conversation on Mitch Marner’s future and what options the Toronto Maple Leafs will need to consider this off-season. Mike DiStefano and David Morassutti go through the three likely options the Leafs management team will have to ponder with Marner. They start things off by talking about option no. 1 where they debate whether or not the Leafs should consider a contract extension for Marner this off-season. Mike and Dave then shift gears to option no. 2 which is to let Marner play out his contract and leave in free agency. To end the show, Mike and Dave look at the option of getting Marner to waive his no-movement clause in order to facilitate a trade and take a quick look at how the pros and cons that scenario presents.
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Need MORE than one top DEFENSEman. I say the Leafs need 4. That won't happen, resulting in either continuing to get knocked out of the playoffs in the first round or NOT making the playoffs, which I can also see happening.
Hire Ray Donovan . Period
And on the seventh game Marner rested
Mike please do some research. Nylander is a 9-9.5 million player. He is over paid.
Weegar was only good piece from that trade. Had career year this year. 52pts and 20 goals
Leafs need a scoring defenseman, especially on the PP
All the contenders have that
No disrespect but to say Mitch’s comments were tone deaf is about as off mark as one can get. There’s nobody on planet earth that’s more in tune with the temperature of the fanbase (and in specific his own performance) than Mitch Marner. He knows exactly the narrative about him right now. He wants nothing more than for people to think this comment is tone deaf. Cause he wants you to think he’s not aware and doesn’t care about all the negativity he’s getting.
He doesn’t want to give anybody the satisfaction of thinking it’s getting to him.
I PROMISE you he will not waive his no movement clause.His massive ego will get in the way
Marner is a fraud and an ego sniffer. He will go to any town where he they will praise him as the god he thinks he is. Send him to Cali with his thrown of lackies
The core is spoiled rotten
I really don't understand why Marner is in the talks of trading… Why isn't anyone talking about Tavares… 11 mill of junk. Keep marner get rid of Tavares and get two solid defensemen
The 4th and best option is for the Leafs to let the contract play out and let him walk
All the dumping on Marner What did Tavares do? Nothing as well buy him out. Can't blame Mitch for not talking to Mirtle that guy is a clown. Mitch isnt going to wave.. dont sign him he will walk for nothing your dealing with daddy. I hope that Mitch pulls a Sundin and says NO to the move and then leaves. sticking the Leafs with nothing
Oh boy, here comes all the talk about putting more money and dollars into finding a “good defense partner” for Morgan Reilly again as has been the case for the last 6 years….
There is not a defender on the planet can cure Reilly of his weaknesses or cover up for all of Reilly’s lack of defensive awareness.
I wish the Lears would fix the problem by getting rid of Reilly instead and start with promoting McCabe and Benoit to the 1st like duty role.
If Reilly was as good as everyone’s says he is then why is the PP one of the worst in the League?
He is grossly overpaid for what he brings to the ice. He might as well play Left Wing.
The Hallmark of good management in any business is Planning and Anticipation— The Leafs are in the Buy High Sell Low territory and that is not good management. The time to do this Marner thing was last summer. Now teams are laying in waiting and Leafs dealing from position of weakness.
Some Trades:
1) Seattle— Leafs get Shane Wriight and a Number 1 Pick in 2025 and Leafs Retain Salary. ( Seattle could bundle in their best RHD Prospect ) Sign and Trade
2) Arizona— Make Mathews Jealous. Take Cooley and a Pick 1st Round 2025 /…. Leafs Retain Salary— Sign and Trade
Both 1 and two could work well for the Leafs
I would only give a Prospect on the rise and a pick. I would not give a star
Zegras could be part of a package…
Laine for marner. Make it happen
Only three options. Yes. The only one that is interesting is if he waives. Ok, if he re-signed for 12.5 x 8 it would be wildly entertaining, it would be raining Leafs fans in TO for days, but there isn't much room for discussion of it as an idea. I would re-sign him. Bertuzzi, Domi and Marner were the best playoff line the Leafs have had in decades. We saw Domi and Marner had great chemistry before in the regular season and Keefe opted to ignore it. Much the same way he ignored the chemistry between O'Reilly and Marner the year before. The Leafs need to hire a coach that will start making lines to win in the playoffs, not to keep guys "happy."
You guys seem to think the team has Marner over a barrel and they don't. He didn't have any problems in his contract year in 18-19 and when it was time to negotiate he had the Leafs over a barrel. I'm not sure why you don't think he could do something he already did. Marner could wait till April Fools Day and then have Ferris ask Treliving and the Leafs, "Is Marner going into the playoffs as a part of this team or is he going in with his number one priority being not getting hurt so he can get a good deal next year? We need a written commitment." That would be, the Leafs over a barrel again, Marner could be looking at a carbon copy of Matthews contract.
I think the best starting point would be, where would Marner be willing to waive to? He isn't going to blanket waive his NMC, so where is a realistic destination. The next would be, do they have something that Treliving would want. If I were Marner I would only waive for a team that is still playing, less the Canucks and add the Golden Knights. Who could those teams send back that Treliving would want on his blue line? That is the best case scenario for the Leafs. It could easily be Hall all over again. Marner could say, Carolina or nowhere. Florida or nowhere. Tkachuk had a great relationship with Treliving and wanted to help him as much as he could. That won't be the situation if they are running Marner out of town.
Chcago, Pittsburg, Anaheim… LOL would you go to any of those places if you were Marner? Kings… Don't bring up PLD. Who do you think the Kings are going to expect you to take? Florida… Well, at least it is a team he would waive for. Vegas for Stone. Stone knew who he was dealing with, he has a full NMC. Maybe Pietrangelo would waive. He has a cup, he might want to playout his twilight years in Toronto. He is the kind of Dman Treliving likes. Does he age like Chara, or like everyone else? I wouldn't take that chance.
Trade him to the Bruins we would love to have him!
I hate when these guys do commercials especially Dave.
Guys, Marner cannot deal with the physicality so is not effective in the tougher pressure packed games!
Marner is a great player, who you going to get to replace him
Just my two scents what they need to do this off-season.
Shanascam plan can F – off fire him Friday, make Treliving president or just give it to Pelley either way SHANASCAM MUST BE FIRED… it's been ten friggen years of FAILURE with him making decisions!
Keefe & his entire coaching staff fired!
Hire Berube as head coach.
Strip the C off Tavares give it to Nylander!
Find a way for Marner & Tavares to waive the NMC they must get rid of them before the start of next season can't have loose ends hanging around!
Leafs need to find a #1 goalie, Woll is the backup he is too injury prone, they need 2 elite top dman, 1 of them must control the PP, a scoring winger or centerman, better bottom six forwards.
Bertuzzi wasn't the proper fit for them i would let him walk sign Domi & replace Bertuzzi with a forward who can actually score consistently. The Forward the Leafs get should be better than Domi…
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