Obviously not an insider, but this lines up with similar reports from others over the past couple of weeks. The Leafs appear to be working harder towards an extension rather than a trade.
Tidbit is at the 41:10 mark.
by mountzeus
@Toronto Maple Leafs
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Oh lawd. This news should land well.
Having three 11M+ players worked so well before, might as well try it again
So waste a year and then use next year’s cap increase and JTs contract off the books
I mean, this year shouldn’t be *worse* I guess.
I know of a certain podcast that’s going to absolutely lose their shit on Friday.
Is it too much to ask for hockey management executives that make millions of dollars to do something the average person on Reddit couldn’t do.
For instance, I can easily sign Marner for $12.5M for 8 years with a full NMC and most of the money upfront. I expect people that get paid millions to do much better than that.
I’m fine with this.
Such a loser franchise.
Ohhhh…..cannot wait to hear Kyper & the SDP guys discuss this!!! Steves head may actually explode this time lol
I know comparing sports is silly however, I always saw Marner as DeMar. Great player wrong combination on the roster. I want Marner gone but you probably aren’t getting the hockey equivalent to Kawhi. I hate the idea of running it back but I also think giving him away for nothing is bad. Shanny and Brad get paid the big bucks to figure it out.
Being a leafs fan is so much fun 🤮
Good. Unpopular opinion, but I believe in Marner.
Look at last years offseason, people were having the same negative reaction on this sub (maybe not as strong) to nylander, and now he’s a fan favourite again.
People say you can’t run it back, but sure you can. Where would we be if we hadn’t just been making changes for the sake of making changes the last few years? We’d still have kadri, Hyman, Dakota Joshua, mason marchment, and Connor brown.
The leafs have a problem with developing good players but walking away from them before you can reap the benefits. It would be a monumental mistake to walk away from Marner now. He could have a Kucherov like impact on a good team in the future.
I want to see what a 32 year old, grizzled playoff veteran Marner is like. And I want to see that on the leafs.
Hes a 100 point player that we shouldnt be thrilled to be rid of. Even this many years in we have what many teams would love to have.
Has Marner performed poorly in the playoffs? Certainly. Has he asked for too.much money and will probably get overpaid again? Highly likely. Is he still a high quality, high caliber player with potentially a higher ceiling under a different coach? Yes. We should still be happy if he signs that he even still wants to play here after the plethora of shit he has taken and will definitely continue to take from these fans. If he doesnt sign, dont kid yourself into thinking if hes gone that were magically going to be able to replace his production with free agents, trades and call ups.
This shit aint moneyball.
If Marner gets extended I officially give up on the Matthews era
I really like this team. Going to suck having to wait another year to care to watch the games
Tree might Galaxy braining this but not giving Marner a MTC in the new deal!! Which will allow him to trade him next off season. I doubt this will be the case but what boss move if he did it that way lol
i hate this team
This is the darkest timeline
“You gotta pinky swear to do better in the playoffs.”
The Shanaplan Shitshow part 9. It’s a great movie, except the ending is always the same and predictable.
Everyone who prefers to extend marner cannot complain about a dman playing too high in the lineup, or some 3rd string goalie playing too many games
🙃 Running it back forever
> Obviously not an insider
I think he’s gotten enough stuff right and his connections from being in the league mean he can start being trusted with this sort of info.
Obviously he’s no Friedman and some of the other guys but it’s not a crazy thing to call him an insider
omg please no.
That was probably the most realistic outcome.
Best case, he takes a bit of a discount to help smooth things over and shows his commitment.
There is still enough money in the coffers to bring on a good defenseman and some role players, though they’ll have to go cheap on the goalies.
Maybe next summer is the real target. The cap keeps going up, Tavares’ $11m comes off the books and there could be an opportunity to load up and get a handful more runs in Matthews’ prime.
> obviously not an insider
Last time this was said about Biz he blew up the whole story about Babcock and everyone ate their words
Same shit different year.
Okay but like, come on guys, statistically speaking, there no way this experiment fails 9 times in a row right? Like I mean statistically
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Burn MLSE to the ground
Paul Marner has agreed to terms for his son, and to address the lack of grit and checking, Mitch will try to do one push up a day.
Man, Marner at 13×5 would pretty much be a nail in the coffin for this team. I just don’t see how anything would change over that period. Like maybe we see a couple round twos. Maybe we luck our way into a conference final one time. This does not sound like a recipe for success.
You guys don’t get also that Marner is in his prime and Tavares is on the decline. Why get rid of Marner when Tavares is the guy to part ways with..
I don’t think it’s smart to trade marner, hate me if you want.
Yep I’ve heard enough about this situation. I’m convinced Mitch is staying.