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Does Marner lose his 'A' with the leadership changes?
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notDatsyuk
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I don't think Berube or Tre are the "not ruffling feathers" types like Keefe and Dubas were.
I certainly hope they aren't.
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The A really doesn't mean anything either way.
Took until 2016-2017 for LA to give Doughty an A, in which case the team was already out of playoff contention and the core being broken apart.
Aashir Mallik
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the least resistable/controversial way is to just have either tavares/marner alternate the "a" captain
you'd just swap matthews's and tavares's role.
I'd still like to give an 'A' to a guy who gives it his all in rielly or even a McCabe tbh, dude puts alot on the line and doesn't take nights off, but keeping it the current way is the easiest and obvious path
Tak7
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With Tre confirming that John gets an 'A' next season, my assumption is that Mo and Marner will alternate as assistants throughout the season
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With Tavares confirmed to wear 1 of the As ,and Marner+Rielly also in attendance I suspect either those 2 will rotate the other A, or all 3 rotate evenly.
Rielly will go letterless in some games for the first time since 2016-17 when he was 1 of 4 rotating As along with Bozak, Hunwick and Komarov. If the As rotate evenly Tavares will go letterless in some games for the first time since 2011-12 when he was a rotating A on the Islanders. Just to seemingly appease Marner and not strip him of a letter that he never deserved on his sweater in the first place.
Rielly will go letterless in some games for the first time since 2016-17 when he was 1 of 4 rotating As along with Bozak, Hunwick and Komarov. If the As rotate evenly Tavares will go letterless in some games for the first time since 2011-12 when he was a rotating A on the Islanders. Just to seemingly appease Marner and not strip him of a letter that he never deserved on his sweater in the first place.
Marner: Kyle, its Mitch, im willing to take a discount and lower my asking price from 11.5 million over 5 years and accept 10.893...you know the 93 is important because I want to be associated with Gilmour by fans...because hes beloved. Anyways, however, i want to wear a letter. If not.. im going to look at these huge offersheets that my agent has informed me of... that until now ive refused to even find out what was offered.
Yes or no? Let me know soon because Red Bull how offered me money to read a thank you letter to the fans that Id like to cash in on.
Dubas: Of course Mitchy! I promised Nylander as part of his deal that I wouldnt trade him while im the gm...and certainly I can and I will guarantee you a letter!
Marner with an A next year is a joke.
In no particular order after Rielly:
Rielly
McCabe
Tanev
OEL
Nylander
Marner is so down on the list it’s not even funny.
In no particular order after Rielly:
Rielly
McCabe
Tanev
OEL
Nylander
Marner is so down on the list it’s not even funny.
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I would agree that he should be further down the list but realistically he'll probably still have an A, unless of course they are pretty confident he'll either be traded or walk next summer.
I agree with you on McCabe, though. I'd be happy with JT, Rielly, and him.
I hardly think him losing his a makes a difference. More detrimental. You play up what a leader he his to get better trade offers. He may not win you anything but he is natural leader.
I honestly think Marner not having a letter would be best for him. Let him just play his game without any of the added media responsibilities. It’s not going to be for everyone and clearly he doesn’t seem to do well with it.
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He's had some good playoff performances and he has over 50 playoff points
He's capable of doing it
I’m sure he’ll still get his daily media requests. Today someone from the media asked him about his contract status smh.
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To me this is a bellweather moment. If Mitchy is indeed on his way out of Toronto because the team doesn't want him they will tell him (indirectly) that your A belongs to Tavares, and Morgs or Willie gets the other one.
If they cater to his fee-fees, all bets are off.
If they cater to his fee-fees, all bets are off.
Aashir Mallik
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I do agree with that person though, it’s best to try and limit his media statements
I don’t really care what he says, as I care more about his play than his mouth, but the media and others do care and make sure the world and maybe he knows it.
Just let him do his on-ice stuff and keep any and all distractions away
The bad side of this is people will say he is “scared” of the media, so there isn’t a winning scenario tbh
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I do agree and I also don’t think they’ll take it away from either.
It’s gonna be a major talking point from here on out. Wish they’d just get it done.
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Tak7
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I would bet a lot of money that he is getting one - it's foolish to assume otherwise.
The first thing said today was THANKS MITCHY FOR BEING HERE lol.
Additionally I was listening to Bogosians comments about Marner today. The guy is loved in that locker room. I was surprised that a guy like Bogosian had anything nice to say about Mitch. I’ve had my doubts, however every player that does interviews raves about him. I’ve watched a lot of interviews on player podcasts and guys are usually very honest about their experiences on those podcasts. But it does sound like Marner’s personality with the media is completely different than it is with the boys. Bogosian was basically going at it with Cam Janssen defending Marner. Bogosian was saying he doesn’t understand why Marner is the scapegoat.
So maybe your right, maybe getting Marner away from the media is the right thing.
Yeah agreed completely. Just stop talking to the press lol he does himself no favours in that regard.
