Isn't he?
I get why people might say Marner but Tanev would be my pick. He's been incredible, I had no idea how good he was.
There is a reason Keefe and Berube won't play Marner on his "own" line...but they did and do with Matthews, Nylander and Tavares.
So “everybody” in the NHL values him a ton……..like literally everyone? You know everyone in the NHL and they have told you that.
He is the best. And the most complete. Whos been better this year? Auston Matthews? LOL
More accurately, there were multiple reports about offer sheet discussions for Marner (a player who would draw offer sheet interest) in an offseason where offer sheets happened, and then both Marner and his agent noted after the negotiation that he received specifically two offer sheets, and confirmed that the offer sheeting team had notified the GM of the offer sheet themselves, and none of this has ever been disputed by anybody.
Or independently confirmed, either.
Scroll up a couple of posts and you'll see I already said Tanev would be my pick. I'll say Marner's been the best forward if that makes you happy but who cares anyway? As far as I'm concerned, the real season starts in April, and if Marner once again produces at a ~40 point pace when it matters most, that would once again show just how meaningless it is to talk about who's "best" in February. Haven't the last few years been enough to drill home this simple reality?
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions." — Leonardo da Vinci
Problem I have with Marner is that he is a singles hitter who can't hit his weight in October but wants to be paid like a top power hitter.
I'll offer you $1 CDN dollar for your Car. Now you have received a valid offer sheet to purchase your vehicle. Unless you agree and/or sign the transfer papers my offer means absolutely NOTHING, just like Marner's so called pretend unsigned offersheets.
No reason to investigate. The information was straight from the source, shared independently across teams, and universally accepted. If you want to think Marner is a liar based on nothing, that's your choice I guess.
The offer wasn't unknown or meaningless. An offer sheet is a contract that only requires acceptance from the other side to be final. There's nothing pretend about it. A better analogy would be multiple people offering me market value or above in immediate cash for my car, and then you being surprised when I don't want to sell it to you for below market value.
It was a contract consistent with post-ELC history, and better than contracts that could have been forced on us below the four 1st threshold (eg. 10.55m x 5).
We didn't get screwed. We paid more money for a better player with more term. That's how it's supposed to work.
This 'information' is far from universally accepted, then or now. I'm pointing out the difference between fact and faith. If there is no first-hand source outside of the Marner camp who can confirm these offer sheets happened at all (much less who offered them and what the offers were), then it should not be considered a fact. If people want to take Darrin Ferris at his word, that's their choice.
$1.5m more. The original report that Dubas could have signed Marner for $8.5m in summer 2018 was later corrected to $9.5m.
It's universally accepted by everybody except a couple people on the internet 6 years later.
The offer sheeting team independently told the Leafs.
I'm taking Marner at his word, not Ferris. I have no reason to believe he set up some big conspiracy involving multiple people to lie about this.
Not necessarily. Likely only if it contradicted existing information.
