thewave
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Matching Nylander is the only logical choice. If he wants more the NMC does not exist.
And I would take it or leave it to him. If not see ya.
Player Discussion Mitch Marner, Continued
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Matching Nylander is the only logical choice. If he wants more the NMC does not exist.
And I would take it or leave it to him. If not see ya.
HolyCrap
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Bingo. This is the exact reason I can’t stand marnersites. Same way I despised the dubasites.
I think the number starts with a 12. Not because I disagree with you, but because he is getting resigned one year later, and the argument would be giving him the $11.5M + the % cap increase. Which I think is reasonable as all salaries will be tied to the cap.
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They all have fans, the big difference is the comments made about those players aren’t as idiotic. People don’t defend the player as much as they oppose the idiocy.
Just to flip the narrative. You think he walks away from home for 500 grand a year? Not a chance, when he has already made 75 million and would make 75 million more on his next deal. He will be the hero and take less. I’ve said it before, as of today even Mitch doesn’t know just how low he would go. We’ve all been there before when after the fact we’ve said “ I can’t believe I sold that for so much below what I wanted.
thewave
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I would counter with his production did not meet the 10.9m to begin with and William got more because he performed far better than his low first contract and similarly how his contract was inflated to offset sched b bonuses, this time was Williams turn.
Yep, no time like the present to start the narrative, outperform your contract and we will catch up. Similar to several longtime players getting more than they really deserve as a retirement deal
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Hayes: ‘Marner for whatever reason, looks better when he’s not playing with Matthews’ - Video - TSN
Bryan Hayes, Jeff O’Neill and Jamie McLennan discuss the Maple Leafs 3 straight wins without Auston Matthews and why Mitch Marner seems to play better without his longtime linemate.
www.tsn.ca
... This aligns with my thougths.
My feeling as well, not only is Marner better without Mathews, Mathews is better without Marner. Many times after a game I’ve thought Mathews played like Laine, just float around try and shake the coverage and wait for a pass from Mitch. Meanwhile Mitch skates around waiting for Mathews to be open. I totally agree with split them up and play a more rounded game.Hayes: ‘Marner for whatever reason, looks better when he’s not playing with Matthews’ - Video - TSN
Bryan Hayes, Jeff O’Neill and Jamie McLennan discuss the Maple Leafs 3 straight wins without Auston Matthews and why Mitch Marner seems to play better without his longtime linemate.
... This aligns with my thougths.
Honestly, some of the comments on any of the Core 5 are idiotic, but only MM fans or his non fans make it so much worse.
For example, there is the MM is a better defensive player than Barkov bc he once finished top 3 in Selke voting while Barkov actually won the Selke TWICE.
On the other hand, there are comments like MM needs AM or JT to bump up his stats.
Then there is the whole Assists is as important as Goals, which is complete non sense.
I really don't understand why MM fans need to praise MM like he is the top Hockey player ever. I mentioned this either on this thread or another thread, that MM is great but people need to understand that he is not a top 20 players(Fowards, Dmen and Goalies) in the league but he is certainly top 25 and thats really great.
MM along with the rest of the Leafs had won NOTHING as a Leafs. Like absolutely NOTHING. And if they play on any other team and experienced the past 8 years like they did with the Leafs, all of us will be laughing at them and calling them chokers. Wishing their MGT continues to bet on them bc it is fun watching them melt down then come out with we need a bounce, was good lessons, we are like God....
Its been like that since AM won his Hart. I made a comment back then saying AM floats and wait for MM to pass him the puck, while MM doesn't think about anything but give AM the puck.
It is very predictable. Ofcourse, most commented that I am stupid and pointed out that AM was having a historical season.....
Been saying it awhile, split AM, MM and Willie into three lines and which ever lines is playing well that night, they get more ice time. Their personal stats might suffer but having three lines that can play will be a nightmare for opposing playoffs team.
The deals that were signed in the past are now meaningless. All that matters is what is happening now. But the reason why Nylander signed for less is because he was a 60pt player when his ELC expired, vs Marner who was a 90pt player. Leafs got a benefit merely based on timing.
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While you would like to believe that, I don't think that is 100%.
As UFA they can go anywhere, so other than 8th. year team doesn't have much leverage.
If they feel they've been short-changed (NHL reality), they could take a hard line knowing they can cash in as a free agent everywhere else in the NHL.
Probably doesn't hurt if the GM has been previously burnt by a walkaway UFA (RIP).
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Matthews and Nylander would love to win but to date they haven’t shown the willingness or ability to do what it takes to win. I’m not convinced winning is their number 1 priority. Marner would also love to win but to date he hasn’t shown he’s physically capable of winning, especially with the other two taking up so much cap space.
