Salary Cap: Mitch Marner Contract Discussion Part VI | Marner Reportedly Turns Down 8 Year Term

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[Punch Drunk Loov]

Is Draglikepull an insider of some sort? He does seem like he knows someone.

 

[Cor]

Is Draglikepull an insider of some sort? He does seem like he knows someone.

No. He's more a follow because he generally tweets interesting things media members have said or written

 

[hyduK]

Why wouldn't he turn that down?

Matthews got 11.6x5. Why would Mitch take 11x8 when he's the better player?

Maybe 11x5 because centers get more and Matthews is the face, but less money AND more years? He'd be stupid to take it.

 

[MyBudJT]

Title is misleading.

Its all speculation on Friedman's part.
1) He's speculating that Leafs offered Marner's camp a contract
2) He's speculating that Marner's camp turned down an offer
3) He's speculating the offer is 11M x 8

It didn't sounds like he had a source, otherwise he likely would have disclosed there was a source.

 

[Mad hatter]

If that’s true and being the highest paid winger in the league is not good enough he might be hard to trade. Also not sure they’ll have to worry about an offer sheet because if 11 million really was turned down what team would offer him more?

 

[Cor]

Title is misleading.

Its all speculation on Friedman's part.
1) He's speculating that Leafs offered Marner's camp a contract
2) He's speculating that Marner's camp turned down an offer
3) He's speculating the offer is 11M x 8

It didn't sounds like he had a source, otherwise he likely would have disclosed there was a source.

It's not misleading. Friedman said his belief is that the Leafs said if Marner wants the big number, say 11M, it would have to be 8 years, and Marner and his camp aren't prepared to do that.

 

[ShaneFalco]

babcock said it himself during the Nylander negotiations

“We’re not begging anyone to be a Leaf. It’s a privilege to be here, for me and for everybody else.”

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[Jozay]

You hate to see it.

 

[Dragao6]

For 1.....kucherov just won MVP of the DAMN league.
2, even if marner rejected this (hope leafs trade my favourite player ASAP) the fact that dubas potentionally offered this much worries me ALLOT. IT WOULD BE GAME OVER LEAFS FOR 5-6 YEARS

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

PSA: Friedman did not say that Marner's ask is $11m, he did not say that Marner turned down $11m. Friedman concedes in the video in the OP that he does not know what Marner's ask is. Everyone needs to be smarter and qualify your information.

It was not reported that Mitch Marner turned down an $11m offer.

 

[MyBudJT]

It's not misleading. Friedman said his belief is that the Leafs said if Marner wants the big number, say 11M, it would have to be 8 years, and Marner and his camp aren't prepared to do that.

Right, its no different than you suggesting the same thing. Its complete speculation. I wouldn't state its reportedly true.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Why wouldn't he turn that down?

Matthews got 11.6x5. Why would Mitch take 11x8 when he's the better player?

Maybe 11x5 because centers get more and Matthews is the face, but less money AND more years? He'd be stupid to take it.

11+ over only 5 years is a horrible deal. Leafs would be stupid to give it. Anything over 11 over 8 is horrible too.

 

[Sypher04]

Nice to see Pierre McGuire helping out the media cause of drumming this all up. Says Marner should have been in the Hart conversation... I guess he forgets he voted for Nathan McKinnon, Connor McDavid, Patrick Kane and Brad Marchand

 

[Cor]

Morale of the story that the leafs are saying for Marner to get his number, it needs to be 8 years, and Marner's camp doesn't want to do that.

The number could be 11, could be 10.5. Could be 11.5

 

[IPS]

Lmao this is the same trajectory that the other negotiations followed.

It's just the media warming up Leafs nation to the impending overpayment.

We've learned that 11 x 8 is the floor of Marner's new deal.

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

In OP, Friedman speculates that negotiations are at a point where Leafs are willing to accept Marner's requested AAV if it's for 8 years.

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Morale of the story that the leafs are saying for Marner to get his number, it needs to be 8 years, and Marner's camp doesn't want to do that.

The number could be 11, could be 10.5. Could be 11.5

The number could be 10, it could be in a den, it could be with a hen, it could come with a friend.

 

[Notsince67]

It's not misleading. Friedman said his belief is that the Leafs said if Marner wants the big number, say 11M, it would have to be 8 years, and Marner and his camp aren't prepared to do that.

Kind of means the leafs arent willing to go to 10.5 for 6 to me

 

[hyduK]

11+ over only 5 years is a horrible deal. Leafs would be stupid to give it. Anything over 11 over 8 is horrible too.

Well Dubas already did the 11+ over only 5 for Matthews. Can't do much about it now. Not sure why he would have done that expecting Marner to take significantly less.

 

[Trapper]

The number could be 10, it could be in a den, it could be with a hen, it could come with a friend.

As long as the years are eight because I cannot wait, I’d like a signing date. That would be great.

 

[Suntouchable13]

In OP, Friedman speculates that negotiations are at a point where Leafs are willing to accept Marner's requested AAV if it's for 8 years.

11x8 is more than fair for a winger that has not scored more than 25 goals in a season.

 

[Kiwi]

Why wouldn't he turn that down?

Matthews got 11.6x5. Why would Mitch take 11x8 when he's the better player?

Maybe 11x5 because centers get more and Matthews is the face, but less money AND more years? He'd be stupid to take it.

He's not the better player
He's not a center
He's not one of the best goal scorers in the league
No RFA winger straight out of his ECL has even come close to 11M

I'd happily call his bluff and give him the team jet to visit other teams so he can solicit offer-sheets, give me the 4 1st rounders

Right, its no different than you suggesting the same thing. Its complete speculation. I wouldn't state its reportedly true.

It's been reported, we can certainly debate the veracity of this claim but it's certainly not out of the realms of possibility there's some truth to it

I'm going to debate the merits of those numbers, just like most of us did when Nylander numbers hit the media

 

[Cor]

Kind of means the leafs arent willing to go to 10.5 for 6 to me

To me it means the Leafs aren't going double digits unless it is 8 years.

 

[biotk]

Well Dubas already did the 11+ over only 5 for Matthews. Can't do much about it now. Not sure why he would have done that expecting Marner to take significantly less.

Because Matthews is a much better player.