You are kind of missing the point. How did Dubas set the market? If Draisaitl was worth 11.3% of the cap with one good season where he hit 0.94 Pts/GP as a winger, what are people with substantially better resumes that play centre worth? If you look at contracts, centres tend to make about 12% more than wingers. If I am outproducing you in my ELC year by 66% in goals and close to 30% in points and I play a position that awards me 12% simply on position and the cap has increased 10.6%, how is Dubas setting the market? Do the math. It's directly in line with what the market already dictates. The only argument to be made is # of years.
Again, because the market is not just set by pts/GP in your contract year like you are indicating.
Dubas set the market FOR LEAF PLAYERS. And other GM's will be fighting their own RFA to push for their OWN team as comparables, not Leaf players. That's the point I am making.
Now will it work? who knows. But if Point signs for 8.5-9. Then Rant for 9ish...while Marner gets 11, then it will look like the Leafs overpaid compared to other teams.
In the end, we won't know until all the RFA's sign. But for Marner and his agent, he has a UFA and a RFA on his own team that he is out producing and they both make 11 million or more. So of course his agent will push for that too.