Do people think that GMs burn all the tape and erase their memory at the start of every new season?
Unlike our board, they use context and previous seasons to evaluate players as well.
Yes and his most recent two seasons he wasnt on either all NHL teams, got insignifcant hart/lindsay votes, not an art ross threat and just put up a historical performance of 3 pts in 7 games against the 2024 boston bruins
Marner got his 11M as a RFA b/c we thought he could be the best winger in the league and a top 7 or 8 player
Over the past two years hes fringe top 5 and a fringe top 15ish player
If he has down year with 85 pt play, his demands go from 12M+ to 10M as teams simply wont pay for a guy to be a top 4 or 5 contract in the league when hes 3 years removed from any NHL award recognition (2022 1st team RW)