Antropovsky
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If you didn't want to move Marner...you wouldn't let him take the harassment/heat he's currently taking.
If Marner had been approached about a new deal (as speculated) he could easily say, "my agent and Leafs are talking and I want to be here forever..we will see how's things go". He's no longer saying this (like he did at the end of the playoffs)...he's gone completely silent. If he was offered something, even low balled, at least he could relieve some of the heat on himself by saying we've talked about an extension.
Both sides are quiet.... obviously there is some tension between Treliving and Marner camp.
My opinion
Tree approached him... "Mitch controls alot of this whole thing" ... and Marners camp said absolutely not - hell no...hence Berube "looking forward to coaching him".
Not a very good negotiating tactic is it? I love your house and want to live there forever. Do you want to sell? How much?
LOL , right?
How much for the car?
I dunno I'm really desperate, I need to sell it right away, I'm really rich and I dont need the money so what ever you feel is fair I will take, I guess?
I dunno.. I'm so confused on the moving goal posts ... I think games 5 through 7 only count if you are Mitch ... Games 1 through 82 count for any other elite goal scorer... if you are not Mitch and have great playoff stats that counts but not for Mitch... he is selfish but yet clearly there are multiple videos of him blocking shots shots when the game is on the line but that does not count because .. Mitch. He comes back from a high ankle sprain but that does not count because ... Mitch... He scores at a PPG for the last 3 years and I guess a PPG is not good because ...Mitch... He is not focused on his nutrition and the gym.. except for all the news articles on Mitch's dedication to the gym and nutrition but those article do not count because ... Mitch... he is greedy and selfish except for his charities and his charity work but that does not count... because you guessed it ...Mitch ... he scores in bunches ..that is apparently bad but every other elite scorer does this that is good ... but not for Mitch ... aggregate career stats are not a good measurement for Mitch but they are for other players .... the team has failed 8 years in a row but it is only Mitch's fault.. the other guys get a pass because their name is not Mitch ... He cant shoot but his career shooting percentage is around 13%, 10% is generally considered good but not for Mitch... I guess that is supposed to make sense .... up is down down is up.... what is real anymore?
Let pause and look at this glorious contradiction.. or should I say "moving goal posts".Good time to pause and take a look at this living legends HOF career.
(Club ranking)
445 career assists - 5th all time leader
0.79 assists per game - 2nd all time leader
639 points - 8th all time leader
110+ 8th all time leader
1.11 points per game 5th all time leader
51.7 Offensive point share 6th all time
As Brad says .. "We are lucky to have him" ... Kudos Mitch on your great career!
So it's a dumb negotiating tactic for Marner to say "I want to stay here"
But you want to highlight Treliving saying ,"Marner is a great player" to show that Treliving definitely wants Marner on his team AND CANT be a negotiating tactic? So you would expect Treliving to say "Marner sucks and I want to trade him as fast as I can"?
EXACTLY... many have said this, Treliving isnt going to broadcast that hes desperate to trade Marner. So OF COURSE hes going to call him a great player that we are lucky to have. But look at what he also says:
"Mitch controls a lot of this whole thing. If there's a way to make our team better, we're going to do it. But we're certainly not going to make a trade just so we can pound our chest and say, 'Look, we're different. '"
This is a message to gm's... "Marners available. We need to convince him to go to your team. We aren't giving him away - so don't waste my time and I won't waste yours"