There are two great quotes by the late Russian Prime Minster Viktor Chernomyrdin which sums up the Shanaplan era pretty well lol.
Naa, its all about money for money Mitch. Uncle Marleau taught him and Matthews. Marleau signed a 2 year contract between 30 and 31 years, Matthews is a UFA at 30 Marner wants the same. He wouldve signed for 13.5x2 but Tree wanted long term. Same $%^& as last contract negotiations.
You are probably right. A hidden dark corner of my mind says that Tre will bend the knee to Marner. If that happens it’s going to very hard to be excited for next year looking forward to running back the same mess for a 10th year of these guys. 9 years is enough to show that these guys can’t even match their regular season prtformance in the Playoffs let alone elevate it
I also love how some are trying to change the narrative now that the Canes are getting their a**es whopped: “Hey look, others are also losing to that team! Us losing to them should now count as a win!….please?!?!?”
Matthew’s health is a concern. Secondly, he priorities 4 Nations tournaments and reaching 70 goals then a Stanley cup.
He can come back when he’s 40 like Thornton to teach the next generation to take all you can get salary wise and don’t worry about the postseason. Just get your points in the regular season and relax.Untap potential, lol, he might be able to grow a beard like Joe Thornton by age 40...that's alot of potential...
Marner can blame himself. Matthews and Nylander didn’t hesitate to sign. They both have NMC. Marner didn’t sign. 9 failures later change is desperately needed. He can’t block us anymore. They can offer a deal to appease the fans that he isn’t taking. No one should make more than Matthews on this team unless it’s McDavid.
Hyman led the league in playoff goals last season with 16 and two years before that he was second with 11. In this year’s playoffs he’s leading the league in hits. Name a Leaf who’s accomplished anything close to that for $5M. He does a lot more than try.
Brady 4 goals in 6 games. Matty and Mitch 3 and 2 resp. in 13 games. They should be celebrating Brady.
Yup. The media in Toronto is a circus, but considering how the pressers are mostly softball questions, I think he'll find those places harder to deal with and make him wish he never left home.
This is the way I see it as well except the sucking will last more than 2-5 years. Considering how empty the cupboards are (and they'll probably be emptier still in a year or two), probably more like 5-10.
The chances of winning are better without Marner and might actually be pretty good, I think there's a decent chance for the next year or two. If Matthews is forever not healthy then it's gonna be tough but we were pretty good this year, now imagine if we have 60 goal Matthews instead of what he was this spring, add a healthy Stolarz plus whoever we add with Marner's cap space and it could be really good!
Agree. It's definitely going to be towards 5-10 years. It took Ottawa at least 5 years to get back into the mix, and they hit on a LOT of their draft picks over the past decade.
We missed a golden opportunity, I said it right after the series Florida played like shit although it was better than us. They are playing much better now.
