KingDeathMetal
Registered User
How many teams in the league would Mitch be the best player on and people are acting as if the Leafs need to beg/retain to move him for contracts they want to get rid of?
People act like they'd be doing the Leafs a favor to take Mitch on.
Leaf Nation is in tantrum mode, this will blow over, everyone will be kissing Mitch's throne again when he's on pace for 100 points. People simp for much less.
Don't want your mid garbage, it's up to Mitch if he's over this annoying fanbase and media or not.
Hockey deal for Mitch sure, if not he's getting extended.
It would be nice if people talked about reality for once, these trade boards are mostly emotional drivel.
Like we're suppose to be envious of teams like the Red Wings with 'real talent' like Dylan Larkin whose career highlight was leading the league in scoring for three weeks in October one time and will never play a playoff game unless he's traded.
I mostly agree, but the Leafs definitely need to retain if they want anything close to value. It's not because Mitch isn't a great player, but because there are few teams that can simply absorb a $12mil cap hit, and those that can will certainly give less in the trade or insist that Toronto takes back a bad contract. You can say "then no trade" all you want, but Marner has 1 year left on the deal. So unless TOR plans on re-signing him, you don't take the risk that you get zero value on the player. It's not a big deal at all to retain salary for one season in order to get max value in a trade.