Definitely looks like Marner will walk out. I always said it would be up to the core 4 and not the organization to decide whether and when they play for the Leafs.
Player Discussion Mitch Marner, Yet Again
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nuck
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Props to Tre (and Shanny I guess) for exploring the nuclear option. Whatever happens with Mitch, at least they are not locked into running back the original core 4 as though its the only way this club can win. Standing up to a star players's demands is bold. However a Ranta deal is still loading all your skills and cap room onto a few guys so maybe the individual players are "on the table" per Shanny, but not necessarily the Dubaplan. Either way, it can't hurt the negotiations because up to this point, for the players it was just wait and get paid.
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Funny Tre will have walked two superstar wingers to free agency.
Can't wait to see the albatross deals he hands out in an effort to save his ass for trading away our firsts. We will try to "retool" and end up with 4 more Domi's
Can't wait to see the albatross deals he hands out in an effort to save his ass for trading away our firsts. We will try to "retool" and end up with 4 more Domi's
This won't be a popular opinion, but if it took Knies to get Rantanen to an 8-year deal, I think we should have pulled the trigger
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If they let Marner get away after decimating what was left of our picks and prospects it could get ugly.
I don't like Brad... but enlighten me to what he could've done with Marner considering Marner has a NTC?
Tre didn’t though?
He was handed NMC by shanny/dubas and when he had the job they had already called the players and said they were back.
He literally just asked him to move. That’s not walking a player to ufa
BallardEra
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There will always be those 1 or 2 teams who will throw out the most cash.
Someone like the Hawks in order to appease Bedard as an example.
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I don’t care if he leaves. I’m tired of his victim mentality.
Who said none of them are superstars and losers you sure can write but I doubt you can read I said he is not our best player no need to throw a hissy fit bro you not gonna be a leafs fan when he leaves ? If so you might as well get a head start bud
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thewave
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Loool then why does he have to play with a franchise center
I want everyone to see what you did here.
You changed 5v5 goal differential numbers to ES points. I like your content here and am not trying to be
mean (im sure youll get over it lol) but this is a pure example of realizing you are wrong, avoiding the actual topic with a whatabout and looking a little silly to any neutral observer while hoping to get cheap likes from the cult in here. ES points are not 5v5, do not take D into account and have literally nothing to do with what I said.
Rantanen:
Goals for/60: 3.04
Goals against/60: 2.61
Marner 5v5:
Goals for/60: 3.08
Goals against/60: 1.72
Who has been a better player 5v5 in the playoffs the last 3 years?
It's not that hard a question really. If you are having as hard time with it, take a breather man.
thewave
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Not so sure about that. People keep bringing up Rogers track record.
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It's 100% the right move and should've been done. The only reason they likely didn't is because they think it means Marner would leave, so they lose Knies + Marner to sign Rantanen
If there was a good chance I could keep both Rantanen + Marner I'd flip Knies+++ for Mikko easily. Let Tavares walk and build around Rantanen/Marner/Matthews/Nylander
Knies is a great player but a player of Mikko's talent is someone you have to go for
Marner has failed in Toronto, totally and utterly. Now he wants to be paid like McDrai when he plays more like Clarke MacArthur come playoff time, his total career is relevant.
ALL of the core could immediately ingratiate themselves with the fans if they just took a paycut and were realistic about their limitations as players. They refuse to do that because they are greedy.
Winners earn their pay checks, but these guys are not only greedy, but they are soft greedy losers. The worst combination.
And the cup winner on that team is Matthew t we haven’t gotten out of the first round more than once and a lot of our failures marners been at the forefront unable to perform under the pressure
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After he came back from his injury he looked slow. I am good with him not wanting to come back.
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I'd much rather Knies than Marner, he might top out as a 40-40 guy, BUT the difference is that he'll probably be totally happy with 6-8 million leaving a ton of cap for others AND he's not like Mitch where his game will massively fall off in the playoffs, tbh I see him elevating more than falling off.
Knies+ 5-7 mill>charmin greedy Mitch. Mitch is redundant in Toronto anyways, the other 3 are the same player; soft overpaid skill guys who shrink in the playoffs.
