Rumor: Spittin' Chiclets: Leafs working on a Marner extension

[sxvnert]

LOL. Good now I can stop wasting my time watching this team knowing full well what the yearly outcome will be.

 

[Dog]

When will they ever learn... Just trade him and let's get on with it. Stop propping up this loser and just move on already.

 

[The don godfather]

Trievling the destroyer. I love this guy.

 

[Else Ermine]

A lot of things are said on Chiclets that aren't worth listening to... But if it turns out the chosen scapegoat for the Leafs stays I'll enjoy the meltdowns over keeping a really good player on the team.

 

[Bruce Granville]

Give him the McD deal…100 million!

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Leafs management provide so much comedy every offseason

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Absolute lol if the Leafs extend Marner after all of the shit slinging Leafs fans have done at Dubas for not making changes and sticking with the team as long as he did.

The hilarious irony being Dubas actually wanting to make change got him fired. This screams Shanahan's ego simply not willing to accept his planned "big four" has been a complete failure.

 

[SoupNazi]

Man, I love this iteration of the Leafs. It's truly the best! They play dazzling, highlight reel hockey for 82 games a year, and then they only play seven games in early May when I'm already bored of hockey anyways. There's so much more time for activities during the summer when it's warm outside!

Surely this deal will mean eight more years of productive summers, I don't know how you suckers manage to have lives watching the third and fourth round of the playoffs. I watched the Leafs in the third round once or twice when I was a kid and it was terrible. So much stress! I hope we sign Mitch to big money and long term, because that will keep these Leafs that I love! Go Leafs Go, but not too hard, I'd hate to see one of them hurt themselves.

This, sir, is some excellent sarcasm. I’m all for it.

 

[HockeyVirus]

The hilarious irony being Dubas actually wanting to make change got him fired. This screams Shanahan's ego simply not willing to accept his planned "big four" has been a complete failure.

I love dunking on Shanahan but this is wrong. What got him fired was him making a play for Shanahans job because he knew the Penguins had a POHO job for him if he wanted it

 

[JKG33]

If I was a Leaf fan and they extended him, I'd be frustrated as hell. But if they aren't getting the kind of offers they want, what is the alternative? Take a bad deal, or let him walk as FA?

I'd 100% let him walk unless his extension comes with a minimum $2m AAV paycut

 

[bleedgreen]

Marner has never been the guy to get rid of. I can see moving on from Tavares, but way too much blame goes Marner’s way.

 

[x Tame Impala]

I enjoy watching the Leafs lose so this is good news to me

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

It has worked so far! Lets bring it back again.

 

[TGWL]

Most players want a raise, especially with the cap going up. Are the Leafs comfortable with that $ amount being closer to 11.5-12'ish? He has paced for 100+ points the last 3 seasons.

 

[TheScandal89]

I feel like at this point that dog that hits balls into baskets to make playoff picks would run this team better using that model then management runs it now

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Makes sense, matthews is the really issue

 

[TS Quint]

So if this is true, Treliving would have extended Matthews, Nylander, and Marner.

My conspiracy is that Shanahan has been dealing with the stars since Nylander sat out. It’s just too much coincidence that these contracts are this brutal/similar from Dubas to Tre. No new ideas.

Makes sense, matthews is the really issue

100%

 

[The Nuge]

Despite the fanbase turning on him, they’d be crazy not to. He’s basically neck and neck with Matthews in regular season scoring over their careers (10 points back), and ahead in the playoffs. They need to find a way to dump Tavares, and fix their defense, but neither of those mean you don’t keep Marner around

 

[nbwingsfan]

At the 41:10 mark Paul Bissonnette reports the Leafs are aggressively trying to extend Marner and not focused on trading him.

Of course they are LOL

How many times does a core need to let you down before you make any single change?

I love it, but it’s mind boggling

 

[TheGroceryStick]

When will they ever learn... Just trade him and let's get on with it. Stop propping up this loser and just move on already.

We should make him walk the Gardner with a cross on his back

 

[TS Quint]

Most players want a raise, especially with the cap going up. Are the Leafs comfortable with that $ amount being closer to 11.5-12'ish? He has paced for 100+ points the last 3 seasons.

The only question is, how much MORE than Nylander does he sign for. He is far more productive every year except for last year where Nylander was playing for himself and then Marner was still just a little more productive. I can’t see it coming in for less than $12m x 8.

 

[Absurdity]

Makes sense, matthews is the really issue

Joe Thornton 2.0

 

[BCNate]

Shanahan is a hockey terrorist

I think he secretly still works for the Red Wings, and is a mole bringing the Leafs down from the inside.

 

[dirtydanglez]

sometimes you cant help people

 

[CupsOverCash]

Just keep trying to fit a square into a circle. It will work at some point. That could be said about a lot of things people choose to triple down on now days.