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

[General Fanager]

On man.....Dangle is going to have a melt down

 

[nuck]

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

That was two days ago. Why would they suddenly aggressively be trying to do anything with him? They aren't on a clock even if they desperately want him back. He doesn't become tradeable until that bonus is paid. Just rumors floating around that they are circulating. "I am hearing rumblings" is probably just from all the repeats of the Dreger speculation as though it has any basis beyond his own speculation.

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

It's such a leaf thing that re

Someone do a wellfare check on Steve Dangle if this extension comes to fruition.

Absolute madness.

That was funny shit yesterday but he wasn't wrong.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Can't see him taking less than Nylander. Maybe they think Tavares coming off the books is enough flexibility.

~$39M to go defense-hunting is a pretty good amount.

 

[Warden of the North]

Sign and trade hopefully!

 

[BertCorbeau]

I truly believe no one knows what is going on and the media is having a field day with the Leafs’ situation this offseason for clicks

 

[Budz]

This would have to mean JT or Rielly goes.

Can someone smarter than I tell me how much in real dollars we still owe JT?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

This would have to mean JT or Rielly goes.

Can someone smarter than I tell me how much in real dollars we still owe JT?

$7,950,000

$7,040,000 payable on July 1, 2024

 

[Canovin]

Core 4 doesn't have same ring to it without Marner

No Marner. No M'n'M

 

[HockeyVirus]

This would have to mean JT or Rielly goes.

Can someone smarter than I tell me how much in real dollars we still owe JT?

More likely they just wait a season for JT to expire than do anything crazy IMO

 

[A1LeafNation]

Ffs

 

[Bruce Granville]

Trade JT to UHC and they buy him out….cap hit 10m and real money a couple hundred k.
Keep Marner and pay him more than Matthews.

 

[Accelleratii]

as they should. The hate for Marner is ridiculous.

 

[trellaine201]

Good god

 

[Leaf Fans]

Leafs fans were telling us how Berube was gonna bag skate him and staple him to the third line and second unit PP if he doesn't waive


Why on earth did toronto fans think that Marner is not in total control of the situation. The hate must have blinded them from reality

No, I wasn't.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

It worked for Edmonton this year no?

The Leafs have won 1 series in two decades

 

[Hunter368]

A bit surprising considering all the hate directed at him

 

[Double Dion]

I know this will be unpopular, but I'd sign Marner too if I was the Leafs. You can't get him to waive his NTC. Are you going to let him walk or sign him to at 11M ish contract? I'd sign him. See if you can convince Tavares to waive and trade him to Calgary or San Jose.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

The odds of turning him into 2 pieces that will bring more value than him does seem pretty small. Still, it's going to be a lot for 3 guys going forward.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'd argue that extending Marner would be much less of a bad idea if it came with a corresponding Tavares move. But Tavares has a full NMC and probably wouldn't waive for anyone.

It shouldn't be that expensive to trade him since he'd be owed like $700k after July 1st, but I just don't think Tavares would allow a trade anywhere.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I'd argue that extending Marner would be much less of a bad idea if it came with a corresponding Tavares move. But Tavares has a full NMC and probably wouldn't waive for anyone.

It shouldn't be that expensive to trade him since he'd be owed like $700k after July 1st, but I just don't think Tavares would allow a trade anywhere.

You're extending Marner for 8 years (likely). Tavares isn't an issue in any of them.

 

[Empoleon8771]

You're extending Marner for 8 years (likely). Tavares isn't an issue in any of them.

No, I mean they need to make changes and just running it back with no notable changes isn't an acceptable outcome.

Not only that, but I'm not sure I believe that the Leafs wouldn't extend Tavares after this deal either.

 

[Bounces R Way]

I think MM has been unfairly made the escape goat for the playoff problems. But if they do keep him? Grab the popcorn and head to the leafs board

 

[Mr Positive]

Honestly the ideal move would be to keep Marner but move on from Tavares

Although that might mean waiting a year to see real change. Fans hate that but if you are planning out the fate of your whole franchise maybe delaying the inevitable and bringing on one year of fan hate is worth it.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

I hope so. I hope it's for a very long time. Man deserves his money.