Alberta_OReilly_Fan
Bruin fan since 1975
https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/marner...e-trying-to-figure-all-this-stuff-now~1601132
Somebody should tell him how wrong he is, right?
absolutely not... no hockey player that potentially is going to play the next 10 plus years in his hometown market would ever in a billion years suggest theres even a 0.0000001% chance he might leave as a free agent for a higher offer contract.
in fact... even when a player might want a trade because he HATES the team or is being ABUSED... they still usually try to keep the trade request quite hush hush.
when ray bourque was leaving boston… he was respectful to the organization and told them since they had no chance to compete to trade him. he said he wouldn't resign unless its with a contender. but even this gift he gave the team was quite hush hush. most fans still think boston wanted to trade him and it was the teams idea.
when Tavares had almost every intention of leaving the islanders... he never said it. he said to the very last second he might stay. it was important to him not to have those fans hate him. of course, it never worked... fans see through this. but its still what hockey players do. they want to be non controversial and not get the fans booing them
so... the only people that need to be told how wrong they are is anyone that thinks this story matters in the slightest bit. marner will do whatever he does.
my guess... Toronto will pay him and he will stay. my gut says he wants to stay and will stay if he gets the money