Well I think so too, but since we've already established these guys will chase every last dollar, I don't think it's crazy to think that some team will knock his socks off with an offer like that. Don't forget that the Leafs don't have to only match an offer for it to make after-tax sense for the player, they need to offer as much as 30% more than some teams that reside in states without state tax.
Can you find a quote? I don't remember saying any such thing and I don't generally think about players in those terms because this team has mostly sucked for the last 50 years so why compare him to 50 years worth of mediocrity? What's the point of saying Marner is an all-time great out of this pool of mediocrity?
If they ask for too much, I'd trade 'em. Hard to say where exactly to draw that line but whatever, hope Dubas or whoever decides wisely.
True, but that doesn't change the fact that he made a couple of bad giveaways in the first, and his assist was because he lost the puck while avoiding a check, and luckily Bunting recovered it and it bounced off the ref right into the slot.
This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read.
Gee, an all-star playmaker who gets way more touches than average also makes mistakes sometimes, has bad weeks occasionally and has linemates that sometime have bad games.
The bolded is wrong. You seem to be obsessed with harassing me and add no thoughts of your own. I said player evaluations are always changing, I think that's super obvious but if you think that's dumb, the intelligent thing to do would to explain yourself instead of making up lies and attributing them to me.
Buy low, sell high, that would be my advice.
Player evaluation does not change game to game or in your case every three days. Marner has been a top 15 player in the league for at least 5 years.
Might not change a lot, but it might change a little bit. Every game counts my friend, and some games count more than others.
For the record the only problem I have with you in your CONSTANT flip flopping on Marner. Aren't you the guy that started the eating crow thread with this line:
Don't be such a drama queen. I've been saying the same thing all season (which is the opposite of "constant" flip flopping - ever since we lost to MTL in the playoffs, Marner's played great.
Like I said, your stock market analogy is all that we need to hear. You'll be back.
And you keep repeating yourself because you like the sound of your own voice?
Because you have almost 30,000 posts and a ton of them on the Marner thread. I consider you their leader. No one is obsessed with Marner like you are and no one flip flops as hard as you.
Player evaluations (and deciding whether or not to trade a player) does not change in any meaningful way after 4 games, one of which he played well. Do you honestly expect Boston to trade away their top guys now?
Fair enough, agree to disagree.
Yeah, there's nothing new here.
Why would I post in the trades forum? You go ahead if you want.
