The message being if you're not playing well or we're not having success, you're replaceable? Yep, I like that message. It should all be about the crest at the front and whatever it takes to have success as a team.
Marner isn't remotely as close to unplayable as JT right now, he's still on pace for 90 something points. He's not in that healthy scratch territory at all.
I think Marner's a much bigger issue than JT. JT only has one more year left, and than he's either gone, or quite possibly he signs a team friendly deal, either way he's no longer a problem but Marner's a different story. I mean if you want to sign him again and pay him somewhere between the Nylander and Matthews contracts that's one thing but if not, then getting something back for him instead of him walking would obviously be the way to go.
For JT it would be hard to find takers, for Marner we'd get a lot back that could help us going forward so he's the guy I'd pressure to waive, trade him immediately for prospects/picks or ideally, young talent, focus on rebuilding the D and hope to rise up again in 25-26.
But ... that's not the way this cupcake of an organization rolls so don't expect anyone to be pressured to waive, expect to instead extend Marner for between 12.5 and 13 million for as many years as he chooses and be prepared for another decade of irrelevance.
