Tre is mostly the one to blame on the Huberdeau contract but the mandate to re-sign him came from above his pay grade. Flames have meddlesome ownership that won't rebuild so the team is indefinite purgatory.
Marner out and Brady in is what this team needs to do to excite the fanbase again. It is the opposite of the reaction to rolling it back. Brady is a Berube/Tre player. Marner is not.
Would do that in a heart beat. I honestly think he's the type of winger who'd even have Matthews playing differently too.
If he’s on the market you have to try and get him, maybe Ottawa is close enough for Mitchie to wave……….
Everything you said makes sense and I’d love him here, but the real question is why would Brady want to play for the Leafs????
I could see both teams being very wary of making a huge deal between themselves.
Oddly enough, he doesn't have any sort of no-trade protection in his contract. He doesn't have any control over where he is traded to, but I have no doubt he would have a strong preference to be in the US, if possible. It's hard to imagine that Ottawa would be willing to trade him to Toronto, or that Marner would have much interest in going to Ottawa.
My point was I’d rather not acquire a player who’s treading water until he can go play where he really wants to be, as a American kid I can see him wanting to play in his own country, on a good team without the drama and baggage that comes with playing for the Leafs. A place where taxes are less too……..
He signed an 8 year year deal with the Sens. I can't see why he would not want to play for the Leafs but I'd be inquiring.
I agree, which is why I always thought it was strange that he signed such a long-term deal with Ottawa. I have absolutely no doubt that he wants out of there at this point.
And what if it doesn't, what then?
It said that one of the Athletic guys (Jeremy Rutherford) heard that Tkachuk's name is out there. Not confirmed or anything.
