Are you suggesting that Demko isn’t a franchise goalie?
To be fair, Marner signed after having a 94 point season, at the time Miller signed his deal....his high point was 56 points, Marner's worst season was 61. So yes, for another year...your statement holds water, but what will be the cost of re-signing him?
Ok, switch Miller for horvat then. Point is more about cap allocation. Dubas signed too many forwards to huge contracts, and forced himself to go to the bargain bin for goalies. A player making 10+ mil should be able to carry a line and be a clutch performer without being attached to the likes of mathews. He should be anchoring the 2nd line like malkin has done, at the money he gets paid. Wouldnt have needed Tavares with that massive contract, and could have spread the cap around more appropriately. Demko is a gamebreaker that gets paid less than half of marner, allowing for another really good piece as well. Playoffs matter too, where demko's sample has been small, but played all-world when it really mattered, and marner has not.
Yep so Toronto should not be interested in him. No more proposals then, all settled.
Marner is a winger, not a center. Also, Marner isn't carried by anyone....he actually makes the players around him better. John Tavares had his best season in his 1st year here playing along side Marner. Matthews is on a 62 goal pace this season playing along side Marner....
He shouldn't need a mathews or Tavares. Yes marner puts up points, but who wants to spend that much of the cap on a winger that requires Allstars linemates? Someone like Kaprizov can be a big time impact player for less money, with worse linemates. Marner should be doing that, if he is truly worth his contract. Maybe that's on the coaching/management, but until he does that, his contract hurts his value.
I'll say it outright!
He doesn't....lol, what, you think they should play a 94 point player on the 3rd line so he doesn't play with good player? He makes good players better....he's not carried by anyone.
No, lol. He should be making lesser players better. Another example: panarin gets the most out of krieder and strome, while zibanejad anchors the 2nd line. Marner should be be doing the same, given his massive contract.
My friend, you are making zero sense. Our top 2 lines consist of the likes of Matthews/Tavares/Nylander....so somehow it's a negative that Marner is producing on those lines? Again, Tavares' best season was with Marner.....Bunting is in the Calder conversation playing on a line with Marner....I guess we should drop him to the 3rd line?
What? This makes absolutely no sense.
