Distilling all the nonsense down into one point:
If you think Marner is in the same tier as Rantanen, Tkachuk, a tier below Kucherov... and Marner makes a million and a half more than each one of them, that's pretty much checkmate in terms of the overpaid debate isn't it?
We pay more for "the same" and we have to cancel out championships because those stars make their teams better.
I've said he has been overpaid from the start, I just think it is dumb to only discuss points when comparing players.
You're also comparing the players after the contracts are signed which is silly... Marner is still overpaid though, we agree there.
I simply asked to rank them defensively and you gave me every stat related to offense you could find.
I wasn't even trying to justify the contract, it is just weird to put down Marner and claim he is a tier below those players.
Kucherov is by himself from that tier, other than that, I don't see much of a difference.
As far as the championships go... for Florida Tkachuk ranks at most #3 in importance to the cup win, and the same goes for Rantanen. They were potentially lower in importance, but we will say #3 for argument's sake.
They helped for sure but were not the go to guys.