That’s whole point Hotpaws. At the end of the day it was a stupid thing to not give Marner anyways. In hindsight it wasn’t worth him feeling slighted. You give him the Schedule B bonuses. He doesn’t hit it until year 3. He’s probably a little less hostile going into the post ELC contract negotiations and you don’t have a lot of cap overages anyways. A dumb hill to die on really for Lou.
the stupid thing was to low ball Marner according to his agent and not negotiate off the 8.5m x 8 yrs which was his original ask
Rantanen didn't get his B bonuses , waited until Marner re-set the bar , held out until the end of Sept trying to match what Marner got but Sakic isn't a weak bitch and didn't cave so Ranta signed for 1.5m less .
this isn't a complicated issue
- Marner led the team in scoring
- Marner is much better defensively than Tavares
- Marner used internal comparables to base his ask on
there's really nothing else , not the bonuses , not Babs being a meanie , it just comes down to Marner wanting to be treated the same as his Leafs internal comps