Mitch Marner: what now?
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louisstamos
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Bates said:
I lean slightly towards Marner if you compare their first 3 full seasons (discounting Kucherov's first as he only played 50 games and mostly 4th line) as their stats are nearly identical, but Marner did it while younger. But if we're talking comparables, he would probably be the closest.
Deebo said:
Not a chance. Anyone fan who listens to the radio or uses any kind of social media (twitter for millennials, facebook for boomers) knows what's going on.
WAYNEINIONA
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L K said:
I'm with you on that. If he signs thats good. But if not don't let the door hit you in the *ss on the way out.
CarltonTheBear said:
I think you overestimate how much attention the majority of people pay to things like this.
I was talking to a season ticket holder at work and she didn't know a thing about the contract situation with Marner, she didn't know there was a possibility that he would miss games. Even after seeing Nylander miss games last year.
Lots of people who watch hockey turn on the game, watch it and don't pay any attention otherwise.
Frank E
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I can say that for me, this isn't an issue of me thinking the Marner camp is reasonable or unreasonable...for me this is a cap dollar allocation issue, given the contracts of Tavares, Matthews, and Nylander.
Given the Kerfoot is an unknown in Kadri's spot, I'm a little concerned if the Leafs tie up $11m in another scoring RW. At $8-$9m, I was OK, but I've looked at the spreadsheets over the next few years, and that bottom six is going to have to be a bunch of guys making well under $1m a piece to make things work if they want to keep a strong top-4 d-men corps.
He's one of the reasons I tune into the games, but I'm just not sure how this is all going to shake out with the lack of depth that it's likely to create.
Given the Kerfoot is an unknown in Kadri's spot, I'm a little concerned if the Leafs tie up $11m in another scoring RW. At $8-$9m, I was OK, but I've looked at the spreadsheets over the next few years, and that bottom six is going to have to be a bunch of guys making well under $1m a piece to make things work if they want to keep a strong top-4 d-men corps.
He's one of the reasons I tune into the games, but I'm just not sure how this is all going to shake out with the lack of depth that it's likely to create.
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Stebro
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If he wont sign a long term deal at 11 million per season and is asking for a 3 year deal, with the last year being at 11+, I say let him sit or trade him.
4EVRLEAFAN
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Deebo said:
It's the Leafs, the majority of fans know everything that is going on...lol
Strangelove
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Nik the Trik said:
Assists. He wasn't in the top 50 in goals scored and is in no way an above average defensive player, at least not yet.
Look, he's a great player and deserves to get paid. He doesn't deserve to be the highest paid winger in the league, though. It's also fair to point out that Mitch's camp has taken the position that it's not enough to be the highest paid winger in the league - he wants to be the highest paid winger on a short-term deal, even though he's an RFA.
I'm not particularly emotionally invested in the situation, but I can't see any reasonable rationale for the ask. It's pretty out there. Obviously, part of what's at issue is the bad Matthews contract.
BermudaBudsFan
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We will see how it all plays out but if it?s true he has turned down $11 million per and he holds out, he is a p.o.s. and I could honestly give two $hits about him as long as the trade return is good.
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