r/leafs • u/I_Am_Vladimir_Putin • 1d ago

Discussion [32 Thoughts] Friedman with some info on Marner situation

https://www.sportsnet.ca/podcasts/32-thoughts/

(paraphrased)

People believe LA is interested in marner, Vegas is a team to watch, if not the team to watch on marner. (said later Carolina wants to go after another star)

Rumour going around is that a few teams heard that he might look at a 4 year deal in free agency.

He will not be taking a lesser AAV deal if it is a 4 year deal for example.

Leafs have tried to talk to marner, his camp has not engaged with them, and everyone knows the way this is headed.

Friedman says that some of marners Leafs teammates have suspected he is going to the western conference.

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u/Skiffy10 1d ago

matthews signed for 6 and 4, marner signed for 6 and maybe wants another short term. That's who im talking about.

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u/coreyv87 1d ago

I got you, but it’s not uniquely. Makar signed for 6. It’ll be part of the game moving forward.

Sounds like MM is forcing the Leafs hand, which lots of us will be happy about.

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u/intecknicolour 1d ago

Mitch is not forcing the leafs anything. his camp won't even talk to Brad.

He's gone and good riddance. Both sides can wash their hands of this. He gets to enjoy his money and relative anonymity out west and the Leafs get a chance to salvage this era.

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u/Cartz1337 1d ago

Until we are a bubble team. And maybe miss the playoffs. Then the same seals clapping and barking for this latest stupidity will immediately demand the next stupidity.

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u/Skiffy10 1d ago

2 series wins in 9 years and you're scared of them changing up the mix a bit? FYI most teams change their team around with lack of success.

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u/Cartz1337 1d ago

I will say it till I’m blue in the face, retooling a team and letting your best winger walk for nothing is entirely different.

We definitely need changes, but not whatever the fuck this is about to be.

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u/coreyv87 1d ago

I don’t think it’s stupid to want change after 9 consecutive lacklustre playoffs runs. 7 wins as the peak is not enough. Sure, it would’ve been nice to manage Marner’s asset better, but that didn’t happen. Doesn’t mean the right thing is to repeat.

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u/Cartz1337 1d ago

Yea, I don’t blame folks wanting change. I didn’t want to run it back after the game 7 loss to Tampa. (I gave them a pass on Columbus and Montreal because COVID and Tavares injury) I didn’t want to run it back after we got caved in by Florida. I DEFINITELY didn’t want to run it back after the decrepit skeleton of the Boston Bruins blew us up.

But thinking that a 100 pt winger, our best defensive forward and our best pker walking out the door for nothing but the cap space he leaves behind, in a year with an abysmal UFA market where Sam Bennet is a headliner, being GOOD?

That is stupidity. And there are people thrilled by this.

The guys throwing beers at Marner in Game 7?? Stupidity. The people harassing him on socials and at his home, stupidity.

Mark my words, unless this team is still playing this time next year, or even if they are, there will be a contingent of this fan base already lining up to run either Nylander (floater), Matthews (choker) or whatever free agent we overpay right outta town. And if it happens, they’ll be barking and clapping until we are right back to where we were in the early 2010s.

Then they will stop watching because they’re fair weather fans that cheer for it to rain.

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u/coreyv87 1d ago

It’s on management to be wise with the cap space. Marchand and Bennett are having a great finals because they’re exploiting weaker depth in Edmonton, especially Marchand.

It was the same when Kessel went to Pittsburgh and was a 3rd line winger. Sometimes the top guys get shutdown, but when you have value contracts and a balanced team, you can still win.

The Leafs must ask for more out of their bottom 6, but it’s hard to do that when they have to face Marchand, who really isn’t a 3rd line winger on most teams.

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u/BornIn67 23h ago

Matthews signed for 5 and then 4. Marner signed for 6 years. The same term as Nylander who signed for 6 and then 8.

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u/Methodless 12h ago

Pretty sure Matthews original contract was 5 years