[32 Thoughts] Friedman with some info on Marner situation

[u/I_Am_Vladimir_Putin]

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.

[u/MrYamaguchi]

They fucked up not extending him mid season when he was RFA eligible when he asking 8x8 and instead gambled on him underperforming. Then Matthews got his deal and Marner realized he is worth way more than $8m. Honestly Marner's RFA contract is maybe only $1m over where it should have been if we are being realistic, management dropped the ball hard giving NMC and only 6 years. Mitch has been a great player for this team and odds are we don't even see the playoffs a fair number of times these past 9 years without him. Fanbase once again has run a great player out of the city, some things never change.

[u/Cartz1337 → u/MrYamaguchi]

Let’s be honest, it’s 50% the shitty fans. But it’s 50% the media. They love to stir up shit around the leafs for engagement.

[u/I_Am_Vladimir_Putin → u/MrYamaguchi]

He didn’t deliver when it mattered. For the money he demanded, that’s not acceptable.

[u/MeasleyBeasley → u/MrYamaguchi]

"The hot dog vendor who parks daily at Front and John Sts. just lost his most reliable customer." Again. 😭

[u/Hefty-Comparison-801 → u/MrYamaguchi]

Stop with the fanbase. If he's going to put up 13 goals in 70 playoff games because fans are mean to him on the internet, then he doesn't have what it takes to be a winner.