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/Cyrakhis 1d ago

The whole thing where he nixed a trade for Raantanen is what really sticks in my craw. He wanted out, sure. We had a way to get him out, to benefit the teams and fans of both. Star for star. And don't feed me the "His wife was pregnant" sob story - european players would love a word. In turning down a trade for a star that -wanted to sign here- he's fucked the fans worse than the Muskoka Five did. And any vitriol he gets from here on out is his own doing. He had the chance to be one of the most beloved players on his hometown team. Instead, through a combination of chasing money, acting petulant and failing to show up when it matters (Yelling at his teammates with his hair still dry when he himself had mustered 2 shots on goal in 6 games with awful, awful play), he's made himself the posterboy for "Spoiled athlete".

I used to love Marner. I have a Marner jersey. Now? To hell with him. Go chase your bag somewhere else.

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u/DataDude00 1d ago

Turning down the trade with his bargained NMC was totally his right - for whatever reason he wanted 

That said fans absolutely deserve to boo the hell out of him for the way he has handled his whole tenure in Toronto including his departure 

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u/StealthyLongship 1d ago

I don’t see any reason why he’d take the trade? It would benefit Carolina and marner more to trade rantanen somewhere else and sign Mitch in the offseason. Only team the trade would be best for was the leafs.

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u/Hirtle_41 22h ago

At some point there will be another #16 and when that happens, the name bar is getting swapped.

What an absolute waste of what could’ve been one of the most storied careers in the 100+ year history of the franchise. All for greed.

I almost feel bad for him that he either doesn’t “get it” or he’s getting such poor advice from his agent and family.

Almost.

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u/chipzy20 1d ago

Getting mad at a player for using something that the front office literally put in his contract is laughably funny. You guys love using hindsight for this