Rumor: Marner expected to get 12.5$ million offer

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Marner at 12.5 seems fair tbh.

 

[Superlative Soup]

its the Islanders

That would be a bold strategy with Barzal coming up for a new contract.

 

[SML2]

Smart GMs preparing Johanssen and Kapanen offer sheets to drop as soon as the starting gun fires.

 

[BatVader]

Signing a fat contract with a $12.5M AAV... AND surrendering four 1st round picks... is ****ing insane.

That’s a reckless investment that assumes an absurd amount of risk. I don’t care how good Marner is; you’re a fool if you think that’s a good idea.

The only way I see it is if the team offering that feels Marner puts them in contention right away and those 1sts are expected to be mid to late 20’s or later.

 

[Foppberg]

Lol. Good luck contending if he signs anything close to that.

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

Maybe he’d consider a 10.5M offer for 3 or 4 years and cash in on his next contract?

Basically just low enough so a team doesn’t have to pay 4 1st rounders but high enough to get his attention.

If Marner even signs that, the Leafs would just match that and make the cap work... even if that means losing one of Kapanen/Johnsson for a lame return.

 

[Deadly Dogma]

Hey 4 1st's even mid/late 1sts ain't to shabby. Especially when you consider we would have our 1sts as well. Say the Leafs and Habs picks are 10-20th we can put both together to get into the top 10 each yr

 

[Baxterman]

So the rumour is supposedly that a player on the Canadiens heard Marner's agent say that he expects his client to get a 12.5 million dollar offer sheet?

That seems dubious for many reasons before you even get to the credibility of the site that reports. Even if they are 100% credible in their rumours I am not sure how much stock I am putting in a report based on a player supposedly overhearing a comment from an agent that really helps drive up the price for his client.

That said at 12.5 million I think the Leafs have to think about matching, even if I think the report is flimsy at best.

 

[brokenwolf88]

Teams can have him for 12.5. He's great but you dont pay your best winger that much. Hes not a center, hes only hit point a game once and he has no titles to his name. On top of that hes never helped the leafs advance beyond the first round and was brutal in 2/3 playoffs.

Marners great but hes not that great.

 

[ottawa]

It’s a French media outlet. They do have some inside sources. They broke the Domi/Galchenyuk trade.

They most certainly did not, it was easily broken by Friedman before anyone even got a whiff of it.

DLC is literally the French Eklund

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

The only way I see it is if the team offering that feels Marner puts them in contention right away and those 1sts are expected to be mid to late 20’s or later.

Ottawa felt that way about Duchene.

Toronto felt that way about Kessel.

If you sign an offer sheet this big, you’re assuming that risk FOUR times. That’s absolutely insane. You can’t justify it.

 

[shortfuze]

Yeah, but maybe he won’t lose to the Bruins in the playoffs every year.

This is true

 

[DistantThunderRep]

If you have good depth those 1st rounders aren't that bad.

Marner is a special player and trade a worse player or 2 for 1st rounder or 2+ something to gain futures back.

You would figure a team willing to do this wouldn't have that depth though.

 

[BatVader]

Ottawa felt that way about Duchene.

Toronto felt that way about Kessel.

If you sign an offer sheet this big, you’re assuming that risk FOUR times. That’s absolutely insane. You can’t justify it.

Didn’t say I agreed or would do it... just saying that’s the only way I can see a GM justifying it.

 

[KobeBean143]

its the Islanders

Lou is a vindictive ass lol

 

[Kevin27NYI]

If you sign him to 7 years I guess 12.5 is reasonable if you're assuming the cap will continue to rise as it has been.

But the 4 first rounders hurt.

Would have thought the 10.5 for 4 years (free agency after) would be the best offer sheet. Low risk for picks and nice opportunity for Marner to get to free agency asap.

 

[BlueBaron]

Seems insane that some team which can afford the 12.5 Million AAV in their cap will also be willing to give up 4 1st round picks.

What good team could do this?

Leaf offer sheets are the HF wet dream. His agent is hoping he can talk up his value, that is basically the whole story here. Marner is not going anywhere. This is so tired.

 

[Runner77]

Appearently his na,me is Max Truman

Who is Max Truman I'm going to go ahead and say this isn't credible until I find out Who Max Truman is because I've never heard of him

A Quebec blogger that has occasionally broken some stories.

 

[Kevin27NYI]

That would be a bold strategy with Barzal coming up for a new contract.

And that's my issue.

Marner and Mathews saw what JT got and changed their market. Why shouldn't Barzy?

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

DLC LOL

 

[DistantThunderRep]

What good team could do this?

Leaf offer sheets are the HF wet dream. His agent is hoping he can talk up his value, that is basically the whole story here. Marner is not going anywhere. This is so tired.

Buffalo comes to mind? Don't really know who else? Arizona?

 

[Yatzhee]

Sabres

They have the cap space, they have the four 1st rd picks, they have an elite center and a high goal scoring LW'r. Mariner would definitely complete that 1st line.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

They most certainly did not, it was easily broken by Friedman before anyone even got a whiff of it.

DLC is literally the French Eklund

Ah so no credibility whatsoever ? Yeah that's what I thought

 

[KlefDown]

"He'll sign for 9m" - leafs fans

 

[McFlyingV]

It's funny how this one deal seems to be holding up signing RFAs league-wide. Really puts things into perspective.

It's not really all that surprising. Marner is the hottest RFA in this year's crop and is going to help determine the market for other RFAs. The paradigm shift of RFAs not taking discount deals is well underway. If people think 8-10M is a lot for an RFA then this summer is going to be a major shocker for them. Over 5 RFAs will sign for north of 8M this summer on long term deals with some of those potentially being north of 10M. That is of course unless teams decide to bridge.