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That would be a bold strategy with Barzal coming up for a new contract.its the Islanders
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.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.
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.
It’s a French media outlet. They do have some inside sources. They broke the Domi/Galchenyuk trade.
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.
This is trueYeah, but maybe he won’t lose to the Bruins in the playoffs every year.
You would figure a team willing to do this wouldn't have that depth though.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.
Didn’t say I agreed or would do it... just saying that’s the only way I can see a GM justifying it.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.
What good team could do this?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.
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
And that's my issue.That would be a bold strategy with Barzal coming up for a new contract.
Buffalo comes to mind? Don't really know who else? Arizona?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.
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
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.It's funny how this one deal seems to be holding up signing RFAs league-wide. Really puts things into perspective.