I agree he is a bit overpaid but not by much. I also agree the flat cap era is not the best time to trade him but of course these are strange times. We arent planning to move him so this is all pretty irrelevant but this narrative he is worthless implies all NHL GM's are idiots, which they aren't.
It's pretty tiresome always hearing how your players are special and not worth anything but everyone else's are. It's like you guys think 90 point players are common, they aren't. There are also teams that could afford him. Hell a team was willing to pay him that and give up draft picks for him but now suddenly no one would want him? Wishful thinking.
Yes Covid has changed the market and may have hurt his value but really we won't know unless the Leafs actually trade him. In the end we are both guessing and debating something that doesn't matter because he is not available.
For the record I'm a Leafs fan, and I don't think it's smart to trade him at all. and if we were to, the players or player I'd want back would be off limits so what would be the point. cap hit is lousy right now which really sucks. would have looked alot better if the cap went up that 4 or 5 M it was suppose to before covid struck. now with covid making things difficult it's going to kill the cap from raising for I think up to 2 years it looks even worse.
I wouldn't take too much into any of that. our opinions dont mean anything. GMs make mistakes all the time. I personally do believe that Marner is a perfect example of a player who has alot of value but loses alot because of that cap hit. so he's more valuable to us than any team looking to acquire him. also this forum is very negative towards anything that is Leafs related.
People just want to trade Marner because hes the most likely out of the 3. Tavares with his full NMC. No way in hell they trade Matthews and then theres Marner. we can make things work with him in the lineup even if his cap hit sucks
