Dreger: Teams are 100% preparing to offer-sheet Mitch Marner

[Leaf Fans]

With the report of Matthews closing in on a contract, the focus switches to Marner. Like every other RFA, it's possible, but not very likely.

 

[Taluss]

Which team wouldn't be?

 

[smirob]

Silver lining: would give the leafs more room to resign marleau after next season

 

[Jee]

Why are Leafs fans laughing? It's likely true that teams will try to offer sheet Marner... He's the Leafs best player, still very young and could help pretty much every team in the NHL (except maybe Tampa). Definitely the kind of player worth losing multiple draft picks for.

Question is: will he sign one?

 

[TheBeastCoast]

It's almost like Dreger has realized this contract stuff is driving traffic through the roof and is coming out with new sky is falling contract scenarios on the daily just to get Leaf fans running around screaming. Count me out. The insiders can talk about offer sheets until they are blue in the damn face until I see a player actually sign one I just do not give a damn.

 

[BHD]

That's not clickbait.

For now we're going to discuss it as if it is prevalent information. Users can ignore it if they think it is "clickbait."

 

[Stand Witness]

Such an easy claim to make.

Clearly the Leafs want to sign him (and likely will) before he can even see an offersheet, so its hard to be wrong in this scenario.

 

[Advanced stats]

Never fails.

Matthews extension is close?


Fire up the hype train, "TEAMS ARE OFFERSHEETING MARNER!"

 

[Liferleafer]

Why are Leafs fans laughing? It's likely true that teams will try to offer sheet Marner... He's the Leafs best player, still very young and could help pretty much every team in the NHL (except maybe Tampa). Definitely the kind of player worth losing multiple draft picks for.

Question is: will he sign one?

Lol...because it's always us. Is anyone talking about Laine? Aho?

We laugh because it's funny.

 

[Flair Hay]

Poor Dreger running errands for an agent. Must not be getting any good deadline scoops.

That said 5 million ppl will read that article lol

 

[Bixby Snyder]

He's the Leafs best player. They're not letting him go to an offer sheet.

Matthews is the Leafs best player, Marner is benefiting from playing with Tavares.

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

That's not clickbait.

Clickbait would be "You'd never imagine what player these NINE SEXY GENERAL MANAGERS are planning to offer sheet" and there'd be a picture of Brian Burke yelling or something.

Touche'. Well played sir.

 

[Jee]

Lol...because it's always us. Is anyone talking about Laine? Aho?

We laugh because it's funny.

I will definitely find it funny if he signs an offer sheet.

 

[780il]

Matthews is the Leafs best player, Marner is benefiting from playing with Tavares.

I watch a couple Leafs games here and there. Marner is always the guy driving the bus. Alot moreso than Matthews.

 

[96]

Reminds me of that dumb f*** kypreos saying they should trade him a while ago

 

[FelixPotvin29]

Do teams really need 6 months to prepare a document?

I call fake news

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Yikes!!

Another negative effect of the Nylander signing !

Sure Toronto will match but its going to be a lot more than they would have paid him.

 

[smirob]

I don’t get why leaf fans get offended that other teams are not being talked about, yet if you listen to sports radio in Ontario there’s only one team with amazing players worth talking about

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Such an easy claim to make.

Clearly the Leafs want to sign him (and likely will) before he can even see an offersheet, so its hard to be wrong in this scenario.

What makes you think this though?

Hasn't it come out that Marner only wants to sign AFTER Matthews?

If you were trying to get top dollar, and you were Marner, what pressure would there be in limiting your market by signing before July 1st? The only leverage the Leafs would have is if they were bold enough to say "sign before July 1st or else we're trading you away", which they aren't going to do.

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

3 players making 35 mil in a capworld!

 

[Cellee]

My sources say he will sign with the Jets

 

[Leaf Fans]

Yikes!!

Another negative effect of the Nylander signing !

Sure Toronto will match but its going to be a lot more than they would have paid him.

It would have to be on hell of an offer sheet for the Leafs or any other player offered for their team not to match.

 

[pld459666]

I'm normally one to point out that players have to want to sign an offer sheet and that in most instances the grass is never greener than what they have right now and by and large that is true for Marner in Toronto

That said, is he going to be happy being arguably the teams best player while getting the 3rd highest salary behind Mathews and Tavares??

I do believe it's far fetched to think that he signs an offer sheet, but if a team offered him 12 over 7 while the leafs were at 9.5 over 8, I can see the rationale behind signing the OS.

I think the Tavares deal is going to end up biting Toronto in the ass

IMHO

 

[CupInSIX]

I can see the Islanders giving him an offer sheet of 12m as payback.

 

[LeafGrief]

Dreger writes erotic fan fiction for the western Canadian market