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

[Liferleafer]

Except, Marner didn't say he wouldn't sign an offersheet

Yes i know...gotta keep the dream alive!

 

[member 290103]

Yea, you’re not being misleading at all by ending the quote on the but. Lol

Post the question and full quote and let people understand what was asked and answered. Don't go all Fox News on us and make up outright lies about what was said.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

Yikes, Toronto fans really grasping at straws here. Sad.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

What the **** else is he supposed to say?

YES!

YES!

OH GOD YES!~!!1!!1

 

[TheBeastCoast]

The player’s union ought not to be happy with such a comment, regardless of if he means it.

....Why would the players union give a damn? Aslong as Marner signs a contract that is fair value the PA could give a damn about offer sheets lol There have been 3 in the last decade...but yes Marner saying he doesn't think he will be signing one will be sounding the alarms. You nailed it.

 

[member 290103]

The player’s union ought not to be happy with such a comment, regardless of if he means it.

He did not make the comment the OP is trying to suggest he did. The OP is lying.

 

[LeafFever]

Poor haters will be so disappointed.
Hey, maybe you can go back to Arizona offering Matthews 16 million a season. That was always OH SO realistic!

 

[Hammettf2b]

Yes i know...gotta keep the dream alive!

I couldn't care less either way. Like I said earlier, all it sounds like to me is he wants to get something done before an offersheet can even take place.

 

[HuGo Sham]

Marner is a terrific talent but speculate away as to who does it? Bergevin is already on record as saying he doesn't believe in offer sheets

 

[General Disarray]

LOL at the mental gymnastics. Just admit you guys are mad that he shattered your dreams of an offer sheet and move on. Leafs win, yet again.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

You don't like the Leafs.

False.

Some of their fans, sure, but a small minority.

Just look at the Polls Board for some examples where I voted for the Leafs and/or some of their players.

But you probably do not care about the truth.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

I couldn't care less either way. Like I said earlier, all it sounds like to me is he wants to get something done before an offersheet can even take place.

Yeah...which is the most likely scenario all along that Matthews and Marner are signed before it hits July 1st and TSN and Sportsnet are driving...and successfully baiting the clicks and views on the topic while they can.

 

[Leaf Fans]

He did not make the comment the OP is trying to suggest he did. The OP is lying.

The title is a bit misleading, but he did poor water on the signing theory.

 

[LeafFever]

What is that mysterious bonus money that no other team can pay ?

And what does "is not taxed in the city you play" mean ?

You think all NHL teams can afford that bonus $?

Bonuses aren't like NHl salary. They are taxed where you live.

 

[Cotton]

I hate the Islanders... But I hope he signs with the Islanders.

Probably the last team he'd sign with.

 

[Advanced stats]

Ah yes, the word of a player on an expiring contract who refuses to re-sign now but pinky promises he will sometime in the future.

A player would never wait until the last minute and then break that word.

I'd love to see the video of tavares promising he'd re-sign

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Then go start your own sports network that nobody important will care about.

Are you implying that Toronto fans are important ?

 

[biotk]

Yea, you’re not being misleading at all by ending the quote on the but. Lol

Personally I think adding what comes after the but just makes his answer worse and more disingenuous:

"Do you foresee (actually think the word was "envision") a scenario whereby you'd sign an offer sheet?"

"Definitely not BUT that's why we are trying to figure out all this stuff now."

Except as his agent made clear repeatedly - they are completely 100% refusing to try to figure out ANY of that stuff until the season is over.

 

[Leaf Fans]

What the **** else is he supposed to say?

I guess something else he was supposed to say is that he wants to stay a Leaf his whole career. What else do you think he should have said? Regardless it is far more important what he did say.

 

[Morgs]

At this point. Who cares really.

Seriously. The only worse speculation than TSN/SN is HFBoards lol.

 

[Newsworthy]

Lol. I love the Bump.

 

[LeafFever]

He ain't leaving. Anyone see JVR? He cried the first time he came back to Toronto. LOL. And Philly drafted him and he grew up much closer to that city.
Toronto is an incredible city to play/live in.

 

[LDF]

Yes I do know T stands for THE.

But lets be honest, TSN pushing all the offer-sheet agenda is to get viewers. It's definitely not aiming Carolina (or any other US based) fan base to watch them and their theories.

TSN is not pushing an offer sheet for anyone.

what they are doing to create a narrative that keep TSN in the main window of conversation.

 

[Petes2424]

It’s naive to think he’d say anything else. The Leafs offer him $9 but Team B offers him $12, he’s signing the offer sheet.

Although offer sheets haven’t really been used in recent memory, the quality of players who could hit this summer without a deal will probably prompt someone to use one.

Obviously Marner is the one who’s less likely to be matched with the Leafs having to sign AM too. It’s just like Nylander saying he has a guarantee not to be moved. If it comes down to trading Nylander to save Marner, they’ll trade him.

In sports you can’t listen to comments like this and take them as gospel. Far to often, things change.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Then the leafs will just offer sheet one of the other top RFAs.

There's been one revenge offer sheet in the history of offer sheets.

And, wait for it, it was a 1-year offer to Steve Bernier.

Quite an urban legend...