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I told everyone back then that the 3rd year on the Marleau deal would come back and bite them in the a**!!!
If the numbers Mitch is reported to want are true, then the Leafs will take pics. Leafs have offered 11mx8 apparently and thats not enough.
If the choice is overpay or take the picks? Take the picks and cap space.4 late 1st round picks from a contender theoretically?
4 late 1sts and cap space better than 12 million dollars for a winger who hasn't proven he can produce without elite talent around him. There's going to be one stupid GM out there who offers 13x8 and messes up his team's cap structure and future4 late 1st round picks from a contender theoretically?
If the choice is overpay or take the picks? Take the picks and cap space.
Nothing says you need to use the picks as picks...they can be bullets in other trades. I love Marner as a player, but if he's shooting for 11+? Then i let him go to whomever offersheets him.For a player of his calibre I would keep the player unless it is a rebuilding team offering picks. The odds of grabbing a few Pastrnaks late aren't great.
I told everyone back then that the 3rd year on the Marleau deal would come back and bite them in the a**!!!
It's incredibly unreasonable. You can't afford to have Marleau on the books at all. You're handcuffed and if you think Marleau playing 4th line minutes hurts him more than him being on the books hurts you, you're going to have a rough next season.Didn’t say it was ideal. Never liked that 3rd year from the get-go, and that was before the incredible deterioration in Marleau’s game last season.
Simply saying Dubas will keep Marleau and arrange salary elsewhere, rather than give up a top prospect or a high draft pick to move one year of Marleau, as so many here seem so desperate to have happen. Ultimately, he can play 4th like minutes, which may improve his production, while continuing to be a great veteran influence, and giving him a chance to be on a competitive team for perhaps his last year as a player.
Not sure what’s so unreasonable in that....?
Matthews is the second highest paid forward in the NHL, Tavares is the 3rd and neither are top 5 forwards...... How is that a discount? There is some research. I don't care what contract they are on they are both top 3 highest paid forwards in the entire NHL.
The Jets are a hit or miss, Toronto I think chokes this season under Babcock, plus Florida, Montreal, Boston and Tampa are going to likely have good seasons which means Toronto could be pushed out.
Nothing says you need to use the picks as picks...they can be bullets in other trades. I love Marner as a player, but if he's shooting for 11+? Then i let him go to whomever offersheets him.
hahaI just spit out my drink. Thanks for that.
Exactly why Marner is asking for a reasonable amount then? lol thank you for proving my point.Look at the contracts being handed out. The landscape is changing. That wont last long... We already see the best player in the world making the most in the league and the contract was signed a long time ago. Wait til other top players start getting out of their contracts they are half way through.
Oh, i didn't say that...i don't think anybody does. The post i was responding to was under the premise that an offersheet is there.Who says ANYBODY is going to offer sheets him?
I told everyone back then that the 3rd year on the Marleau deal would come back and bite them in the a**!!!
Thats hilarious!! And why do you think Montreal and Florida are going to have good seasons? Price got them to within a point of the playoffs with an absolute crap show of a team last season. That team will be much worse. And Florida....come on. All sorts of tools, no tool box. Leafs will be much better than both of those teams. Just compare cores. The leafs were one game from knocking out the Stanley cup runners up.
Don't be a "the sky is falling" poster.
I told everyone back then that the 3rd year on the Marleau deal would come back and bite them in the a**!!!
Everyone said that.
Loony Lou didn't care.
Look at you! All smart and every thang.I told everyone back then that the 3rd year on the Marleau deal would come back and bite them in the a**!!!