Confirmed with Link: Toronto signs Mitch Marner to 6 year extension [10.893M AAV] Part 2

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[PuckMagi]

I don't blame Marner for this at all for this contract. His agent is supposed to try to get him the best deal possible. He didn't miss camp... didn't miss any games... he did nothing wrong. Of course he wants to get the most money possible.

Are Matthews, Marner, and Nylander overpaid??? Sure, maybe a bit. But I'm not that concerned if we overpay really good players. We don't really have any bad players under contract who are screwing up our cap situation. Our team looks amazing on paper. Getting excited for the season to start!

 

[Nineteen67]

So today we get to discuss line rushes, 5th, 6th,7th, and 8 th defencemen, 4th and 5th lines, and back up goalies
When you’re talking about which depth players to use....you’re in a pretty good situation.

 

[SoVi3t]

So I guess I have to flip a coin to decide between a Marner or Matthews jersey

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Expensive.
I do love the guy.
What did/will Rantanen get ?

6 years is nice.

 

[ShaneFalco]

Just glad it’s over. Don’t even care right now about the contract

 

[Nineteen67]

Expensive.
I do love the guy.
What did/will Rantanen get ?

6 years is nice.

Hopefully Point, Rantanen and Tkachuk sit out and disrupttheir respective teams for 2 months. Particularly Point

 

[bentharbs]

I think, unfortunately, the only real comparison is Rantanen. It is too hard to look backwards at Kuch or at Kane and compare as equals because of the tax situation and clear, decisive changes in the market.

If Rantanen comes back and takes like 9 then it is clear we really messed it up. But hey, maybe the Finn is willing to take a discount.

Edit: for the same reason as Kuch, I believe that Point isn't the best comparable either. It is just really hard to compare those #s as if they are the same with such an inequitable tax structure.

 

[PromisedLand]

LOL Dreger seriously LOL

 

[al secord]

Mitchy, Mitchy, Mitchy. Good luck living up to this. Whooh boy.

 

[Walshy7]

@DarkKnight

Thread closed sorry.

It’s not that he got the numbers it’s the shilling as I said int he post you replied too. He was very clearly only getting that info because he was presenting marners case to the public. He also said there were offersheets in the teens on their way l, where are those? Clearly a tactic by Ferris to put the pressure on.

It makes me happy Friedman beat him to the “scoop”

 

[glue]

Here’s the thing with Dreger though, the numbers he kept floating are essentially what happened. We just didn't like what he was suggesting, but he was pretty much bang on in the end.

You can say he was carrying water for the Marner camp, but look at the deal he ultimately signed for...I mean.

That’s true, but as leaf fans it’s still annoying to hear a guy constantly throw out those numbers and then justify ‘why not’ , ‘it’s only fair’ etc throughout the process. It’s like he was publicly negotiating for the Marner camp, so it’s easy to see why fans got irritated

 

[TheDoldrums]

Dreger would literally be pleading for the Leafs to up their offer on air. His segments would be based around selling the idea Marner should get Matthews money.

No one was upset over the reporting of numbers. Other insiders did that and faced no backlash. Dreger was acting as a cheerleader.

 

[Nineteen67]

LOL Dreger seriously LOL

I don’t get it?

 

[thewave]

Just glad it’s over. Don’t even care right now about the contract

Similar to what Nonis said about the Clarkson deal. We are all glad its over and that we have a team for next year. Its a win now team though, hope they convert it into a cup.

@18leafsfan18 when we talk business of hockey its nothing personal. Fandom is personal so I was saying, stop being upset at people for talking business, they are the same people topless painted blue and white.

 

[thewave]

Dreger would literally be pleading for the Leafs to up their offer on air. His segments would be based around selling the idea Marner should get Matthews money.

No one was upset over the reporting of numbers. Other insiders did that and faced no backlash. Dreger was acting as a cheerleader.

Dreger lost his sources, his new sources are the agents themselves, all the inside knows this. He is like a New Port Sports shill.

 

[Orfieus]

Kyle "the Players GM" Dubas



edit: someone has made me a MUCH better picture

 

[Joey Hoser]

"How can they afford keep this team together?"

"We can and we will"

We did.

 

[bionic]

Matthews, Nylander and Marner left 0 money on the table and fought for every damn penny. I guess that's their right but they need to remember there is a hard cap in the NHL. We lost some players and draft picks because of their demands so I hope they realize that no help is coming and it's all up to them to win.
What's done is done and I will no longer be focusing on the the contracts. Instead it's time to start cheering the team on. This will be my last post in this thread. #Letsgoleafs

 

[ACC1224]

Dreger would literally be pleading for the Leafs to up their offer on air. His segments would be based around selling the idea Marner should get Matthews money.

No one was upset over the reporting of numbers. Other insiders did that and faced no backlash. Dreger was acting as a cheerleader.

It's really odd what upsets people.

Glad it's over, drop the puck.

 

[Gallagbi]

"How can they afford keep this team together?"

"We can and we will"

We did.

Depends on what "team" is. They kept the big 4 and turned over a good chunk of the rest. The entire bottom 6 and half the D has changed. Most of that was cap driven. I think we're better today because of the moves, but it did cost us some assets.

 

[MapleLeafs77]

If we have to trade kapanen or johnsson or kerfoot because of marner asking for that extra bit.....screw him. Because most hated on the team.

We cant run a 20 man roster. The only thing you can do now is trade ceci once dermott ia back. But then you are trusting dermott into a top pair after injury.

This extra bit that marner HAD to get is a joke. I slept on it and I hate how its gonna screw over our team. I bet our guys are pissed at him for forcing the leafs to trade a quality player now.

 

[Nineteen67]

Dreger lost his sources, his new sources are the agents themselves, all the inside knows this. He is like a New Port Sports shill.

That’s a very good source. Based on his information this week, apparently he communicates with teams as well.
I’m glad Friedman was involved. It allows people to both love and hate the same information.

 

[Gallagbi]

If we have to trade kapanen or johnsson or kerfoot because of marner asking for that extra bit.....screw him. Because most hated on the team.

We cant run a 20 man roster. The only thing you can do now is trade ceci once dermott ia back. But then you are trusting dermott into a top pair after injury.

This extra bit that marner HAD to get is a joke. I slept on it and I hate how its gonna screw over our team. I bet our guys are pissed at him for forcing the leafs to trade a quality player now.

It's funny were now talking about a 20 man roster when 22-23 was expected with him making ~10m.

 

[DarkKnight]

@DarkKnight

Thread closed sorry.

It’s not that he got the numbers it’s the shilling as I said int he post you replied too. He was very clearly only getting that info because he was presenting marners case to the public. He also said there were offersheets in the teens on their way l, where are those? Clearly a tactic by Ferris to put the pressure on.

It makes me happy Friedman beat him to the “scoop”

How do we know offer sheets weren’t presented and the Marner camp didn’t want to go that route? There was talk of offers being floated. Look, I’ve never been on the offer sheet bandwagon, but the bottom line is all these numbers Dreger floated have turned out to be pretty much bang on to what the deal looks like today. We got angry because it seemed ridiculous, and yet here we sit today.

As for the scoop, looks like Dreger was right there, as he normally is...like it or not the guy is one of the top “insiders”.