Sportsnet: Why Kypreos believes Maple Leafs should trade Mitch Marner

[ScoreZeGoals]

Marner is untouchable. A few bad games for him this season and all the arm chair GM’s on HF here have him being traded for their overrated 3rd string D man . Funny, the kid just turned 20 and his career is over on here. Lol

Marner is starting to turn it back on now. Give it 20 games and the delusional trade threads will stop.

The term untouchable is thrown around so much that is ridiculous. There are maybe a handful of untouchable of players in the league, and Marner is far from being one of those

 

[Vancouver Canucks]

The term untouchable is thrown around so much that is ridiculous. There are maybe a handful of untouchable of players in the league, and Marner is far from being one of those

Yeah, what he said was a stretch there.

 

[4thline]

People are right, Kane is on another level. The only real similarities are size and both being the rare animal that is a winger that can drive a line in the NHL (as per Babcock).

He does however track favourably at 17 OHL, 18 OHL, 19 NHL compared to such slubs as Taylor Hall and John Tavares, and @ 20 is still sitting at .5 ppg going through some growing pains while getting buried on a deep team and riding a super low shooting percentage.

He may not be untradeable, but he's still one of the top young pieces in the NHL, and a good bet to grow into an elite/franchise level talent. If he's traded it will be in a calculated move to make the team better long term, a move reflective of the prior valuation and caused by having two of his peers emerge as better making him expendable (if). Not an elbow jerk reaction to 20 so-so games

 

[Nizdizzle]

The term untouchable is thrown around so much that is ridiculous. There are maybe a handful of untouchable of players in the league, and Marner is far from being one of those

Yeah, what he said was a stretch there.

Okay, simpler terms - Marner isn't on the block. Marner isn't being traded for the sake of trading. If someone wants to get Marner from the Leafs, they'll be overpaying. Think of what it'd take you to trade a player like Boeser or Horvat. That is the kind of return the Leafs would be looking for in a Marner trade. Not some good-but-not-great d-man, not some player over 30+ years old, or any small package of prospects/picks.

 

[Cor]

If we traded every player the media said we should, we wouldn’t have Kadri, Nylander, Marner, Rielly, Gardiner, JVR, among others.

 

[93gilmour93]

Kypreos just trying to get ratings talking about trading a young leafs player. Pretty common for Sportsnet to throw out stuff like this on the leafs

 

[Tall Morty]

My theory: Kypreos has become so obsessed with people saying his name, that he ignores the fact that it's often followed by the words "is an idiot."

 

[Malkin72]

Letang for marner I know it won't happen

 

[billybudd]

I wouldn't worry about this too much. Kypreos has traded Evgeni Malkin every summer for 11 years.

 

[Liferleafer]

Letang for marner I know it won't happen

With very good reason...

 

[Liferleafer]

My theory: Kypreos has become so obsessed with people saying his name, that he ignores the fact that it's often followed by the words "is an idiot."

My theory: Kypreos took Marner in his hockey pool and is pissed about Marner not scoring enough.

 

[93gilmour93]

My theory: Kypreos took Marner in his hockey pool and is pissed about Marner not scoring enough.

Lol I think you cracked the case.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Since when do people take what Nick Kypreos says seriously?

 

[Liferleafer]

Since when do people take what Nick Kypreos says seriously?

When it's bad for Toronto...Kippers opinion is gold, if not, it holds about as much weight as chocolate pudding.

 

[Brock Radunske]

Marner for Gudbranson. Who says no?

Might be Vancouver because Marner is only 5'11 and Gudbranson is 6'5.

Leafs would probably have to add 1st to make up for the 6 inch height difference.

 

[Cor]

That segment was puzzling and really weird.

Considering Babcock has been on record as saying that he thinks this team will have the ability to have Nylander, Matthews, and Marner run their own lines, why Kypreos thinks Marner has "no fit" on this team is confusing. There's a clear fit on this team for Marner. He's off to a poor start, yes, but that happens. The Leafs aren't going to trade him because of it.

It's also interesting that in the offseason, opposing fans were saying "Well the Leafs might not be as good, sometimes 2nd year players can have a rough go in their second year!" and now that appears to be happening and instead of those opposing fans being like "see, some second year players have trouble, nothing to worry about" it's "lol he was overrated" and "Leafs should trade him".

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Since when do people take what Nick Kypreos says seriously?

I think he has proved in the past few years to having a track record he is privy to information that others may not know. I recall this tweet and Shanahan was signed not soon after. So obviously he has some insider's information. You just don't throw this out this tweet on a guess. But I am always amused when people do not agree with an opinion. They try to discredit source. Whether it is Dreger, Kyper or ect...

 

[member 105785]

Lol Marner for Nurse.

We learned from the Hall for Larsson deal, we aren't trying to replicate it.

Edmonton still hasn't improved defensively with that trade.

To be fair, Hall > Marner and Nurse > Larsson so it's quite a bit closer

 

[Tall Morty]

When it's bad for Toronto...Kippers opinion is gold, if not, it holds about as much weight as chocolate pudding.

How much chocolate pudding is the real question. I imagine it would become quite heavy in large quantities

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

You can really tell his brain got scrambled

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I heard from Liferleafer that Marner's placement in the fourth line is temporary and that he'll improve as the season progresses.

He has improved, and his placement on the 4th line is temporary. Are you trying to make yourself look clueless?

 

[34]

Draisaitl + 2nd is closer to Matthews than it is Tanev.

 

[Liferleafer]

How much chocolate pudding is the real question. I imagine it would become quite heavy in large quantities

Yes...it is heavy, but much like Kipper's opinion, now matter how much pudding it can never HOLD weight.

 

[Liferleafer]

I heard from Liferleafer that Marner's placement in the fourth line is temporary and that he'll improve as the season progresses.

And you think that won't happen? I guess Toronto is the only place in which coaches do this to make players work on things....weird.....

 

[Tall Morty]

Yes...it is heavy, but much like Kipper's opinion, now matter how much pudding it can never HOLD weight.

Gotcha. Can't help but picture myself swimming in chocolate pudding now for some reason.