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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Agreed on the location of the plus, but your proposal is excessive.
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Is it? The Leafs have no reason at all to trade Marner. He's probably the last guy on that team they're even thinking of trading, depending on how they value Matthews. Marner kills penalties, plays on the PP, and is four years younger than Johnny, but he produces as much now (and far more than Johnny did when he was 21).
The Leafs would have the majority of the leverage in trade discussions. Valimaki is a good prospect, but there is a definite (and reasonably large) gap in value between Gaudreau and Marner. Dube isn't getting it done and Kylington probably wouldn't either. Toronto would be a vastly different team without Marner -- their window would be completely different and they would lose a lot of public faith after Dubas repeatedly declared he'd do all he could to keep all of Matthews, Marner, and Nylander. They'd need a huge overpay to part with #16.