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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Just looked and it's not just Marner... all of Rielly, Matthews, Nylander, Tavares, Marner all have full no movement clauses.
So of their "Core" they are going to have a hard time getting full value or shaking that up IMO.
Personally I still wouldn't move Marner if I were them. I still think trying to move forward with Nylander, Matthews, and Marner is probably the correct move.
They need to upgrade on Reilly who is not a great #1 dman, and they need to clear the cap space from Tavares contract. Then with a rising cap you should be able to build around those three.
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I largely agreed with you on what was written above, but nowadays you can’t keep rolling this back in a salary cap world. Whether they are forced to do it is another question but it seems like they have to look at other options. Tavares contract comes up after next season and they’ll save a lot of money when he takes a discount to stay after. Truth be told he’s earned his stay in the playoffs. He’s everywhere. Reilly is off the year. Normally he plays hard but he’s borderline number 1 on most teams. He’s not the problem though. Marner is not showing up and it’s happened year after year. I think he accepts a trade if the gun is put to him by management but he can be pissy and I could see him making it difficult. But they’ve been given enough chances. It’s clear they don’t have the proper mix at the top. Matthews does not take the body if in a position to do so. He has to mix it up a bit when he’s making that much money. Nylander will but he’s injured. Marner to me is the odd man out here. You need to trade him for either a defenceman or a power forward who can score. Tough place to be.