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Originally Posted by TOfan
I don’t think a contender is the likely landing spot for Marner. Are there any who have the cap space or assets to add a player like Marner without sending a comparable player back?
I think he’s more likely to land on a team that’s making a push to become a playoff team, or a contender. But not a team that already is.
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So Marner waives his NMC to go to Anaheim or some other non-contender? Why? On the 12-13 million my point is that that is what Marner thinks he is worth. So the Leafs need to find a team that thinks he is worth that, wants to pay that and wants to give up a huge package to get him. Some team for sure will probably give Marner what he wants on the free market. Even if that is not the case, Marner and his team will think someone will give him that so he ain’t going to sign a team friendly deal. Not sure they dump a bunch of assets to get him at that cost point.
I don’t know if he is available but the market would be much stronger in my opinion for Scheifele than it would be for Marner. A consistent 70+ point guy who is signed for 8.5 million a year. The market for a guy you have to sign to a top 10 in the league contract that will give you a haul would be quite small. Add in the fact that what could keep Marner from getting the dollar figure he wants are questions about him in the playoffs I would be shocked if he agrees to go to a team that is not a contender.