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Originally Posted by TOfan
So given all that you’ve laid out, which contender is there a fit?
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I don’t think there is one. It has to be a contender that is willing to have an 11 million dollar winger. Now if the Leafs eat 30-50% there could be a bigger market for sure, but you go through the teams left in terms of cap space alone (putting aside whether any of them would want Marner)
Boston - 21 million in cap space and need to sign 8 players. Players to sign who would be higher priority than Marner include - Swayman and possibly DeBrusk. Maybe they have the room, not sure Marner is a Montgomery player.
Carolina - 27.3 million in cap space and need to sign 9 players. Higher priority players include Necas, Guentzel, Skjei, Chatfield, terravainan. Not likely a fit.
Colorado - need to sign 10 players and have 10 million in space. Not a fit.
Dallas - need to sign 10 players and have 15 million in cap space, not a fit.
Edmonton - need to sign 10 players and have 9 million. Not a fit.
Florida - need to sign 9 more players and have 19.7 million in space. Higher priority players to sign include Reinhart, Montour. Not a fit.
nYR - 5 players to sign and 10.5 million in space. Higher priorities include Schneider, Lindgren and Kakko. Not a fit.
Vancouver - 9 players to sign and 24.8 million. Higher priorities would include Hronek (and at least 2 other dmen), and maybe Lindholm. Probably not a fit.
Vegas - 3 players to sign and 900K to do it with. Not a fit.
The best fit for Marner is Toronto probably.
I would ask what contender is looking for a 10.9 million dollar Marner to put them over the top?