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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
I live in Ontario and have lots of leaf friends. Your last para is what they think, they can just torture him out of town. Not sure that will work. But the idea that the Leafs wants to trade Marner because he is one dimensional and does not show up in the playoffs and that there is another team that wants to give up a haul for a one dimensional player who does not show up in the playoffs is somewhat contradictory.
At the end of the day I think Marner will do whatever is best for him to maximize his salary for his next contract. That has always been the calling card for the Toronto core and I am not sure why that would change now. If being traded to Columbus is that move in his mind then maybe he waives to a non-contender. But I suspect he and his agent know a solid playoff performance is worth 10-15 million USD on a 7 year contract, so for that reason. I doubt he goes to a non-contender.
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I’m not sure he’s strictly one dimensional, he kills penalties. He’s 27, there’s still a lot to be written here. And the one dimension he does bring has him at the top of the league in his position.
It’s also contradictory to read here that some posters are calling him one dimensional while at the same time his next contract is going to be $12-13M. Seems to me he’s got to have more than one dimension if that’s the case.