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Originally Posted by dissentowner
If you would turn down the 6th overall for an extended Marner you would have to be an idiot. Marner is a 100+ point forward and has a good 10 years or more of high level play. The odds the guy you draft at #6 being as good are slim and none. Marner is not going anywhere anyhow. People sometimes really overvalue draft picks.
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Agree with everything you say here aside from Marner not going anywhere.
I know his agent has poured cold water on it but some people who cover the team closely (SDP) seem to think he’s gone. They could be way off, but I wouldn’t be surprised in either case.