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Originally Posted by TOfan
Marner is saying he wants to stay, and that is probably true but I wouldn’t take that as gospel and he’s going to shut down each and every trade that comes his way.
If the Leafs come to him, if they haven’t already and say ‘we would like to love you’ to what end would Marner want to stay?
You’re right, he does hold all the cards so he could very well say here’s X number of teams I’ll consider. He could also say ‘and it will have to happen before July 1’. Just my opinion but I believe Markstrom probably said similar things to Conroy.
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I would take it is gospel, he absolutely loves Toronto. The Markstrom situation was different, that is a player that is older and his team was going toward a rebuild. Marner grew up a Leafs fan in the Toronto area and has no motivation to leave there. What you are hearing is some of the Toronto media wishing he would move so they can address other needs, everything I have heard contradicts that is what will happen. Even if the Leafs tell him they would like to move him he says not interested.