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Originally Posted by TOfan
Oooff don’t know about that.
PLD loves Montreal, Gaudreau loves Philadelphia, Tkachuk loves St. Louis. Just cause a player loves a city doesn’t mean it’s a match made in heaven.
The Leafs could very well say, beat it. They’ll take the $10-12M in savings and throw it at McDavid in a couple years or Draisatl next. I’m sure the Leafs will find good use of the money.
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None of those players you mentioned were under contract at any time to those teams though with a NMC. You are right, the Leafs can let him walk but if I am Marner I take that chance over accepting a trade because the two best outcomes are the Leafs retain me or I cash in as a UFA. There is no good reason for Mitch Marner to do the Leafs a favour by accepting a trade.