Sportsnet 590 The FAN: Toronto Maple Leafs pending UFA Mitch Marner is gaining leverage 1 / 4 of the way in which by means of the season. Do the Maple Leafs haven’t any alternative however to increase him or is there a reduce off level?
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Sam McKee: “I’ve at all times been laborious on this man. Prefer it began with me, I by no means appreciated London Knights, the entire deal from the beginning. Not a fan. However you will be a worse hockey staff if he doesn’t signal long-term.”
Justin Bourne: “Sure.”
McKee: “There isn’t any query. And positive, he’s had these moments within the playoffs the place it’s not gone nice. I do know, I’ve talked about them.
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However the actuality is there and like, positive, you may go in free company and attempt to signal these guys. Ask the Bruins how that labored out? Ask how their cap, cap house discovered whenever you signal (Elias) Lindholm and (Nikita) Zadorov, and it’s like, oh, you’re beneath 500.”
Bourne: “What I hope doesn’t get misplaced from our dialog on Monday was the way in which that I began that dialog, which was the Leafs have messed this up. And that’s a degree that I keep to this present day, as he’s a participant you might want to hold. There aren’t that many of those guys.
And the truth that it’s at this level, and now they’re watching the cap go up, they usually’re watching him have success, and, you realize, have the leverage at this level to say, he’s going to stroll away, kills them.
And so they should signal him. You’re simply not going to get higher when he’s gone. And they also’ve messed it up up to now, however they could need to eat it somewhat bit and say, gonna price a bit greater than we must always.”
Nick Kypreos: “No, No We’re not doing this once more.”
Bourne: “Do you wish to speak about it?”
McKee: “Mitch Marner has the Leafs over a barrel.”
Kypreos: “Are you, are you…”
McKee: “Mitch Marner has the Leafs over a barrel.”
Kypreos: “Are you okay with now with not being somewhat bit extra, however it being much more and nonetheless signing them?”
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Bourne: “You already know, it’s a type of issues the place it’s like, I additionally imagine which you could’t have guys within the room who aren’t placing the staff first or are tough or repeatedly the individual. Like this man has always been a problem for the leafs and for the fan base.
So there’s undoubtedly a restrict for me. The place I’m not similar to, now he’s performed good in November, you realize, we’ve seen that earlier than, …”
Kypreos: “How about you?”
Bourne: “… open the checkbook?”
McKee: “I feel I’m type of, like, are you going to lose Mitch Marner over $500k per yr? Like, are you, are you interested by that $500k or further million bucks are you interested by that when he …”
Kypreos: “Say the $500k, takes him, takes him previous Matthews. You okay with
that?”
McKee: “Hear, at this level, It’s not…”
Kypreos: “Are you okay with that?”
Bourne: “No, completely not.”
McKee: “In all probability not. No. But when it’s received, both that or dropping them, then I’d in all probability do it.”
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