TSN: Pierre LeBrun with Jay Onrait on the Toronto Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner and the Nashville Predators.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Onrait: “I like studying your columns in The Athletic. You shot down the rumors of a possible Mitch Marner to Nashville union in The Athletic on Wednesday.
So I assume my subsequent query is the place, what’s the state of affairs with Marner proper now? And do you suppose there’ll be any sort of decision anytime quickly?
LeBrun: “Yeah, Jay, yeah, I shot down within the sense that I truly perceive why the concepts on the market and why it is sensible. I imply, the Predators have made it a precedence to improve offensively this summer time.
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In addition they have a goalie they hope to increase in Juuse Saros. A star goalie and if they will’t lengthen him, you recognize, perhaps they commerce him. So I perceive how loads of good individuals put some, you recognize, put some stars aligning collectively right here and, and, suppose that Nashville and Toronto may very well be a match.
However what I used to be making an attempt to you recognize, report is that I’m not saying you’ll be able to’t ever come to that time the place these two groups have that dialog. I’m simply telling you, it hasn’t occurred at this level.”
Onrait: “Proper.”
LeBrun: “The 2 groups haven’t talked about Mitch Marner. And, and a part of that’s that the Leafs we’re busy making an attempt to determine their teaching state of affairs. So that they haven’t moved on but to that a part of the offseason.
However, you recognize, a part of what I wrote about to in that column is that this factor has loads of layers. I imply, on the finish of the day, for instance, I’ve no proof for making a number of cellphone calls this week that Mitch Marner is camp is making ready an inventory, and gonna hand over an inventory to Brad Treliving, the leafs GM, saying these are locations we’d go.
That’s not what I’m, vibes, I’m getting there from the Marner camp. And it sounds very very similar to hey, we now have a yr left on our deal. We’re gonna honor it, and you recognize, we love taking part in for the Leafs and it’s, it’s necessary to notice that at this juncture, as a result of Mitch Marner is a full no-move.
So I assume it’s, it’s my, my, my method of claiming this nonetheless might go loads of other ways together with doubtlessly a minor commerce this summer time, nevertheless it’s going to have to return from the Leafs getting the sort of provide from someplace else the place they really feel they must convey it to Marner’s camp, and never the opposite method round. If that makes any sense.
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You understand, Matthew Tkachuk two years in the past, his camp handed an inventory of 5, six groups to Calgary. That’s not the sense I’m getting that, that at this explicit juncture Marner’s camp intends to enter, go that route. However once more, it’s, if something, if there’s one takeaway from my column is that it’s early and never an entire lot has occurred on the Marner entrance. So let’s all take a deep breath.”
