[Johnston] Mitch Marner says it’s his goal to be a long term member of the #leafs. He’s eligible to sign an extension as of July 1. On another first-round loss, Marner says: “It’s the same shitty pain, to be honest.”
Mitch Marner says it's his goal to be a long term member of the #leafs. He's eligible to sign an extension as of July 1.
On another first-round loss, Marner says: "It's the same shitty pain, to be honest."
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) May 6, 2024
by DevOpsMakesMeDrink
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that gods quote was wild
This thread in half an hour:
8×0.816MM, best I can give ya
“I am God” – John Scott
It’s good to have goals. Someday I’d like a 2nd home in Italy and to retire at 50.
He could easily do it, just take a team friendly deal. He won’t though, obviously.
If he takes like 8 million thatd be amazing
I like Marner actually, but he is not the hero we need
Soooo that’s a no on waiving the NMC?
Mitch’s problem isn’t his talent. It’s his contract. Any team would love to have him on their team, when he’s dialled it’s magic, but when he’s off it’s grim. Unfortunately he’s usually off when it matters the most.
With that being said, if I was Mitch, having already secured the bag, I’d take a team friendly deal in hopes of strengthening other areas.
Imagine how cool it would be, growing up a leafs fan, and fucking winning a Stanley cup and ending this drought. You’d be a fucking saint. Literally fucking better than money. It would be fucking priceless.
Right now he’s going to be known as some talented guy who was overpaid and couldn’t perform when it mattered. Could easily change that.
Best part of that conference “why are you purposely standing in front of the camera lens!!??”
IT’S NOT OUR GOAL.
All it takes for Marner to be loved again and not be shit on by the media and fans is for him to take a team friendly deal.
Thats the only way he ever gets support back again, and I don’t see it happening.
Shitty pain, ya we know how feel just with $11,000,000 less in the bank. Ghost man.
if he takes a discount on his deal, whether its short or long term I would love to still have him on my team. If he want more than 9-10 million a year than I say he needs to be traded. I really want the core 4 to work, but it just cant when you can get goalied in a series or if the d is really pressuring the pp.
Hey look he has as many off season goals as he had in the playoffs
Please leave
Oh the pain!
There really is this sense with some of them that they are way too comfortable. “I’d love to sign here long term. Oh losing again in the first round? Yeah that sucks, anyway I’m off to enjoy the cottage! See ya!”.
Ain’t no 27 year old taking a team friendly deal.
Hopefully that’s someone else’s problem. I seriously hope we don’t sign him to an extension.
Every elite forward in the NHL hits. McKinnon, Kucherov, McDavid. Marner doesnt hit, is afraid of contact in the boards and plays with Alligator Arms. Just fucking leave dude, you’re as soft as your old man.
Look… I don’t want to lose Marner.
But I’m also looking for a reason to fire him into the sun without regrets.
Sign this summer or gtfo. I can’t stomach another negotiation.
Take under 10M a year Mitch. If you get another big contract you will be setting yourself up for years of hate.
I believe Marner is a good player and I don’t doubt that he could perform in the playoffs he did it before in our first Boston series he was apart of and quite frankly he played well in games 5 and 6 and parts of 7.
What I do think is he is incredibly hard on himself as a hometown kid and his previous contract negotiations have not done him any favours to buy him leeway with fans like myself.
I have been championing trading him since last year. I would not be shocked to see him traded to a team and things to click for him in the playoffs then.
Our market takes a special kind of person to not let the pressure get to them (See Nylander.) and I don’t think Mitch is going to be able to handle it nor do I think he would take the contract that would make the fans not put lofty expectations at his feet.
He won’t do it but he could repair everything by signing for $9m x 8yr.
Wouldn’t change his flaws but it should show that he is committed and the only one to do so.
Plus I would be a lot more forgiving of his issues at $9m than I would be at $12 or whatever he’s going to ask for
Without criticizing Marner, he is the ideal trade piece to bring back a young puck moving defenseman and maybe a solid playoff ready forward of some kind. Love him or hate him, this is the right move for the hockey team.
C’mon Tre. Make his life hell. Fuck his comfort and complacency. We need hunger for the top, and not hunger to play with friends. This attitude is precisely why the team always fails.
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Great, so he’ll do 8x$8M with a limited NTC then. Wants to be a Leaf long term and doesn’t like this “same shitty feeling”, so it would make sense to give the team a few million in cap space to make the team better.
Thanks Marner, you’re a real one.
Go listen to Kris Versteeg on today’s morning show on the Fan 590 he said it best, Marner doesn’t have the moxy or the dog in him to persevere in the playoffs. He said stop with the little guy bullshit because he and others just pulled through because they wanted it so badly
As long as the cheque clears eh Mitch?
8 years $2M AAV and the contract includes a clause that he never plays in the playoffs.