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We’re talking about Elliotte Friedman’s recent comments on how the Mitch Marner situation is affecting the Toronto Maple Leafs’ free agency period.
Video: https://x.com/gilleafs/status/1807958112168538622
This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O’Reilly
This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Mitch Marner was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2015 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 28 of the draft went as follows:
1st – Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid
2nd – Buffalo Sabres, Jack Eichel
3rd – Arizona Coyotes, Dylan Strome
4th – Toronto Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner
5th – Carolina Hurricanes, Noah Hanifin
6th – New Jersey Devils, Pavel Zacha
7th – Philadelphia Flyers, Ivan Provorov
8th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Zach Werenski
9th – San Jose Sharks, Timo Meier
10th – Colorado Avalanche, Mikko Rantanen
11th – Florida Panthers, Lawson Crouse
12th – Dallas Stars, Denis Gurianov
13th – Boston Bruins (from Los Angeles Kings), Jakub Zboril
14th – Boston Bruins, Jake DeBrusk
15th – Boston Bruins (from Calgary Flames), Zachary Senyshyn
16th – New York Islanders (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Edmonton Oilers), Mathew Barzal
17th – Winnipeg Jets, Kyle Connor
18th – Ottawa Senators, Thomas Chabot
19th – Detroit Red Wings, Evgeny Svechnikov
20th – Minnesota Wild, Joel Eriksson Ek
21st – Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders via Buffalo Sabres), Colin White
22nd – Washington Capitals, Ilya Samsonov
23rd – Vancouver Canucks, Brock Boeser
24th – Philadelphia Flyers (from Nashville Predators via Toronto Maple Leafs), Travis Konecny
25th – Winnipeg Jets (from St. Louis Blues via Buffalo Sabres), Jack Roslovic
26th – Montreal Canadiens, Noah Juulsen
27th – Anaheim Ducks, Jacob Larsson
28th – New York Islanders (from New York Rangers via Tampa Bay Lightning), Anthony Beauvillier
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27 Comments
I wouldn’t even wanna play there for ohtani type money
I think the culture of losing is what scares UFAs from Toronto. If I was a UFA, i would want to go to the place where I have the best chance to win. That is not Toronto.
I have to agree
Free agents are signing. Wtf is he talking about. Maybe it Mitch that’s the issue, his teammates having to tell him to grow up on the bench so everyone can see.
Why is Marner the scapegoat for the Leafs failure? Dude makes 3 million less than Matthews, has 10 less career points than him and had 1 less point than him in round 1. When you're paying over 45 million for 4 players, literally more than half the salary cap, and none of them can move the needle in the playoffs, you're screwed.
Good the Leafs always destroy themselves by signing busted over the hill UFAs like Tanev or OEL.
Non of the core 4 show up in the playoffs but somehow Marner gets all the blame they should be trying everything to trade Tavares not Marner they just don't like Marner he has always been on a shorter leash then every other player they don't like him personally cause he has always called out the toxic Media in Toronto.
Guys dont want to play with guys who listen to Justin Bieber and love playing golf. They want to play with guys who listen to Metallica and love playing hockey
"Git gud scrub." – Lego, probably
O the poor millionaires, such a tough life
Remember, this is the fan base that booed a Stanley Cup winning Hall of Fame defence man out of town.
This is also a fan base that turned on their captain and best player when he wouldn’t waive his no move clause.
The Marner situation is going to be the same thing. Marner is probably going to be the best winger to ever play for the Maple Leafs all while the fan base is chasing him out of town while cuddling their two other more selfish super stars.
There is a reason why Matthews demanded to start playing with Mitch and that was he knew Mitch would be able to help inflate his numbers to get the big pay cheque. Mission Accomplished.
Nylander disappeared in the regular season once he got paid. Those are the two guys that this fan base is committed too.
Can’t wait for Marner to walk and pull a Larry Murphy.
Why sign with the Leafs if the media wants to run all-star and future hall of Famers out of town. If you not putting up close to 100 points even when not playing all 82 games what will the media do or say about you. One of the better two way players in the game and you don't want him because he is the problem. Supporting cast has been good enough either but how do get the right ones if media scares good players away.
You misread E F's quote. It is not that Marner is scaring players away from Toronto. It is what Marner's situation says about the organization. Brian Burke talks about it a little in his book Burkes Law, and John Shannon who spent years inside the Temple that is MLSE has also talked about it on Bob McCowan's podcast. The whole inter play between the fan base , social, and the Leafs is dysfunctional. They all want it so bad that it gets in the way of achieving it. When the average NHL player (who are simple folks by in large) sees the psycho drama that is Toronto –they avoid it like a crazy Ex girlfriend.
Compare Marner with Brayden Point. Both similar age, SHOULD have had similar value and signed at the exact same time. Marner took 11×6, Point took 6.75×3 and then extended at 9.5×8.
One won, the other lost. One shows up, the other ghosts. Marner does not deserve the raise he wants. He can get it elsewhere.
The leafs players are just greedy asf, they will never win with this core.
Marner is just used as a scapegoat, that’s all Toronto has ever done
Thats it!!!! Im done! I have to ask…..
What the heck is Lego saying at the end of his video????
"SOMETHING, SOMETHING, SOMETHING AND BYE"
I think there’s some legitimacy to this. Got to ask yourself why Florida teams have won three out of the last five Stanley Cups. I guarantee there’s less media scrutiny there.
Jeff Skinner skipped out on Toronto
The core four is the problem they are no shows in the playoffs
Friedman has never played a game of hockey his whole life. He’s just a glorified reporter.
Not to many players want to come to the leafs cause of the loosing culture this city is a disgrace to professional sports
Lego gets it right when he says Marner does this to himself. He is the one not living up to his huge cap hit and just makes excuses. Matthews keeps breaking goal records and Nylander has been outplaying his deal the last 2 seasons so Marner is clearly the underachiever in everyone's eyes.
don't blame them the way the fans and media turn on their own, who would want to be a part of that
Marner is really doing a number on the Leafs, wow
I dont know which team will want to.gamble with Marner. Not worth nore than $7.5M a year.
Why did Skinner sign with Edmonton instead of Toronto?