"Mitch has all the cards" 🗣️ Mike Johnson on Marner's contract situation | OverDrive

[@slyguygaming862]

how long before o-dog has add sponsorships posted directly on his forehead lol

[@boonboon9118]

As a Leafs Fan, Between Marner and Tavares, we are officially screwed for 1 more year before we can do anything. This will be the saddest year for the Leafs in a long time. Buckle Up everyone. Dubas really F'ed this club over.

[@leaf16nut]

No other team is going to pay Marner 12.5 million a year, unless he wants to go play for the Sharts and never sniff the playoffs.. How in the actual fuck do the Leafs continually overpay their players, look around the league at some other contracts! Good fucking lord this team and management is INFURIATING!!

[@carparthero]

as a non-leaf fan i think TOR is doing an incredible job. keep overpaying players, it couldn't be working better for everyone else who doesn't like the leafs lol.

[@rogersalles200]

@@carparthero find a team to cheer for and stop allowing the leafs living rent free in your fucking head. LOL

[@100Crackfist]

I'm not convinced he won't get 12.5. Everyone overpays for a UFA not to mention a top winger in the league. I get that Leafs fans have soured on the guy but denying he is top10 winger in the league is just not reality. For example, he was making 6mil you would want him even 9 mil. The salary cap will have gone up three straight years by the time his contract kicks in to 12.5. Hardest thing to do in any pro sport is get elite talent, and no one thinks Mitch is not elite. Plenty of GM's will convince themselves that Mitch in their system will be a different result.

[@jimlangdon1947]

I think Dubas in Pittsburgh might be where Mitch gets his massive next contract. 😀

[@mdsupreme1776]

EXACTLY AND STOP GIVING PLAYER NO TRADE CLAUSES

[@gcmgome]

The Leafs have just one option and that is tell the Marner camp that he is not going to be extended under any circumstances and leave it at that. Let him either become a partner in putting together a mutually beneficial trade or come back for one last year and play for his future somewhere else. Marner walking into free agency for nothing is not ideal but an even worse scenario is overpaying him again and continuing with a top heavy cap structure.

[@100Crackfist]

Why is that the one option? Because you want Mitch gone? Honestly there are like 3 options. Wait a year, you want cap space you get it as you are not resigning JT team is still good, and they may want to see what things are like under new coach. Extend him, again set a limit no more than Matthews but 11.5-12.5 for 8yrs - again by the time his extension kicks in JT is off the books. If you can't agree to term, ask for the teams he wants a sign and trade to. If Mitch won't play ball at all you leak your efforts to media so when you lose him for nothing he shoulders all the blame (even though it is Shanny's fault for not trading him before his NMC kicked in).

[@gordonbgraham]

"This isn't a run out of town thing"....That's exactly what it is Hayes

[@johnsummerhill8323]

Dead on. Let's try and feed the momentum.

[@stuffnsuch631]

The idea that mitch is worth over 10 is insane. He's at best a 9m player. Even that's generous.

[@miguelmunificent]

These guys are absolute shills all of a sudden lol where is O-Dogs push back? Just straight up accepting the framing that this pass first pussy who is a detriment in the playoffs is in the 12.5 range? What the FUHHC is wrong with the media in this city?

[@jaredcook4577]

fkng Matt Tkachuk is on 9.. think about that.

[@jaredcook4577]

and makar! so is Marner really worth 9? or is Petterson worth 11 if he's a no show post season? its a great conversation

[@markiv2942]

It's called contract negotation. It's not Marner's fault that Leafs suck on it.

[@patrickgoulet8170]

Well after taxes marner prob makes 6-7 and tkachuk still makes 8-9 so what're we talking about here?

[@FredZiffel-s2o]

Marner has a lot more fans than you think.

[@natedawg3654]

"He has all the cards" ...Mitch you're on the 4th line for the next season. GL on the contract.

[@richardhayling4339]

No way forth line ..put him in the press box for the whole year

[@Make-CanadaGreat-Again]

​@@richardhayling4339I like this option best

[@johnyoung416]

@@richardhayling4339 @natedawg3654 agreed and with that message and situation he will not put up good numbers and this will impact his value on the open market. Also he is a Toronto boy. Does he really want to piss off everyone and experience what it is like to not be a 'God'???

[@PUDDI1986]

That would never happen. If the leafs do that, then it's time to fire everyone in the head office becuase then your just trying to lose

[@larrylarry3549]

No more PP1... take him off PP1 and he's a 70pt guy

[@Ketch013]

This is essentially the same situation as what happened with Max Pacioretty in Montreal. Both sides said repeatedly that he'd playout his last year in Montreal, but then days before camp he was traded. I would assume that something similar is going to happen here. There's no actual rush to do it now, so they'll drag it out until everyone gets what they want.

[@HandShakeLineRespect]

Marner will NEVER win a Cuo on another team unless he takes a huge pay cut and becomes a support player. No team will win with him taking a big percent of their cap and making him one of their top 3 players.

[@macleanclassics]

No....he'll play like a beast to prove everyone wrong.... no better motivation

[@odoaceroftheneoromanempire7178]

Win a cup with another team? He will not win a cup with this team. Nobody will trade for John Tavares with the money he is asking for as his play declines with age. The D-core is still swiss cheese. The only good goaltender they have in Woll is constantly injured. 69 goal scorer Auston Matthews has 13 goals in his last 35 playoff games and 1 goal in his last 10. Something has got to give. 7 straight playoff appearances and only a single won game in the 2nd round.

[@WPIG1651]

Yep! Just like Phil Kessel! He could never win in Toronto and could never win anywhere else!

[@macleanclassics]

​@@WPIG1651Phil won a cup in Pittsburgh and could have easy took the mvp but Crosby got it. I'd expect the same from marner... it's just what happens. Congrats to kadri as well... lol. They can't keep marner the money doesn't work .

[@WPIG1651]

@@macleanclassics That's the joke. Mainly in response to the person saying Marner can't win anywhere.

[@stug5041]

The idea that Mitch can’t handle the fan and media pressure, yet lets his agent put out statements like this… why do you think the fans get on you, bud. Say you want to stay long term or that you want out. Implying you want to ride out the year… get ready for the boo’s

[@PatrickWernham-rh3eu]

That's one reason Willie won me over. He handles the media like a champ. And then he performs the best. When he played of course. But Marner cannot handle the media or pressure on the ice.

[@patrickgoulet8170]

Meanwhile Tavares losing on team Canada and nobody talking about what a loser he is

[@stug5041]

@@patrickgoulet8170 he’s won everything there is to win internationally; that loss is not on JT he was their best player that tournament. You want to look at JT never getting out of the second round, go for it. But the man deserves his props when repping Canada.

[@xkanuk7190]

JT is also on the downside of his career. No comparison. We signed him thinking he was 27. Not 30.

[@gordonbgraham]

@@PatrickWernham-rh3eu Willy missed playoff games...with a headache

[@chrispswann6825]

Let him play out the last year of his contract and next summer offer him a 5 year contract at 9 million a season. If he rejects it then so be it. Use the money elsewhere. And stop saying "We can't lose him for nothing". If he walks you're saving 11 million a year in cap space. That's good compensation.

[@SuperheroRockstar]

Damn, O-Dog's must have been crushing it in the gym.

[@joshbehehe]

O dog….another burner account.? Cmon mannnn

[@SuperheroRockstar]

​@@joshbehehe I am not O-Dog

[@patrickgoulet8170]

I agree he looking in good shape, the ads in the background bug me though

[@jimlangdon1947]

This is Karma back at the Leafs for signing JT. Mitch has every right to honour his existing contract to just leave. 😀

[@sgdojeek]

You're right...... remember how the Islanders got instantly better???

[@mattrix4200]

Totally agree this is Karma coming into play (so long as Karma is spelled D-U-B-A-S)...

[@jimlangdon1947]

@@mattrix4200 Maybe Mitch has a hypothetical offer from Dubas already? Makes sense to me. Pittsburgh should have a lot of open cap space soon. 😀

[@jimlangdon1947]

@@sgdojeek Mitch just isn’t good within playoff officiating. Makes sense to me. 😀

[@nitzi833]

Holy smokes! When is everyone going to stop talking Mitch Marner !! What about Matthews? For almost a decade he can’t score but everyone is blaming Marner? Am I missing something here? We lose Marner it will be worse trade than kadri , Hyman trades put together! We need someone who can score in the playoffs and someone to pass to him and my opinion is 16 is the best passer the leafs ever had!!

[@RipJohnnyHockey]

His current contract is already ridiculous, all his comparables are better players and signed for way less money. He’s already massively overpaid and no team will give him 12.5

[@jz5005]

How do we know the Leafs even want to move him? This is just the storyline from all the pundits…

[@wizzerwiser2056]

ding ding ding ding ding

[@almVancouver]

Just by the changing style of play with Berube will make it more difficult for Marner to put up his usual regular season points. Marner would be smart to move along if asked. He can go somewhere and be a big point producing star.

[@rickmather7062]

Its the media's fault for constantly attacking Marner, creating/fueling all the angst against him. If he goes, they are going to regret it, big time

[@c_telking4433]

lol constantly criticizing him you mean? The 10 million dollar ballerina who shrinks like a frightened turtle in the playoffs? Critique is part of the job buddy lol don’t cash checks if you’re a little baby

[@rickmather7062]

@@c_telking4433 He's about as effective as the so called bests on this team in the playoffs

[@Sam-z1t6p]

IF MARNER COULD EVERY PERFORM IN THE PLAY OFFS FANS WILL FORGIVE BECAUSE WHEN YOUR BEST AND HIGHEST PAID PLAYERS PERFORM WE BE GIN TO ADVANCE ROUNDS

[@Mikegritz]

how much salary are the Leafs willing to take on for him to go to someplace nice with 0 income tax, live Vegas or Tampa?

[@bradleyhenry2411]

No chance that happens. If he's going to be dealt, it likely has to be a 3-team trade with one eating cap, but you're giving up another asset for that scenario and usually only happens at the trade deadline

[@carparthero]

i'm a tampa guy. yah people will laugh because JBB traded 5 picks and a player for tanner jeannot. but JBB would never take on marner at his labor cost. marner would not address tampa's roster needs. so forget about tampa as a destination lol.

[@FredZiffel-s2o]

PLAYOFFS-8 YEARS Marner 50 points +10 173.5 min Matthews 48 points +2 171.3 min Nylander 43 points +1 147 min

[@Make-CanadaGreat-Again]

They could literally choose to not play Mitch or play him exclusively on the 4th line in his contract year.

[@gordonbgraham]

Don't quit your day job

[@jppaul1261]

The problem, Johnny, is that the fan base has never believed Mitch earned the right. He was gifted a sweetheart deal and underperformed through most of it (given that points are NOT everything.) Topping it off, the fan base was firmly convinced that the best remedy was to move Marner before his NMC kicked in.... if not last year then absolutely this year. I'm seeing nothing but epic fail in this whole case.

[@oopopp]

Not allowed to Boo mitch??

[@rickrobitaille8809]

Play your hand in This country 😁🇨🇦

[@ddmath]

Has anyone in the media made a call to the Leafs to confirm that Ferris has made this clear to them? Come on reporters, do your job.

[@cackoocacho1629]

It's quite comical how Toronto thinks dumping Marner is some type of solution. You'd be left with two of the biggest creampuffs in the league, in Matthews and Nylander. Tummy ache, and head ache. Yet, somehow, Marner is the odd man out. This team..... It deserves everything it gets. 🍻

[@anthonyb9936]

Mitch is not THE problem. I understand his cap hit is high but Johnny T makes just as much and does not produce as much. We’ve already wasted 7-8 of Willy, Auston and Mitch’s career. Might as well wait one more year and get Tavares off the books. 11 mill in cap is more valuable than trading Marner for pennies on the dollar and taking salary back in return

[@ABee99602]

Why is the media making this more than it is? This is exactly what William N did with his contract…

[@Make-CanadaGreat-Again]

Nope, you're wrong.

[@mattrix4200]

what're you talking about... Nylander had a TRADEABLE contract (both his amount AND lack of a NTC made him the PERFECT person to trade before they decided to do the stupid thing and extend him to a Marner-style contract with a limited NTC and an untradeable dollar amount)!

[@100Crackfist]

@@mattrix4200 Willy and Mitch could have been traded last summer before July. Once it rolled around both had a NTC kick in. Why Dubas got fired most likely as he sounded ready to move one of them.

[@ABee99602]

@@mattrix4200 Yup I agree! Half way through the season they signed him while he was in his last year. My point is that he was the one to trade of the core four, if they were going to go that route. They are making a big deal that Marner wants to play out his season while they discuss... that is literally what every player does! IMO this is a ridiculous thing to hype up!

[@mattrix4200]

@@ABee99602 ah we totally agree then... It's funny because Marner took a page out of Nylander's negotiating tactics book by threatening to sit for a season when they wouldn't pay him top dollar after his rookie contract expired... and now it's Nylander who's copying Marner's over-inflated deal by making his contract virtually untradable for the next 6-7yrs! The Leafs are among the stupidest repeat offenders of making the same freakin' mistake time and time again!!!

[@mikechar17]

Noodles is out to lunch most of the time lol, he asks questions that the people on the show just answered and doesn't really have a clue what he is saying lol, gotta love him.

[@joshbehehe]

If ever there was a backhanded compliment lol

[@mikechar17]

@@joshbehehe Its starting to grind everyone gears, including the guys on the show, feeling some tension. curious what his secret meeting was for in Edmonton during game 7. Getting a new job maybe.

[@wizzerwiser2056]

Agreed but he isn't as stupid as Nick Kyperios.

[@mikechar17]

@@wizzerwiser2056 so true, oddly enough I had this exact conversation with my neighbour the other day bhahahahaha.

[@gregmacmullin9338]

They should have moved him last year before his no move kicked in.

[@frankklaudusz7907]

Terrible leaf management didn't they see this coming

[@brentmacdoanld3196]

Most likely a condition of Brad being hired by Shanny. “Core 4 stays, I already called them and told them so”.

[@1960taylor]

Mitch should tell the leafs to FO. Play another year get another 100 points and lead the team in points again. Then leave and win a cup somewhere else.

[@bradbradbury8561]

Ya, you try doing that to your boss and see how that works out for you. Not a good thing to have on your resume to be one of the highest players on the team who underperformes and tells the boss to FO, and also wants a raise. I'm not sure you know how delusional that sounds.

[@wizzerwiser2056]

@@bradbradbury8561 It's not a good thing to treat one of your top players like shit and think you'll attract free agents. MLSE isn't just any boss. They're idiots who hire bigger idiots.

[@xkanuk7190]

Who do you compare Marner to. Marchand? Pasternak? Panerin? Pavelski? Smaller point producers. Can he meet there game?

[@sandwedge]

you think marner plays out the last year, walks for nothing and becomes one of the most hated players in leafs history in his home town? It's hard for me to imagine

[@FredZiffel-s2o]

I had a nightmare the other night where Mitch played out his contract and signed with Tampa and smoked the Leafs for the next 8 years winning a few cups.

[@hockey_highlights_and_more]

They could easily sit him, i highly doubt it’s something Mitch would like during a contract year, Toronto is his best chance for having a great season, i would sit him and hope a trade and sign situation arises that’s beneficial for both parties

[@oldhab7890]

You are seriously believe the Leafs would sit a star? Good luck convincing free agents a contract in Toronto is a good idea.

[@mattrix4200]

@@oldhab7890 exactly.... you could PARTIALLY restrict minutes, but he'll still be on the top line and still be on the first power play - if the Leafs think they can ''bully'' him otherwise they'll just become the franchise pariah of the league.

[@patrickgoulet8170]

You play him even more make him have a career year and then there will be more interest in a sign and trade. Anything else is a pretty stupid idea.

[@hockey_highlights_and_more]

@@oldhab7890 they did that to kaberle and it worked, I don’t think free agents will look at it like that, they already don’t want to come to Toronto because of the taxes and fans, if anything this makes marner look bad the team wants to move on and he won’t leave good luck getting a good contract in free agency, it goes both ways bud

[@hockey_highlights_and_more]

@@patrickgoulet8170 he only has one year left that doesn’t make any sense, running it back for the 8th consecutive first round loss doesn’t make any bit of sense either

[@rickrobitaille8809]

No pressure here 🇨🇦😁

[@johnsummerhill8323]

To agree to a trade will likely cost the team a lot of money- maybe $5 million . And that money comes off the cap. So be careful for what you wish for. 8:19

[@JevonSwallow]

9:27 and we paid for our ticket, so it’s our right to boo whoever we want

[@FredZiffel-s2o]

All Leaf players with NMCs are watching to see how their team honors contracts. Free agents and player agents are also watching.

[@jmz160]

I don't think Mitch is going to wanna hear it in the media and by the fans all season long about his status. Who would want that pressure. I think a deal gets done in the summer.

[@JASON22V]

The Leafs will never ever win with this core or danglers like Marner who is a complete ghost in the playoffs. If they have to let him walk bye bye they are way better without his selfish character in the room. The Leafs need players who compete for the full game. Leafs need to be like cutthroat like Vegas players aren't running the team! The real issue is Shanascam as long as he is here they are the TITANIC & they will sink every April/May. Marner isn't worth half of what he is getting paid. The Leafs are full of selfish players who refuse to relinquish some pay in order to make the whole team better. When you have the core 4 all SELFISH you will never ever win at least one or two have to be willing to leave money on the table bc of the bigger picture making areas of the roster much better. Usually teams that win the cup will sacrifice some money for the opportunity to be a true contender for the cup. The Leafs are getting what they deserve players who want to be SELFISH get knocked out in the first round bc of GREED.

[@DR-it8ce]

Everyone talks about the player having all the leverage - WRONG - tell the player if you don't agree to a trade, you will be sitting in the press box until you agree. The player and agent want a good final year (points) going into free agent talks. If the player isn't playing, you take away his points and ability for a good final year. The leafs don't need Marner to make the playoffs so the leverage is greater with the leafs than the player, as he sits until he agrees to be traded.

[@wizzerwiser2056]

Jeesz how stupid are yo. Why would you bench a 100 point player making $11 million. You think players would want to play for a team that does that.

[@johndesousa7379]

I don't know why anyone is surprised. Why would he waive his no move clause ? Marner will play out the year and will walk after next year. The Leafs will not re-sign him just because this pay structure doesn't work in the salary cap Era.

[@ardenherman4176]

Don't let this become a circus. Play the season out. If he decides to waive it so be it. It sure makes other players think of wanting to come to Toronto..

[@KINGALPHA76]

it;s been a circus bro over 50 years. Your the worse franchise in sports.

[@JevonSwallow]

“Sorry Mitch, this lounge/medical care/free meal/commercial spot/bonus/etc are for guys committed to the team, not you” - every MLSE employee hopefully

[@nickcicione8455]

Don't worry Tavares has him trained. Just play out this year then go to a team that you like so they don't give up assets and make more money, brilliant!

[@DaveWalsh-ok9wj]

If he doesn't want to move then sit him in the press box for the season. He'll quickly change his mind.

[@joshbehehe]

Ozempic- dog

[@markiv2942]

TSN panel is nailing it here.

[@patrickgoulet8170]

Lol the only option is a buyout, everything else is a joke

[@JaclkMurphy]

Well this is overdrive.

[@wizzerwiser2056]

@@patrickgoulet8170 Why just let him play it out this season and let him walk. Buying him out gives less than $1 million in cap space.

[@arthurjamesaltmann729]

GIVE HIM THE ROBIDAS ISLAND OPTION--let him be "hurt" put him on LTIR, and use the cap for other players and let him walk at the end of the season.

[@josephfitzgard6277]

Rumors are that Mitch Marner will play next year. Potentially no resigning July 1. If the Leafs don't want him to play and don't want his salary effecting the salary cap, can the Leafs send Marner down to the Marles? Or will the not work to keep his salary off the cap?

[@wizzerwiser2056]

Do you have any idea how stupid your comment is.

[@richardhayling4339]

Boo marner every time he touches the puck all year long …make his last year a living hell leaf fans

[@markiv2942]

Oh you so tough, that will help the team right boi?

[@richardhayling4339]

@@markiv2942 don’t tell me your one of those people who think if we don’t play marner we won’t make the playoffs..you can’t be that stupid can you?…the leafs will make the playoffs ..no problem without that brat….let him sit ..drop his value ..that’s the proper way to deal with a spoiled brat

[@johnsummerhill8323]

Won't happen.

[@DharmYogi]

Keep him. Try to ask him for a lower value for future. If he really wants to stay then he will take a pay cut. Else let him walk after the season.

[@tomservo9254]

The same people who spent weaks screaming about how Marner is a cancer during the playoffs now insist that teams with playoff ambitions are knocking down doors with trade interest and Marner's own personal decision is the only thing preventing it from happening. lol okay.

[@waynejones5635]

The current iteration of the Leafs is not built to win in the playoffs. If Marner is not moved the team is stuck with another run back situation until next summer. If he is not moved, he could walk for nothing. Marner holds all the cards at this point and the Dubas disaster comes to a head.

[@billystan2403]

Careful what you wish for Leaf fans.

[@stevemeldrum8487]

My question is how does the "grown man" handle the fans and media dragging him so often? I picture a lot of glove throwing in the future from Marner.

[@ozzydo2314]

Marners gonna ask for 12.5 which is wild.

[@mattrix4200]

Marner won't be ''asking'' for anything - he's said it a hundread times already... he's going to free-agency where he's going to let teams have a bidding war on him. The only way that changes is if he has a really bad first half of the season (or gets injured) and needs the Leafs to sign him to cover for his ''depreciated value''

[@adoggerer]

Mike always carries water for Mitch. He's done it for years, like Dreger.

[@paullacroix527]

Still haven't heard from anti-MM media types (like BH) how the Leafs replace his production.

[@wizzerwiser2056]

It's because their answer would be to sign McDavid when he's a free agent.

[@AdamPhool]

“Mitch earned his no move clause through his play” Mike Johnston confirmed clown

[@JovanTodorovich-ym3oy]

Just let Miche play his game he needs support and they have to play as a team not individualism

[@xrsroofingsolutionscanada2151]

No one knows. Let's not forget tho that Marner makes 11m a year and TML not only makes 1B a year but if it goes south any dream of marner being a HOF in Toronto is gone and he is better off retiring in Florida because forget the franchise. The fans are going to be brutal for decades to come.

[@MrXcbravo]

I don’t like mitches attitude and playoff play but he’s a good player and can become a good playoff player. Why don’t the leafs trade Reilly and Tavares for cap relief

[@wizzerwiser2056]

They both have a NMC as well.

[@bobknight6394]

8 yrs at 12.5 million are you absolutely nuts Marner sucks useless in the playoffs ... u guys are nut bars...

[@mattrix4200]

What do you mean an over-valued, over-empowered player intends to stay where he's likely to get career breaking (or near career breaking) points IN A CONTRACT YEAR? How crazy is that? 🤔

[@bb-gc2tx]

rangers need a winger they should try and get tavares.leafs could tell tavares if you dont waive no trade we are 100 percent not bringing you back after this season

[@MrWaldorfian]

A lot of Leafs fans wanted Kadri gone after his suspensions in the playoffs. It had to happen and it did. All these no-trade clauses and the salary cap makes it impossible or nearly so to build a team.

[@FredZiffel-s2o]

Texas, Florida and Vegas have the lowest taxes. Marner could go there and play for 10 million and make more than 12 with the Leafs.

[@boneyardproductions]

He’s gonna walk

[@michaelb4590]

That’s a really incomplete thought. As he has all the cards for ONE more year. After that Mitch is getting a wake up call and pay cut

[@markiv2942]

Nope, he is going to sign lucrative deal to some other organization.

[@rodhenderson5635]

As leaf fans we have the right to boo what ever leaf, we are not beholden to supporting badly structured contracts that as fans we had no say in!

[@JevonSwallow]

I wonder what the NHLPA would say if the Leafs held Mitch out of games until he agreed to be traded

[@timchenette2848]

They can do what they want. Players are healthy scratched all the time. The Flyers benched their freaking Captain this season

[@markiv2942]

Well, certainly other players thinking signing with Leafs...will look other places since Leafs being so sucky they sign contract and then force THEIR STAR PLAYER to leave because fan bois are crying.

[@johnsummerhill8323]

It is a very bad look on a team that would do that. Try signing free agents and have them say ' no thanks'.

[@sheppardrj]

Felt like revisionist history here with the fickle fan’s sentiment. The hockey analysts (including renowned former players) all severely critiqued Marner’s play during the first round…and referenced past years as illustrative of the same. There is only logic behind the backlash of fans who see the obvious and feel ripped off from the bait and switch on this guy. He has to own this toxicity and either thrive or do what’s right by his teammates. They don’t deserve this.

[@almVancouver]

Playing out the final year of his contract is a very risky move.

[@rogersalles200]

The NHL must abolish the NTC BS, teams should be able to trade any player to where ever they want, NHLPA has way too much leverage.

[@dustenanderson8009]

If Marner doesn't wavie his nmc for a good trade for all he plays on the 3rd line with McMann and Minten. 2nd pp and 1st pk

[@jerrythecoo3295]

“ Change” Will happen when “ Toepick” and JT is gone!…………. $22 million to play with right there!………… that’s a lot…………. You can bring in some good talent and younger to boot…………….. Willy is a better player hands down than Marner…………. He earns his💰💰💰

[@Wolves1967]

Is it just me or does Jeff O'Neill despise Bryan Hayes?

[@sebastianespinosa8782]

Mitch has all the cards until he reaches the open market and realizes that no one will pay him more than $9M... unless he goes to a crappy team. Good luck to him but it's too much money

[@curtismuise3300]

Maybe this is all a distraction about the core four for another year until Tavares contract expires. It's what they are not saying that worries me.

[@joshmartin4815]

Sign him to 8x14m 😂

[@ClaytonCatlin]

"waivers" lol

[@Devilsfan118]

Conversations like this are why players hate playing in Toronto

[@miyu545]

They'll be forced to keep him and deal with Tavares instead.

[@rickrobitaille8809]

Quote 😂Mitch has all the Cards 🇨🇦💰😁🔥

[@warrenlafond1878]

Bottom line , the Media needs a story to interest folks to want to know what is happening. Cut back a few reporters and make the money that keeps you viable as a business. As long as you keep hiring folks that didn't play the game in the name of WOKENESS ... feel the effects. Give those women that played Womens sports a channel of their own, they feel that it is as entertaining and is as good others...GOOD. Let them get paid by what ever the Fans watch. You have too many folks surmising what is the player, the GM, the Coach, team mates are thinking. Wait til they express it and report... Too many folks blowing smoke up the consumers butt.

[@LAM285]

Come on guys all Mitch Marner ever does is blame the media for his problems if he refuses to be traded put him on the fourth line with his tablet so he can look at himself He will have all the Time in the world to look at the plays that he did when he’s only playing four minutes a game

[@randyharding7381]

Will Mitch actually learn to hit and not play so differently in playoffs.

[@rickrobitaille8809]

Leafs need to make some great moves now 😂we we're there to 🇨🇦Ken Holland thankyou

[@sharpliketac526]

Mitch most likely doesnt want an 8 year any way he wants a shorter one like Matthews. Nylander should of gone this year for a goalie and D.. you had your chance... Go Mitch Go.. stay the year and walk.. You dont owe the Leafs a thing. i cannot wait until Nylander is Berube's whipping boy.. no back check Willie

[@rickrobitaille8809]

Time to win something 😁🇨🇦🔥

[@scarbourgeoisie]

Mitch has all the cards? Not if he's taken off the first PP or PK lines. What if he's dropped to the third line for playing time? An occasional benching for flubs - which he has more often than not. Sorry, the Leafs have all the cards. He'll be crying to get out of here once they start to make his life miserable. He needs to pad his stats next year and the Leafs couching staff can throw a wrench into that. Leafs need Marner's $11M salary cap room, not Mitch Marner.

[@ronsingh6521]

Can they not bench him?

[@FredZiffel-s2o]

Why is living up to your contract equated with giving the team the middle finger?

[@haysbrickell9579]

I'm not much of Marner fan or a Leafs fan in general. Yes, Marner is overpaid and, yes, he had a poor recent playoff performance. However, Toronto's problems go way, way beyond anything that might be caused by Marner. The blue line is subpar, and that's putting it mildly. I mean, compare Toronto's blue line to, say, that of the Panthers. There is no comparison. Getting rid of Marner, and now there are increasing rumblings about Tavares and Reilly, will not be the cure-all some of the fanatical fans are hoping for.

[@marcparent2831]

He showed his true colors in the last playoff run! Can not be trusted offenceofly or on the defence either!!!! He just gives up. On the play!!! It was his man that just skaked by him to score the series ending going!! Can 't be trusted!!!! Out please!!! Bye

[@ajsingh1296]

Toronto Management gave these KIDS the f'ing world years ago. That's the problem with NHL, we yell about mistakes now but years later is when people cover it. They need to get Saros somehow out of Nashville, even if that means Nylander !

[@macleanclassics]

Marner only has two moves here, sign an extension and play his ass off..... or accept a trade. This fan base will not tolerate him just playing out the season and being a distraction.... he'll be torn to shreds, this fanbase has lost all tolerance and his last contract negotiation has left a bitter taste..