Rejoint: mai 2015
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I personally don't see a trade happening. How would one be willing to offer TO something that would make sense for them back and why would a team offer such good "right now" assets for a Marner....kind of lateral so it defeats the purpose.
I think an offer sheet is the best option where a team going all in, only loses draft picks (4 firsts) rather than a team like Cgy losing Gaudreau to get Marner....I mean that is arguably not an upgrade but a lateral move in which CGY now has to pay more money for a player who is just as good as Gaudreau is..... I don't see a scenario where a team offers the Leafs the value they want. Four 1sts seems to be the pinnacle of value for a player but it will depend on whether Marner lets it get that far.....
I truly think Marner will milk this situation as long as he can, while he can, but eventually will just accept that true "best offer" Dubas can offer him because he knows TO literally can't do any better. As long as Dubas gets to that true offer eventually, Marner will sign it. I believe that is around 9.5-9.75M. I think if Dubas pushes too much to get it under 8.5 approx, Marner than may start to consider offer sheets because I think in all fairness, that is a low ball offer and Dubas knows it.