Quoting: palhal
That's totally inaccurate. Mitch can sign with any team you want. Teams can sign Mitch. So where are these 11.5m offers? So let's not be delusional at all, that the Leafs are holding back Marner from making over 10.5m. Apparently not one other NHL team has offered over 10.5m They haven''t come all summer.
I know there is a lot of Leaf haters think the Leafs (and their fans) are so unfair with Marner. Guess the other nine teams that haven't signed their high profile RFAs and their fans have illusions too on what is a fair contract.
Traditionally UFAs like Panarin get paid more than RFAs, especially those just coming off their ELCs.
Except Vancouver and Columbus, where the players and the fan agree, werenski is asking for 5*3 and border is 7*4. Both would take them to RFA.
I am sure all these players are asking for short deals with fair AAV except Ferris. 7 million for a potential 40 goal scorer, and 5 million for a top 20 defenseman, no matter the term, is a steal. I would assume that a lot of these fans that see what they are offering, they are now on the players side.
Releasing their ask is a good strategy, as it is something that the fans could get behind. The fans start getting impatient, and the GM has to cave.