Buddy, that Marner deal and the Eichel deal are worlds apart. McTavish is untouchable at a minimum, and frankly I wouldn't pull the trigger even if you dropped McTavish.

Jones would cost a 1st to move, not bring back a 1st. He's a 2nd pair defenceman making 9+ million.

Dude Verbeek laughs you off the phone and then calls every other GM around the league to laugh about that ‘offer’ for Marner

Only way I’m taking Marner is to retain 50% to trade him somewhere else

He certainly won’t be worth his next contract

Ducks counter with a fresh jar of sand directly from Newport Beach in return for Marner 50% retained

Says "Realistic".

Wants McTavish + Zegras + an inevitable Top 10 pick for Marner's sorry, overpaid ass.

LOL.

I wouldn’t take it if they dropped McTavish, the 1st and colangelo. Zegras + $6M > Marner

Well, the Jarnkrok trade is at least plausible, so there's that. But omfg that Marner trade...

Hey rebuilding team. Here’s a pending UFA. We’ll take two of your best core pieces, a 1st rounder, and a complementary young piece. This makes sense for you I promise 😂

That proposed return for Marner is precisely why we won't be trading for him.

You really think that we want to become Top-Heavy Toronto 2.0?

You’re not even in the ball park asking the Hawks to retain that much for that long.

Finally a good f**king Marner trade
Edit: maybe should have got a 2RW too

Might as well try Marner for McDavid + Drai both with retention if this is the bat**** insanity you’re looking for lol.

That is not what i meant, Switch Zegras for Terry

Still not happening lol.

Hawks obviously decline. They aren't looking to trade Jones. And they definitely aren't retaining for six years on him.

“Similar return to the Eichel deal”

Jack Eichel is a Stanley Cup Champion and isn’t being paid 12 million dollars to not show up in playoffs.

That Ducks trade is absolutely ridiculous and might be the worst mock trade I’ve ever seen.

To be fair Jack had never played in a playoff game at the time he was traded. That Cup came after. His neck was also a huge question mark.

… That said, if the neck drops his value, his contract compared to Marner’s (one year left and overpaid) cancels it out.

And then you have to consider that ANA’s 1st + McTavish + Zegras is wayyyyy more valuable than VGK’s 1st + Tuch + Krebs.

And THEN consider ones a center and the other is a winger.

These are not close to one another. ACGM is high. 😂