Équipe: 2024-25 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 29 avr. 2024

Publié: 29 avr. 2024

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

I know I'm gonna get roasted here.

Habs fans will say:

-This is too much for Marner
-We can just wait a year and get him for free
-Marner is not the player we need because he's "not a playoff performer" (which is nonsense by the way)

Leafs fans will say:

-This is not enough for Marner
-The Leafs would never trade Marner to a division rival
-Marner would never want to play in Montreal

So I actually think Marner is exactly what the Habs need.

1) He's a natural RW, which is actually fairly rare to find on the market
2) He's a 90+ point prime-aged player which almost never becomes available
3) Gorton is looking for a Panarin equivalent, and this is the closest thing to it

The Habs will have ZERO chance of landing him in Free Agency. The only hope they have is to make a big splash with a sign & trade and show him how badly they want him.

Marner is supremely talented and cerebral. He will get exactly what MSL is trying to do and he will execute it perfectly. I honestly can't think of a better MSL player than Marner.

Habs only do this deal if Marner agrees to a sign & trade in the neighborhood of 11 x 7.

Yes the return is high, but how many 6OA picks turn into a player like Marner, and how many years will it take them to get there?

As for the Leafs, they need to move some cap so they can retool their D-core. They will move Tavares out as well and land a few free agents like Pesce. The Leafs don't need Marner as much as the Habs do.

This deal can make both teams better.