[Rumor] Marner is gone from TO

[ericdaoust]

I think Netflix is missing their chance to make a docu-series out of this. Season one, Nylander; season two, Marner.

Making a holdout?

[havanablast21]

Remember the game Telephone when we were kids? That game was a lot of fun to play.

What I just heard DusterDave whisper in my ear there is "Remember when the telephone of that Fantasy GM rang and that kid Marner was on the other tend feeding insider info on his game plan? That Game is that he's signing a lot of offer sheets to play. What fun!"

[havanablast21]

Making a holdout?

that there... that there was golden!

Other acceptable answers:
"Making an Offersheet"
"Marner is the new Will"
"Good Cop? Bab Cock"

[Dennis]

that there... that there was golden!

Other acceptable answers:
"Making an Offersheet"
"Marner is the new Will"
"Good Cop? Bab Cock"

Winner

[ericdaoust]

"Good Cop? Bab Cock"

That sounds more like a late night movie

[4T2]

TSN referenced a Hockey News article speculating that we could see the offer sheet drought end this season with guys like Marner, William Karlsson, Point and Kapanen as candidates.

I just don't see it happening but they do make the point that Carolina has the cap space to sign Marner to an $11m dollar deal. In my opinion, this is totally worth it for them. They are a young already competitive team coming off a Conference Final appearance. Their next four first rounders are likely to be late (especially if they add a talent like Marner). He would fit right in with the young talent already on the roster. Plus it takes a star player from a conference rival. Hell, if Carolina did this, I would rank them higher on the contenders list in the East than the Leafs (assuming they get a goalie).

[SeaDawg]

In some respects 4 first rounders for a talent like Marner seems like a lot to give up, but really it isn't. If we look back at most teams last 4 first round picks, most of the picks are not impact players. Maybe with those 4 first round picks the Leafs would end up with one player comparable to Marner in the long run, but that's probably a best-case scenario. I don't have time to go back and look at each team's last 4 first round picks, but off the top of my head, Marner straight up for any 4 picks that didn't include Matthews, McDavid, or Eichel would probably be worth it.

I mean, here are a few...
New Jersey: Ty Smith, Nico Hischer, Michael McLeod, Pavel Zacha.
Carolina: Andrei Svechnikov, Martin Necas, Jake Bean, Noah Hanifin
Arizona: Barrett Hayton, Pierre-Oliver Joseph, Clayton Keller, Dylan Strome

I'm sure New Jersey, Carolina, and Arizona would give up those players for Marner, and I'm sure most teams would. It would be interesting to figure out which teams have the cap space to make Marner an offer over $11 a year. If those teams are not likely to be lottery-pick teams, the Leafs might not break even in the end. Though I suppose they could deal those extra first round picks to pick up a roster player to help replace Marner in the short-term.

We probably won't ever see an offer sheet, but it would be fascinating as a fan to see the fallout if one does occur.

[tweetdrivr]

Another article specific to the Leafs...

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1710578

[Skippy]

So what I take from that is your statements are based on your interpretation of what your Relative has told you (directly or indirectly) which is an interpretation of what this relative heard or was told through Marner's Dad (directly or indirectly) which is an interpretation of what Marner has actually stated or suggested based on how he feels/felt during the season or here after.

Ok. Thanks for clearing that up.

At least it explains more than the OP "wink wink...nudge nudge...hey...i have a secret that I'm going to share about Marner and i'm not going to tell any how i know or even why I know".

Hey Skippy... you stated "Marner will sign a massive offer-sheet" ... Unless I missed it in the middle of this thread, you haven't produced any insider info on what team is actually going to produce this massive offer sheet that you state "MARNER WILL SIGN"? With statements like in the OP, you MUST know the dance partner(s) as well? or, did you mean to say "Marner HOPES to sign a massive offer-sheet"?

No, what I meant was Marner will sign a massive offer-sheet hoping the Leafs don’t match. Marner hates Babcock, does not like playing in Toronto and isn’t a fan of Tavares.

[rataylor22]

Carolina and Colorado both make complete sense to offer sheet. They won’t, but they should.

[rataylor22]

No, what I meant was Marner will sign a massive offer-sheet hoping the Leafs don’t match. Marner hates Babcock, does not like playing in Toronto and isn’t a fan of Tavares.

FWIW, with no credentials, no true identity, no references, nobody really has any reason to believe a single word of this. As it is, even if Marner does sign an offer sheet and does leave Toronto, that doesn’t mean that any or all of this is true. No point continuing to throw out baseless rumours that you can’t substantiate beyond “I know a guy”.

[havanablast21]

FWIW, with no credentials, no true identity, no references, nobody really has any reason to believe a single word of this. As it is, even if Marner does sign an offer sheet and does leave Toronto, that doesn’t mean that any or all of this is true. No point continuing to throw out baseless rumours that you can’t substantiate beyond “I know a guy”.

Actually, I don't believe Skippy even commits to "I know a guy". Atleast SeaDawg does that and owns that position.

So I will say "Marner will NOT sign an offer sheet this summer". When this happens we can come back to this thread and praise me. Deal Skippy?

[Skippy]

Actually, I don't believe Skippy even commits to "I know a guy". Atleast SeaDawg does that and owns that position.

So I will say "Marner will NOT sign an offer sheet this summer". When this happens we can come back to this thread and praise me. Deal Skippy?

Let’s put more on it than just that.

[Doug Glatt]

Let’s put more on it than just that.

[lucafen4]

Trade Marner & Zaitsev to Vancouver for Pettersson & Tanev