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LeafOfFaith said:
The off-season before the final year of that deal is when the fireworks will start. Because there’s no chance he’s extending early, will play out the season like Tavares did, and there’s going to be tons of talk about whether they should trade him even though they’re probably going to be competitive. Man, the boos when he plays on the Leafs and they visit Edmonton are going to be earthshaking.
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I am wondering if it comes to this and Tre decides to move Mitchy boy for the final year of McJesus. Edmonton would be hard pressed to get a better player as the main return.
Better yet... if Marner asks for something absolutely ridiculous... would a swap for Drais be available? I don't see Drai reupping at close to 8.5 and even then wanting to stay in Edmonton.

Get Drai first and then sign Connor as a UFA.
 
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Why do we need to trade Marner in any scenario?

We resign him next season at around this time, and he's locked for 5-8 years.

Tavares's money will be off the books when McDavid is UFA (one year prior even), so there's plenty of dough, with a rising cap, to sign McDavid (and keep a cheaper Tavares if he can still play).
 
Hoss said:
I am wondering if it comes to this and Tre decides to move Mitchy boy for the final year of McJesus. Edmonton would be hard pressed to get a better player as the main return.
Better yet... if Marner asks for something absolutely ridiculous... would a swap for Drais be available? I don't see Drai reupping at close to 8.5 and even then wanting to stay in Edmonton.

Get Drai first and then sign Connor as a UFA.
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Marner’s full NTC kicked in July 1st for the final 2 years of his contract.
 
Now media is forced to comment on non Leaf players with Matthews signed. I can see EP leaving. That's a really crappy franchise. Friedman really prefers not to give bad news to non Leaf teams.

 
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Petterson is so good. I thought he would cap out as a 40 goal shoot first offensively minded C. But then last year he improved his defensive game, and got 60+ assists centring guys like Mikhayev, Kuzmenko, Beauvilier, Boeser and Garland.
 
His underlyings were pretty dominant at ages 20 and 21 before his injury. It was pretty sad to see him look almost washed up at 23. Very happy to see him come back strong and fully recovered now. He's amazing.
 
zeke said:
His underlyings were pretty dominant at ages 20 and 21 before his injury. It was pretty sad to see him look almost washed up at 23. Very happy to see him come back strong and fully recovered now. He's amazing.
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Especially since he might want to leave Vancouver now.
 
Would you offer a trade of Nylander for Petterson? there's your second line C. Move JT to 3 or the wing.
 
Hoss said:
Would you offer a trade of Nylander for Petterson? there's your second line C. Move JT to 3 or the wing.
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He's a RFA at the end of this season, so Vancouver still has a year of control left after this. Now, who the fuck knows what creativity that clown show is capable of when it comes to scoring own goals, but if they do feel forced into trading Petterson, they're going to want (and get) a lot for him. I don't think Willy (who if under control, will have a NMC) is the trade piece there....I don't think we have the trade pieces to get a Petterson.

Now, with that said, I fully expect Vancouver to bet on themselves and lose him to free agency rather than realize now that they need to trade him because they're nowhere near being competitive, so there's always the chance that we can just be patient and scoop him in free agency.
 
I love how McDavids and Pettersons can come flat out and say they're not sure they're signing another contract with their team (and tkachuks even demand out) and they'll receive 1/10th the angst we get despite Matthews Marner and Nylander keep consistently saying they never want to leave.
 
zeke said:
I love how McDavids and Pettersons can come flat out and say they're not sure they're signing another contract with their team (and tkachuks even demand out) and they'll receive 1/10th the angst we get despite Matthews Marner and Nylander keep consistently saying they never want to leave.
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At this point it's the fanbases fault for falling for it. That the volume is higher in Toronto due to the media concentration should be normal to us at this point.
 
MindzEye said:
At this point it's the fanbases fault for falling for it. That the volume is higher in Toronto due to the media concentration should be normal to us at this point.
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I also think they do it for a non Leaf fans as well. They eat that stuff up.
It Matthews said what McDavid did last week. damn!
 
It works for the players too though. Marner offer sheet, etc. Leafs media always does what it can to make things more difficult.
 
MindzEye said:
He's a RFA at the end of this season, so Vancouver still has a year of control left after this. Now, who the fuck knows what creativity that clown show is capable of when it comes to scoring own goals, but if they do feel forced into trading Petterson, they're going to want (and get) a lot for him. I don't think Willy (who if under control, will have a NMC) is the trade piece there....I don't think we have the trade pieces to get a Petterson.

Now, with that said, I fully expect Vancouver to bet on themselves and lose him to free agency rather than realize now that they need to trade him because they're nowhere near being competitive, so there's always the chance that we can just be patient and scoop him in free agency.
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The selling team never gets value in these deals.

They wouldn't get what you think is a fair package for him, and I could certainly see Willy being a nice centerpiece, similar to how Huberdeau was in the Tkachuk trade.
 
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