TSN: The Toronto Maple Leafs requested Mitch Marner if he wished to go to Carolina after the Hurricanes requested a few Mikko Rantanen – Marner commerce. He stated he wished to stay a Maple Leaf, however what impression will which have on contract extension talks this offseason?
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Jay Onrait: “I imply, that is like scorched earth over the weekend, like, has this affected the potential contract negotiations this upcoming summer season in a approach that, that possibly Mitch Marner goes to start out trying elsewhere, regardless that he says he desires to stay round in Toronto?
Craig Button: “I’m going to take Mitch Marner at his phrase. Hear, Jay, and you understand this, at instances there could be contentious moments in any kind of contract negotiation. And positively some gamers would possibly take it a bit bit extra personally. Some individuals would possibly simply say, hey, that’s simply half and parcel of what we’re going by means of.
However when it’s all stated and achieved, and I’m going to place the onus proper on the Toronto Maple Leafs. You bought this very good participant. You bought this very good participant that’s been a part of your group because the day you drafted him in 2015 and he’s carried out at an exceptionally excessive degree over the course of his profession.
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You’ll not discover a higher participant than Mitch Marner obtainable this summer season. So once more, you may need to restore some issues. You may need to clean some issues over. I’d recommend that that must be their plan of action. Possibly Mitch will say, no huge deal if he indicators a long-term contract in Toronto.
When you consider Mitch Marner, and you consider how glorious he has been and Jay, he’s simply making underneath $11 million. I don’t know the place the contract goes to. Possibly it goes to 13. Possibly it goes to 13.25. I don’t know, I’m not aware about any of these kinds of numbers being exchanged. Nevertheless it’s solely $2 million or $2.5 million extra that he’s making proper now.
And I’ll say this, I don’t assume Mitch Marner will underperform on that contract, it doesn’t matter what time period is.”
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