Link?For anyone with an Athletic subscription, Russo has a pretty great article on Malkin, and his off season. It's a great read for even non Pens fans, I had no idea his relationship with Kessel was so bad.
So like, why doesnt someone just offer sheet Marner and be done with it? Theres enough teams including my own that have either flubbed enough 1st round picks or tend to pick in the lower half that losing 4 1st rounders probably won't change their fates too much.
So like, why doesnt someone just offer sheet Marner and be done with it? Theres enough teams including my own that have either flubbed enough 1st round picks or tend to pick in the lower half that losing 4 1st rounders probably won't change their fates too much.
What the fuck is Marner's camp doing? Being greedy, obviously, but what the fuck?
So like, why doesnt someone just offer sheet Marner and be done with it? Theres enough teams including my own that have either flubbed enough 1st round picks or tend to pick in the lower half that losing 4 1st rounders probably won't change their fates too much.
Nameless908 190 points 19 hours ago
Shove it right in his face. Matthews is our #1 C, franchise player and captain. You're not getting his money.
I still don't understand how the Leafs sign Marner... They have zero cap space. Even if they only pay him 1 mil for this season, his cap average will still be 9-11 mil which puts them over. They'd have to trade away like 8 players to get under the cap.
You forget about the capital of cap circumvention, "Rhobidas Island"!I still don't understand how the Leafs sign Marner... They have zero cap space. Even if they only pay him 1 mil for this season, his cap average will still be 9-11 mil which puts them over. They'd have to trade away like 8 players to get under the cap.
Technically you can exceed the cap in the off-season by a certain amount. Once the season starts the Leafs would put Horton and Clarkson on LTIR which will allow them to exceed the cap by $10.5M.
oh shit, I forgot they're counting the LTIR contracts... ok, that makes sense now.Technically you can exceed the cap in the off-season by a certain amount. Once the season starts the Leafs would put Horton and Clarkson on LTIR which will allow them to exceed the cap by $10.5M.
if he wants more than 8x11. They should just let him play in Switzerland for the year; or whatever he wanted to do.
No one is matching that offer and I wouldn't sign him for anything more then that (even 8x11 is a huge over-payment imo).
If he doesn't sign now, I don't think there will be any contract talks next year.pretty much. Just tell him "let's try contract talk NEXT summer. have fun losing out on 10-11mil this year" and hang up. lol. It'd be a tough thing to tell his agent, but the line needs to be drawn somewhere
Please Chevy, please get even one of our RFA's signed so I can really just fully enjoy the Marner saga.
What are they saying? Marner is out of his mind?
A captain and four (4!) alternates! So much leadership! You know Nashville is bummed they never thought of that, now they can't raise a 'Four Alternate Captains 19-20' banner.
A captain and four (4!) alternates! So much leadership! You know Nashville is bummed they never thought of that, now they can't raise a 'Four Alternate Captains 19-20' banner.
Well deserving, but also surprised Karlsson isn't there since he's signed for so long haha
What do you mean? The leadership group will let you know how to act and comport yourself in the room, due to the example of their leadership. You'll be handling that leadership so well it will be all you can talk about during media interviews for months.
What a bunch of As.
A captain and four (4!) alternates! So much leadership! You know Nashville is bummed they never thought of that, now they can't raise a 'Four Alternate Captains 19-20' banner.