The Daily Faceoff: Frank Seravalli on Mitch Marner's future.
“The way I look at this program, and the information I received from this program is that, there is, there is an order to this. Because Mitch Marner has complete immobility, no trade or full trade, I have to say. He holds all the cards.
He is, his employer said publicly, we, intend to play the year. And the key word there is purpose.
The Leafs need to go out and get a deal first. There needs to be something tangible they are willing to do for one of the top 15 players in the game, for that to happen.
So until they have an offer or give more opportunities, you know, options to present to them. There's no reason to try to fight Mitch Marner and his camp over the clause until that happens.”
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Nation of Leaves: David Pagnotta was asked, before the draft, where Marner is going. The Maple Leafs camp and Marner were not happy with Utah's projections last week. There may be four groups that interest him.
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Nick Alberga: “Okay, where's Marner going.”
Pagnotta: “Not Utah.
Alberga: “Wait, those rumors were false? I thought everything was fine on Twitter,
Pagnotta: “If that's true, then these kinds of things take on a life of their own and get 100 retweets, or retweets, or whatever they call it now. The leaves are upset. They were genuinely upset. I spoke to a few people inside the front office and they were not happy about it at all.
It happens you know, whatever it is. But no, he is not going, his agents and their camp are not happy either. But…
Alberga: “Where are we?
Pagnotta: “I think yes, I think, I think the Leafs are listening. I think, I think there's an understanding of where, what are Mitch's realistic options. If he's going anywhere, if he's going to give up, where are the realistic options.
So the Leafs have to find that, have those conversations. If they find something they think they like, they'll go to Mitch and Darren and everybody there and say, 'Okay, here's what we've got. WHAT DO YOU THINK?'
But, I believe, he is not going to San Jose. As the Sharks will make a deal and suddenly he will agree. There are several groups, and I don't know the exact number. I don't know if there is a specific number.
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I believe that there are four groups that will go to them. I think there are a few more, but it all depends on what Treliving and the staff are going to do. “
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