Mitch Marner Will Be Raised In His Next Contract
Jamison Coyle and Mike Rupp on the NHL Network discussed the five burning questions remaining in the offseason—the first question concerns Mitch Marner and his future with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Can Maple Leafs keep him, or would it be better for him to taste something else?
** NHLRumors.com transcript
NHL Rumors: Will Mitch Marner Start Season With Toronto Maple Leafs?
Jamison Coyle: “Why is he the center of all those big names they have up there? Making those big bucks and big hits? Why is it a lightning rod? Why does he take so much heat?”
Mike Rupp: “Yeah, that's a good question. That's a good question.”
Coyle: “We saw that Tavares is money coming off the board next year, too?”
Rupp: “Yes, Tavares being off the board will help and that's my point. They can consider paying him but at the same rate. If I'm Mitch Marner, I don't fit in a bit. You know what I mean. Like Mitch Marner, when you talk about his value, his market value and other contracts, and that's where it comes in, you go back a little bit. If you look at the salary of some of these other players, and you look across the league because that's what your comps say, that's what the National Hockey League is.
NHL Rumors: Trending For Mitch Marner To Return With Toronto Maple Leafs
Even if you are a free agent, your agents always come to you. Here are your comps as the players you direct. Mitch Marner will get a big raise. You should. I don't know if that will happen in Toronto. Does Mitch want to stay in Toronto without that or is it time for him to find out because he's watching other guys in this organization get paid?
That's where it is for me, and I think that's where the sticking point is for the fan base, right? And because no player is perfect, and I think a lot of times, whether it's in the playoffs or different times this year, we've seen some things with Mitch Marner. You can say that he is the lightning rod.
I don't know. I don't know where this is going. He loves the Toronto Maple Leafs. Part of me feels like next year, next season, a year from now, it might be good for him to get a new taste somewhere else, but at the end of the day, man, to win in Toronto and have that opportunity you're destined to live to the end to do the unthinkable.”
Coyle: “We'll see. He is a Toronto Maple Leaf starting today.”
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