Mitch Marner Will Look To Prove Many People Wrong This Season
On Friday, Dave Pagnotta joined SiriusXM Power Play with Boomer Gordon and Jake Jahn. He was asked if Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner could be motivated to have a good season offensively in order to hit big in his next contract.
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Boomer Gordon: “So I have a lot of stuff. You have been following, a lot of issues, and I want to deal with them. One you haven't really gotten into yet, I don't think, but I wanted to jump in. I was talking to Jake about it earlier. Elliotte Friedman in his first 32 thoughts, saying Mitch Marner's in Vail right now, working with Crosby and McKinnon, that would be a show to watch, I'm sure.
You get it, I get the idea and I said it, I think maybe Mitch, right now he's feeling happy. He probably feels like he's being snubbed by the Toronto Maple Leafs, and now he's about to have the worst season of his life. Do you think that he will just go out and crush the league this year and tell his price on the market? How do you think, the way he approaches it?”
Dave Pagnotta: “Yes, I will not be surprised if he comes out this season with an attack. You know, not that he wants to obviously, he proved a lot of the hate is wrong, of course, but at the same time, it's like what you were referring to with all the speculation at the end of the season, the summer about his future with the club, entering the last year of his contract.
I would imagine he'll want to prove he's absolutely worth top dollar, and as the cap continues to rise, other contracts are thrown out there and he conceded that Leon Draisaitl has set a new mark now at $14 million AAV, which was in July. next year, Connor will be eclipsed.
But still, the numbers keep going up, and the cap keeps going up, the revenue keeps going up, etc, etc. So without a doubt, I think Mitch will want to get his. You're going to want to do really well, but you've done a good job this summer of trying to block everything.
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He did not make many public appearances. I think you've done one or two charity events in the Greater Toronto Area. You know, a lot of players go out to Vail before camps start, to get their legs under them sooner than others.
So you are, as you say there, right now. So I think he is still standing this season and wants to make a bad mark in this campaign.”
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