Mike Augello: The Leafs Forward Targets: Part 2 – Possible Trade Options

Gold

Keep Marner...extend him. 100pts players in the regular season don't grow on Tree(living)

Spend the money on two quality top 3 dmen
Fill the rest of the holes wiith cheap crap.

Its a 1st/2nd round exit anyway.
Get better players the following off season.

Keep Marner...extend him. 100pts players in the regular season don't grow on Tree(living)
- Symba007

Marner has never scored 100pts in the regular season.

He's also been fairly mediocre in the post-season. But yes, let's re-sign him to 12-13M because he's a nifty player.

Marner is next season's Barkov.

Marner has never scored 100pts in the regular season.

He's also been fairly mediocre in the post-season. But yes, let's re-sign him to 12-13M because he's a nifty player.
- mjones242

Dammit, thought he had a couple season with over 100pts but nope, 99 and 97pts were his top 2 seasons.

8 x 11.5M, NMC

Spend the money on two quality top 3 dmen
Fill the rest of the holes wiith cheap crap.

Its a 1st/2nd round exit anyway.
Get better players the following off season.
- Fakepartofme

My dislike for this idea is presuming there ARE better players in the off season. Constantly kicking the can down the road never leads to anything.

Gold
- jribout

First! Guaranteed!

My dislike for this idea is presuming there ARE better players in the off season. Constantly kicking the can down the road never leads to anything.
- Aaron_85

Sign Tanev and someone else, pay Marner's signing bonus, trade him after that.

Get rid of Marner, get players who perform in playoffs.

Sign Tanev and someone else, pay Marner's signing bonus, trade him after that.
- Symba007

A bit of a damned if you do and damned if you dont with trading Marner. Trading before the bonus limits teams and possible assets coming back but you could get a 2024 1st round pick that could be impactful sooner.

Waiting to trade after the bonus opens up teams who dont want to pay 10 million but could only get a 2025 first round or later. They dont have a 2025 first rounder so I see the merit.

Dammit, thought he had a couple season with over 100pts but nope, 99 and 97pts were his top 2 seasons.

8 x 11.5M, NMC
- Symba007

He reminds me of Phil Kessel - the perennial 40 goal scorer who never scored 40.

A bit of a damned if you do and damned if you dont with trading Marner. Trading before the bonus limits teams and possible assets coming back but you could get a 2024 1st round pick that could be impactful sooner.

Waiting to trade after the bonus opens up teams who dont want to pay 10 million but could only get a 2025 first round or later. They dont have a 2025 first rounder so I see the merit.
- Aaron_85

no picks until the 5th round in 2025

He reminds me of Phil Kessel - the perennial 40 goal scorer who never scored 40.
- mjones242

You mean 3 time cup champion Phil the Thrill Kessel?

Dammit, thought he had a couple season with over 100pts but nope, 99 and 97pts were his top 2 seasons.

8 x 11.5M, NMC
- Symba007

He’s already at $10.9 signed as a RFA, it’s going to cost notably more than a $600K raise to resign him as an UFA in the midst of his prime.

He’s already at $10.9 signed as a RFA, it’s going to cost notably more than a $600K raise to resign him as an UFA in the midst of his prime.
- Dozzer

maybe, maybe not

you would think that, but hopefully he surprises all of us .... and it's maybe so.

He’s already at $10.9 signed as a RFA, it’s going to cost notably more than a $600K raise to resign him as an UFA in the midst of his prime.
- Dozzer

if he wants to stay, he will have to compromise. If he is all about money, yeah, I agree, he is gone.

maybe, maybe not

you would think that, but hopefully he surprises all of us .... and it's maybe so.
- dmnted

He won’t accept $11.5 throughout the season which will make the drama ridiculously stupid. He would wait til the off-season and what the other offers are.

People need to remember that after 9 years (upcoming season and following 8) the cap will be up around $120 mill. $12.5 will be around 10% of it at the end and I’m willing to bet that’s what his agent will be after.

if he wants to stay, he will have to compromise. If he is all about money, yeah, I agree, he is gone.
- Symba007

Players don’t give up millions to stay. Midst of his prime, last chance he’ll ever have to sign significantly. Either Toronto gives it to him or another team will.

My dislike for this idea is presuming there ARE better players in the off season. Constantly kicking the can down the road never leads to anything.
- Aaron_85

Not doing too much this off season.
You were open to kicking the can down the road for 8 years (oh look at Washington blah, blah blah).
Whats one more year.

Roll it all back for the next 5 years then rebuild.
Trade them all, trade no one....it doesnt matter.

Not doing too much this off season.
You were open to kicking the can down the road for 8 years (oh look at Washington blah, blah blah).
Whats one more year.

Roll it all back for the next 5 years then rebuild.
Trade them all, trade no one....it doesnt matter.
- Fakepartofme

Sure don't have to do a lot this offseason. Doing too much can be as disastrous as doing too little.

You have misconstrued my thoughts but maybe I wasn't clear.

I never said "kick the can" down the road like Washington. I said they never reset and gave up on their core stars. They continually went for it which is what I prefer the leafs to do as well.

If you roll it all back then might as well trade Matthews considering he's taking up too much of the cap to not be competitive. Besides he would just keep them from getting good draft picks.

He won’t accept $11.5 throughout the season which will make the drama ridiculously stupid. He would wait til the off-season and what the other offers are.

People need to remember that after 9 years (upcoming season and following 8) the cap will be up around $120 mill. $12.5 will be around 10% of it at the end and I’m willing to bet that’s what his agent will be after.
- Dozzer

nothing wrong with taken a shorter contract like what Matthews did.

Marner has never scored 100pts in the regular season.

He's also been fairly mediocre in the post-season. But yes, let's re-sign him to 12-13M because he's a nifty player.
- mjones242

Pro-rated to 100 pts. Does that count?

Ken holland to the Blackhawks?