Now go win the cup ... because in a few it's going to be cap ugly.

Now go win the cup ... because in a few it's going to be cap ugly.
- dozerD10

This has been said for 2 years now and yet Dubas keeps getting poop done.

He can and he will

Offersheetz

HMS Mary Rose and the Toronto Maples have in common?

Answer too top heavy and will sink!
- kevin042

oh

Eklund: Leafs and Mitch Marner Have a Deal. 6 Years
- Eklund

finally, now i can take off until the trade deadline.

HMS Mary Rose and the Toronto Maples have in common?

Answer too top heavy and will sink!
- kevin042

Delicious bitter tears!

This has been said for 2 years now and yet Dubas keeps getting poop done.

He can and he will

Offersheetz
- walshyleafsfan

He did sign for more than the 4 1st round pick value...if that matters

when the rest of the rfa sign?

That's the ticket Mitch and Kyle.....NOW LET'S DO IT !!!!! Sorry everyone but we're going all the way to the CUP !!!!!

About damn time

He did sign for more than the 4 1st round pick value...if that matters
- Takemedrunkimhome

Yep over $10.6M

$1,395,053 or below: None
$1,395,054-$2,113,716: 3rd
$2,113,717-$4,227,437: 2nd
$4,227,438-$6,341,152: 1st, 3rd
$6,341,153-$8,454,871: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
$8,454,872-$10,568,589: 2 1sts , 2nd, 3rd
Over
$10,568,590+: 4 1sts

It is musical chairs. Marner knew that with camps open, somebody was going to sign soon. If he'd held on too long, he ran the real risk that Point signs for $9 Million. If that happens, there's no way he cracks the $10 M mark.
Good news for some other RFAs, this deal gets them an extra bit of salary leverage.

when the rest of the rfa sign?
- dmnted

They should all sit the season the spoilt brats. If i was their GM I'd make them sit.

If Mitch can put up 90 points per season the answer is yes, he is worth it. If he can be one of the major components to lead the team to a cup, then the answer is yes he is worth it.

Now go win the cup ... because in a few it's going to be cap ugly.
- dozerD10

I don't see why. They have a lot of expensive contracts coming off the books after this season and they don't have any important RFAs that are going to command big money anytime soon (at least that I can see).

This will, however, put to the test the notion that you can win it all by having overwhelming offense and not much in the way of defense. I don't subscribe to that notion.

Best deal for rest of league. No d besides reilly so leaves never gonna do squat.
- SMS4016

Have you heard of Jake Muzzin and Tyson Barrie

Is he worth it? No, not based on everything we've already seen. For him to be worth it the Mitch Marner going forward will have to take a leap of epic proportions. The odds of that happening are pretty slim. Considering he's a whisker under an accomplished center like Taveres people would be fools to believe that Leaf fans won't turn on Marner if his pay and play aren't at the same level. Remember...Jason Blake, Jeff Finger, Pavel Kubina, David Clarkson, Owen Nolan etc etc. They may not have been as good or as much of a fan favourite as Marner, but they didn't have salaries as disproportionate to results so far as Marner now has.

Is he worth it? No, not based on everything we've already seen. For him to be worth it the Mitch Marner going forward will have to take a leap of epic proportions. The odds of that happening are pretty slim. Considering he's a whisker under an accomplished center like Taveres people would be fools to believe that Leaf fans won't turn on Marner if his pay and play aren't at the same level. Remember...Jason Blake, Jeff Finger, Pavel Kubina, David Clarkson, Owen Nolan etc etc. They may not have been as good or as much of a fan favourite as Marner, but they didn't have salaries as disproportionate to results so far as Marner now has.
- Kayakjack

Are you saying David Clarkson and Jeff Fingers' contract was more proportionately in line with their play than Mitch Marner will be?

He did sign for more than the 4 1st round pick value...if that matters
- Takemedrunkimhome

Yeah but do you think the leafs want to wait for all those picks to mature?

Cue all the fans of teams with three players making less than 11m each a year. Newsflash...if your club has been drafting and developing well, you are next.

Cue all the fans of teams with three players making less than 11m each a year. Newsflash...if your club has been drafting and developing well, you are next.
- BernardShakey

This.

The bar has been moved and now every team can enjoy Cap hell as their elites are going to want bank.

Fun Marner didn't go full Greed guy on Leafs Nation. Heck, I cant pay my mortgage, but the skating entertainer got gazillion dollars.....what a hero.

I wonder how the Leafs have any money to do anything.
- Eersel

There's this thing called LTIR.

It's a mad world when possibly the worse UFA contract ever (Clarkson), is reacquired to become the LTIR relief that allowed this contract to happen.

Point probably gets $9mm+ for 5 years on his contract and Rantenen will get more. Both Toronto and TB are going to have huge Achilles Heels with their D because they won't be able to afford any (TB still has to give Sergachev a raise) unless they trade some of their Top 6 forwards to fit under the cap. Colorado still has to re-up Landeskog but they are in better shape...

I was pretty sure they acquired Clarkson just to have the room to protect themselves from an offer sheet, should the need have arisen.