I think he is a really good player that is being overpaid. I think Matthew's was able to get what he is making because Tavares signed for so much. Now Marner might be better than both... is he going to take lass than $11M and be happy?
Look at how badly Dubas handled the Nylander situation... kneecapped one of their best players. Put himself in a really bad position going into Marner negotiations.
Now they are looking at having their 2nd best D walk for nothing, their 3rd best D asking for a trade, a guy who is a great deal in Kadri on the trade block to free up cap space and looking at giving up assets to move Marleau. Not saying they are in the worst situation but it's not looking good.
- MacPatty
Again though, Lou gave Marleau that contract. I also don’t think the Nylander contract is bad, just seems too early to tell and he was awesome at the WHC. Other players have held out as well. I think the Leafs are going to be fine and I think JTs contract was earned
I would also say that JT isn’t really the measuring stick for AM, which was talked about at length on TSN and SN. The measuring sticks were McDavid and Eichel