NHL Rumors: The place Issues are with Mitch Marner and the Toronto Maple Leafs

TSN: Darren Dreger on TSN 1050 Radio when requested the place he thinks issues stand between the Toronto Maple Leafs and pending UFA Mitch Marner.

** NHLRumors.com transcription

Aaron Korolnek: “Effectively, Darren, you’re again in full swing. Hockey season proper across the nook. I feel Maple Leaf followers are awaiting information on Mitch Marner and his contract getting into the ultimate season of his deal. The place do you suppose issues stand between the 2 sides, Marner and the Maple Leafs at this time limit?”

Dreger: “Effectively, Aaron, I feel you’re in a great place, however I don’t wish to misconstrue that. You understand, with the idea that an extension is looming, that it’s going to occur shortly, clearly it’s going to be a prime of thoughts, huge story from the start of coaching camp, and possibly till the day that an extension is dedicated and, and introduced.

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However I don’t, I don’t have the sense that that’s going to occur anytime quickly, and I feel each side are okay with that, proper? You understand, Marner is aware of that that is yet one more huge 12 months for that younger management group, and he’s an enormous a part of that. So he’s targeted on a great begin for himself, for his group.

I do know that he’s been coaching with Sidney Crosby, Nathan McKinnon, and a bunch in Vail, Colorado, below the management of Andy O’Brien. So he’s put in his time this summer season. You understand, he’s, he’s able to get going and show that this 12 months’s group doubtlessly goes to be the perfect in a protracted, very long time. So there’s loads of stress on these guys.

However I don’t get the sense that there’s contract stress on Marner. He’s joyful for it to be quiet. There’s good dialog between Darren Ferris and Brad Treliving. They’ve received a great relationship, however they’re not in heavy negotiations. And once more, each side are okay with that. To not say that that may’t ramp up sooner or later in-season, however there doesn’t seem like a rush at this stage.”

Carlo Colaiacovo: “So Dregs, which, should you needed to make a prediction on how the Marner and Leafs state of affairs performs out, you’re, you’re suggesting that he’s going to signal a long-term deal. And if it, if he’s, is that this one thing that you just anticipate occurring in the course of the season, or is that this one thing that occurs after the season?”

Dreger: “Effectively, clearly Carlo, long-term extension is a chance, and I imagine that’s what Marner desires. I feel the Toronto Maple Leafs are keenly focused on that, offered it makes long-term sense, and no one is at that place simply but.

However take a look at the restricted choices from Toronto’s perspective, proper? We all know, after all, concerning the no-move clause. We all know that he’s going into the ultimate 12 months of the deal, and past that, you’ve received unrestricted free company.

So in the event that they don’t get a long-term deal agreed to in-season, how sophisticated does it get across the commerce deadline, proper? If issues you recognize aren’t going the best way of the Maple Leafs. Can they merely enable Mitch Meyer to stroll?

I imply, these are simply a number of the conversations that we’re going to proceed to have, and possibly you don’t should have these conversations in September, October, November. However as you creep nearer into 2025 and there’s no long-term contract looming, there haven’t been any form of exhausting bolt negotiations, then it turns into extra of a speaking level on an hour-by-hour foundation on this market.

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However I do suppose that there’s a great urge for food from each side to get one thing completed. And this realization from the group’s standpoint that Marner goes to receives a commission once more, and he’s going to receives a commission effectively.”