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Is the Marner Contract Good or Bad for the Toronto Maple Leafs?

ByWilbert Timmermans|
TORONTO, ON - APRIL 17: Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs during opening ceremonies before a game against the Boston Bruins during the first period during Game Four of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Scotiabank Arena on April 17, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - APRIL 17: Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs during opening ceremonies before a game against the Boston Bruins during the first period during Game Four of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Scotiabank Arena on April 17, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images)
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BOSTON, MA - APRIL 11: Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Mitchell Marner (16) reacts to cashing in on his penalty shot during Game 1 of the First Round between the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 11, 2019, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - APRIL 11: Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Mitchell Marner (16) reacts to cashing in on his penalty shot during Game 1 of the First Round between the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 11, 2019, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Nick Barden

Mitch Marner’s new deal is something a lot of people don’t like. And some people don’t realize that the salary cap grows. In the coming years, Marner’s deal will look more and more team-friendly.

Marner finished last year with 94 points, the most points on the team. He’s now making the second-most on the team, makes sense right? A lot of people wanted Marner to take a team-friendly deal, but he thought he should make as much as Auston Matthews. There’s nothing wrong with a player asking for a certain amount of money, they have every right to do so.

The only problem I had was with the process. Marner’s agent, Darren Ferris, said that they were exploring offer-sheets from other teams. But after Marner’s second day of training camp, he said he never thought once about signing an offer-sheet.

The money was never an issue for me, but the tactics were. I think this is a fair deal for both sides. Marner got his money, Kyle Dubas and the Leafs got their term. For next time, I think Dubas and Marner should sit down earlier, and talk about what they both want, before it gets personal like people were reporting this time around.

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