You Leafs fans just don’t get it. You are not getting a top prospect for Marner. Marner is a UFA to be next summer. He has a NMC and has no reason to sign an extension anywhere. Marner is going to be able to call the shots.

Dude it’s hypothetical if Marner waives his No Trade Clause and signs and extension then that is exactly what he is worth. He is one of the best wingers in the game, just because he is having a rough playoffs isn’t going to hurt his value.

Right? Unless Columbus reaches out to his agent and tells him they will give him 14 million to extend, he isn't just gonna go where ever.

Knies, Robertson & 1st, OTT’s biggest rival, they won’t trade with them unless it’s overpay & I understand if you wouldn’t want to

OTT declines

And he isn’t going to waive for Columbus. Nor is Columbus going to be making a move for yet another extremely expensive winger when they already have Gaudreau and nominally Laine on their cap. The offer sheet was years ago. The GM who did it was gone. The circumstances have changed wildly. There is no longer a fit.

We are just begging Leafs fans to please move on from this idea. There are thirty other teams to explore. Look at Vegas, for example. I’m sure they’re interested.

He can be one of the best wingers in the game and still have a rough playoffs that hurts his value.

I think the biggest thing is the NMC, that's not something players waive carte blanche. The SDP told a story about the Kaberle trade, where he had a full NTC. Burke told his agent he wanted to trade Kaberle, his agent told him to f*** off, and Burke told him "I didn't sign him to that deal, he'll sit in the pressbox until he waives".

Kaberle gave him a list of Boston...and that's it. If you hand out a NMC/NTC, you're telling the player they get to dictate exactly where they go. That's exactly why Tarasenko went for so little at the TDL. That's exactly what Marner will do.

Now that said, he's still going to fetch a nice return (1st, good prospect, and maybe more if he agrees to an extension too), but 1) that team absolutely isn't going to be Columbus, and 2) that prospect isn't going to be Jiricek-caliber, let alone Jiricek + Voronkov caliber.