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Forum: Armchair-GMMon. at 5:30 p.m.
Thread: Busy Busy Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NJTM</b></div><div>The Devils have this kind of player in Nico Hischier. Just because he doesn’t get the same media attention as the Leafs do, doesn’t mean he isn’t talented. The reason we view him as a distressed asset is the absolute flood of armchair GM threads that run Mitch Marner out of town. The devils should not pay a premium for Mitch Marner. This trade is a premium price (their best prospect, a promising young forward and a first round pick) for one year of Mitch Marner.</div></div>

Definitely a fair critique. If Markstrom is still a go, then there is your goaltending crisis solved at 3m. Salary bind is a bit of a stretch, you have no pending UFAs of note and all of your RFAs expire when the cap ceiling will have raised considerably. Marner's extension would only be ~3m more than what he'd be costing you in 2024.

Again, it's not one year of Mitch Marner, it'd be 9 in this case. Can't make anything official because of the July 1st deadline, but there are always handshake agreements. This entire trade hinges on Marner sticking around. NJD wouldn't be the only team with interest, you're not getting a player like Marner for "pennies on the dollar", regardless of UFA status or NMCs.
Forum: NHLMon. at 10:33 a.m.
Thread: 2023-2024 NHL Discussion Thread #5: The Final Stretch
There's a widespread belief that the Leafs will look to trade Mitch Marner if they lose in the 1st round again. This would be one of the biggest trades of the cap era, so where do you guys think Marner will wind up?

I think New Jersey makes sense, they have a surplus of very elite defensive prospects that will be enticing to Toronto (Casey 👀), and also some good young players like Mercer. They also have the 10th overall pick which will likely be a defenseman, which is of no use to NJD. Wonder if that is in play.

Nashville also makes sense to me, I could see something revolving around Tomasino + Askarov being a solid base.

Utah could also make a lot of sense, they have so many picks and prospects while also having a desire to compete.

It'll be an interesting offseason