McDavid signed for 12.5M because he knows Marner is his closest comparable in the league.
Marner and McDavid won gold for Team Canada.
My prediction is Marner and McDavid will win a cup in Vegas. Marner will already have one or two, but will get 4+ when McDavid joins him.
Sorry just to continue from my above post.
I mean, who here can really say that the following players are more valuable:
Nate-Dog
Draisaitl
Kucherov
Matthews
Makar
Eichel
Q. Hughes
Kaprizov
Pasta
Vasilevskiy
Bob
B. Tkachuk
M. Tkachuk
Nobody! Marner will go down as the best winger to ever put on a pair of ice hockey skates. With the nicest driest hair and gear after games.
Marner cant be compared to anyone tbh. He’s the best defensive fwd on that list. VGK will win the cup, and multiple more because of MM16.
Does that mean he’s the most valuable player in the NHL? No. But he’s more valuable than any Leaf ever. More valuable than someone who’s in their mid-30’s on the backside of their career.
Right now Canada’s most valuable assets are McDavid, Makar, Marner. MacKinnon will start to digress but will be good into his late 30’s like Sid. Point is also really good.