Wrong, on both fronts. He could have paid Marner what he was worth and he could have afforded it by pushing Rielly and Tavares out the door to free up 12 million AAV.
It’s just a matter of the Leafs having a failed GM at the helm who is very bad at identifying who they need to keep to win a Cup and who they don’t.
The reality is, this team won’t win shit and is heading for the same blow up that happened to Calgary the last time Treliving was GM.[/quote]
Wipe the orange goo off your face and wake up to reality.
Marner was offered $13.5 per (another overpayment for some who disappears in games 5-7 every year for 9 years), marner was planning on leaving all year long.
He chose to leave.
Get over it
And this team may not win (we still have Matthews who isnt great in games 5-7 either)…much like they didnt win with marner for 9 years.
Or they might win.
We’ll see.