trujaysfan
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At what age will he change his mind and want back.
2025-2026 Off Season Thread - The Rehappening
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leafman101
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This guy could retire as the all time leading scorer for an original 6 team he grew up idolizing but he isn’t going to because he doesn’t want to take responsibility when he doesn’t succeed.
Such a bitch.
Such a bitch.
LeafGm
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Nahh. Treliving trying to trade him this season isn’t the source of this. Mitch and his family have been obsessed with slights both real and imagined from both the organization and the fanbase for the entirety of his tenure here.
And to be clear—I have an extremely low opinion of Treliving. It’s not like I’m riding to his defense here. I just don’t think it’s fair or accurate to pin this on him or what happened at the deadline. That request for Mitch to waive his NMC came after it was already plainly obvious Mitch had zero intention of re-signing here and the relationship was thoroughly broken.
worm
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Not sure what came first. But once you tried to trade him and it didn't work. This is exactly how you should expect him to react
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
He obviously thinks he was mistreated.
Ship sailed and he burned the dock behind him.
LeafOfFaith
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But they really didn't even. They asked him if he wanted to go or stay. He basically said "not go".
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
We've told you a dozen times now, you just don't want to believe that those are the things important to him.
LeafOfFaith
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It doesn't make sense.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
You've got this twisted. We approached him last off season to try to extend him, but didn't want to pay his extortionist prices (the word from the media was that if Treliving could have signed him for 13.5 x 8, he would have....which means Marner's ask was above or even well above that).
He was only approached about potentially waiving his NMC at the deadline, when his camp was asked if he still wanted to stay. If he wanted to stay, we weren't interested in dealing him. If he wanted out, we had a deal in place. They indicated Mitch wanted to stay and would use his NMC if required, so no Rantanen deal for us.
I think Treliving is one of the bigger morons in the league, but he didn't do Mitch wrong here.
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
Whatever conversations were had between Marner’s camp and the Leafs, have never been fully settled. For all we know, Marner could have told the Leafs that he was going to free Agency as early as last September.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
It makes tons of sense if you can stop trying to overlay your personal motivations onto his. He doesn't care about the things you think you would care about in his position and more than that, Mitch has a long and established track record of clearly disliking people saying anything bad about him, insisting that he should shoulder any of the blame for team failures, etc.
Have you considered that he's just a whiny bitch?
thehabhater
Some call me Tim
Marner’s’ father is
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
Paul was honestly our first red flag. Not that we should blanket judge someone according to their father's character, but just about every video of him watching Mitch play as a kid tells us that he's the worst kind of hockey father that anyone who has spent time around a rink knows way too well.
LeafOfFaith
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I just can't believe that someone in his position wouldn't recognize the zillion reasons why he's in the absolute perfect spot for him.
The fact that they may even want to bring him back is outrageously fortunate for him considering the playoff track record. That he doesn't even want to consider it and negotiate makes zero sense.
All this for what, an extra $500k per year (over the $13.5m)? It's impossible.
LeafGm
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Volcanologist
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Treliving should never have been hired in the first place. This market is a job for an exceptional GM, not an average or below average one.
MyNameIsJonas
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He is not who you think he is, or want him to be.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
Because you're not him. This clearly isn't the perfect spot for him. He doesn't like the attention, or the pressure. This is clear as fucking day at this point. This market isn't for everyone, regardless if you came cruising out from between your mother's legs within a 50km radius of the CN Tower.
