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Around the League 2019-2026 Edition

LeafOfFaith said:
And the guy is super positive about Mitch and Vegas.

Something happened with the Leafs behind the scenes with contract negotiations or some other off ice thing that he took personally and just death spiraled it to this point where he hates his hometown team and wanted his kid to leave out of spite.
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The fact that his son was cheated of the max bonuses by dino Lou Lamoriello ?
 
Claude says: During later contract negotiations in 2019, Toronto's offer reportedly included the $1.6 million in B bonuses they had not paid Marner on his entry-level contract — essentially an acknowledgment that there was something to make up for.

So while "cheat" is a strong word, the situation was real: Marner got a lesser bonus structure than the maximum allowed under the CBA, Lamoriello's philosophy was a factor (even if the timing is debated), and when Matthews got the full package a year later, it created a resentment that never fully went away and contributed to the eventual messy divorce between Marner and the Leafs.
 
I do believe that it's at least part of the problem.

But the hatred that Paul has for Matthews is unusual. Is it just that he thinks Mitch is better and should be paid more etc., because if so, that is a weird thing to hold against Matthews. Blame the team for giving whatever they gave, not the player for getting what he got.

There's probably a ton more to the story that hasn't come out and most of it likely never will. Though I could imagine a situation where, when Mitch retires, Paul just airs out all the dirty laundry.
 
Babs stabbing him in the back and exposing him to the rest of team has to rank up there, especially if upper management (Shanny) just turned a blind eye to it at the time.

It's actually a really strange contrast with how they babied him the rest of the way. Keefe literally apologizing through the media for "being too tough" on him. Guilt overcompensation? In the end they fucked themselves anyway.
 
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Habsy said:
He sucked hard. Was given way too much deference.
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He kind earned some rope though. We went from being a non playoff team for over a decade to top of the table every year.

There were definitely cracks in the foundation though that we saw later.
 
As for Mitch...yeah some things weren't handled well but all he had to do was score a fucking goal once in a while in the playoffs and all of it would have gone away. He wanted to be given the things he never earned here. That he's earning this in Vegas right now doesn't change anything about that.
 
If only the Leafs were in the Pacific Division and facing teams like the Coyotes/Mammoth and Ducks in consecutive rounds. Way to go little-Mitchy, mini sticks champ!
 
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