TSN: Frankie Corrado on if there could possibly be something that Mitch Marner does to earn a mid-season contract extension from the Toronto Maple Leafs.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“No, there shouldn’t be a Mitch Marner extension in the midst of the common season. And that’s not precisely simply an indictment on Mitch Marner. It’s extra of the fact of the timing of how these contracts have come up and the way the dearth of playoff success has continued to observe this workforce.
Matthews acquired prolonged, sure. William Nylander acquired prolonged in the course of the season, sure. However now we’ve reached the purpose the place it’s been 9 years of this. The workforce hasn’t actually been in a position to recover from the hump and also you haven’t made the large commerce.
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Now you might have a kind of contracts expiring in Mitch Marner, You’re giving head coach Craig Berube a chance to educate this core group. This workforce and these core gamers have confirmed each common season that they’re phenomenal gamers. The factors can be there.
So what extra are they going to point out you in the course of the common season that’s going to warrant a contract extension? This must be concerning the playoffs. If the leafs wish to get an extension achieved with Mitch Marner, they need to let this play out into the playoffs. See how issues go from their issues don’t work till they lastly do work.
If the playoffs roll round, and Marner and the core group have a unbelievable playoffs, then you definately’re speaking extension. And you realize what, you may nonetheless throw the large quantity at Mitch Marner and entice him to remain in Toronto. It’s not going to be too late. You don’t have to fret about dropping that participant.
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However there’s nothing extra within the common season that this group and Mitch Marner included, can show that will warrant giving him an extension with out seeing that playoff success.”
