TSN: Darren Dreger on TSN 1050 radio on if Toronto Maple Leafs would ask Mitch Marner about waiving his no-movement clause, would he waive it, or would he wait at no cost company?
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Dreger: Yeah, there’s some query as to what the offseason goes to seem like and I imagine that Brad Treliving 100% goes to execute change. However once more, if we’re speaking concerning the core of the Maple Leafs, actually we’re speaking about two guys, aren’t we? You recognize, we’re speaking about Marner. We’re speaking about Tavares and also you’re no transfer clauses.
And look, if we wish to drill down on Mitch Marner for a second. I’ve been round Darren Farris for a very long time. The agent for Mitch Marner. And if you wish to examine his historical past, particularly with elite-level gamers, going into the ultimate yr of their contract on the cusp of unrestricted free company, he walks these guys to free company. That’s what occurred.
So armed with the no-move clause, and every thing else, as Mitch acknowledged in his exit interview, they’re open to have dialog about an extension. You recognize, he says he appears to be like ahead to having that dialog. Hopes that he can prolong his profession with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
However past that, that’s what’s going to be the intriguing parts, all of this. If Brad Treliving and administration, if the Leafs usually really feel like they’ve bought to discover a solution to transfer a type of two guys. Effectively, how do you execute that? How does it work? What kind of stress ways are you keen to embrace, to try to encourage these gamers to alter their thoughts? It’s not going to be simple.
Hayes: “No, it received’t be. We’re with Darren Dreger, and , like Tavares and Marner are totally different levels of their careers. You recognize, as nicely, John, I feel is nicely conscious he’s not making that form of cash sooner or later, however Marner will likely be anticipating to make greater than he’s proper now I’d assume.
Dreger: “He would possibly,”
Hayes: “I’m imply he’s a UFA at 27. And yeah, that is the place it’s going to be attention-grabbing as a result of I, I don’t know I can’t communicate for Treliving. I can’t communicate for Shanahan. Shanahan is , if he’s, if he’s again and he’s nonetheless the person in cost. You recognize, that’s why I form of communicate to the concept that I feel every thing’s simply gonna proceed as a result of he’s been very affected person with these guys. He’s been very dedicated to them for a very long time. I don’t see why it could hastily change when it didn’t final yr, the yr earlier than, the yr earlier than that.
However I’m curious if , with, with the Marner state of affairs particularly, , and probably him simply taking part in it out. You recognize, when he three, six years in the past, 5 years in the past when he was arising, he, he was the person like they, they had been nonetheless having a imaginative and prescient, they had been having visions of profitable Cups and Mitch being a fundamental piece on that.
Curious if that’s what might result in possibly Darren Farris, his agent, the Marner camp altering, realizing they’re in a distinct place at present. I’d assume. Possibly I’m incorrect on that. However 5 years in the past, they knew that they had the Leafs as a result of the Leafs needed to have Mitch Marner. I don’t know if the leafs really feel they must have them anymore. And because of this, I don’t know if they’ll negotiate or plan on negotiating the identical means, Dregs.”
Dreger: “Proper
Hayes: “As a result of I’d suppose now you bought eight years. You’re like sorry, Mitch, you guys haven’t received something and we don’t really feel the identical means we did 5 years in the past.”
Dreger: “Yeah, that’s a tricky negotiation, Brian, and also you’re proper , I I had somebody describing the truthful or unfair, Mitch Marner is, is a assist participant. That’s, that’s what he’s.
And should you subscribe to that, and, , his productiveness within the common season would recommend in any other case. He’s greater than that, after all, however that’s not what we’re speaking about right here. You recognize, it doesn’t appear doubtless that the Maple Leafs are going to have the urge for food or the abdomen to provide him the cash, the cash that he’s making or the cash that William Nylander is about to make.
Okay, so then how do you deal with it? In the event you can persuade him to do a sign-and-trade, the place you get again one thing. Or you’ll be able to’t persuade him to commerce interval, then , I assume the one factor you’re left with is letting him stroll into free company.
And it’s addition by subtraction, , a yr from July one, as a result of now you’ve bought near $11 million in cap house you can reinvest, however that doesn’t do something to shine up what your wants are both on protection or what different areas of instant you are feeling that you’ve got in time for subsequent season.
Jeff O’Neil: “Darren, what could be the motivation for a participant to form of simply say, and it’s the gamers proper, I’ve all the time mentioned that the place I’d inform the staff, you gave me the no-trade, no-movement, don’t even ask me, I’ll ask you. Like, don’t even carry it to my consideration.
But when the staff reveals their need to maneuver away from the participant, doesn’t the participant say, ‘ya, possibly it’s time to go someplace.’ Who would wish to dwell in that setting?
Dreger: “Yeah.”
O’Neil: “Only for this spite sake. Like simply to say I’m going to indicate them. I’m going to maintain taking part in for the staff after they don’t need me to. It simply doesn’t make a ton of sense to me.”
Dreger: “No, it doesn’t. And look, it was, , and it might be the case, , particular to Marner due to the no-move, the place, , if Treliving goes him, to Darren Farris and says, ‘Okay, nicely, we’re serious about exploring trades.’ Farris goes okay, nicely, I’m going to speak to the shopper and the household. And we’re going to return again with an possibility.
Is perhaps no possibility as a result of he’s not serious about commerce in any respect, as we’ve already mentioned. He is perhaps extra open to it than I feel, or he is perhaps open to it in a restricted subject of 1 or two groups, and we’ll provide the vacation spot of 1 or two groups.
I actually don’t suppose that the noise goes to affect Mitch Marner, How rather more he can a man take available in the market? And I say that and there’s most likely folks driving on the 401 proper now going, Oh, we will flip up the warmth as a result of we’re Leafs Nation. I imply, , this child has been a beacon for that form of degree of negativity for at the least the previous couple of years. Couple for positive.
So if he’s competent sufficient that he feels that he can block it out, and he may be protected by household and mates and his teammates and all that. Possibly he can endure it.
However I do suppose that simply in doing due diligence, it could make sense for Brad Treliving with or with out consent of Mitch Marner and Darren Farris would interact in, possibly he already has in dialog with groups. Simply planting that seed.
After which once you’ve bought one thing you suppose you’ll be able to work with, you are taking it again to the agent within the participant and say, Okay, we haven’t requested you for a vacation spot of selection, however groups are asking and we really feel like we might get one thing executed with Workforce X. Any curiosity in doing that? And then you definately work off the potential of that state of affairs.
I’m not saying that’s what’s going to occur, however I feel that that’s how I’d suppose and function if I had been a GM.