Mitch Marner's Free Agency Plan B Has Been Revealed Following Golden Knights Trade
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Former Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner recently signed with the Las Vegas Golden Knights, although he had one other team in mind going into free agency.
Mitch Marner and the Las Vegas Golden Knights appear to be a match made in heaven, even if that seems to offend Toronto Maple Leafs fans to the core.
Based on the forward's recent comments, it is clear that he had one foot out of the door with the Maple Leafs. It's hard to hear, but at this point, good riddance.
Now, Marner will need to live up to $12 million per season, and he is also going to have to get it done in the postseason; otherwise, he will face organizational consequences.
Mitch Marner also wanted to sign with the Los Angeles Kings
With Marner officially in Las Vegas, some new reports are coming out about how free agency could have played out without the Golden Knights' interest.
According to David Pagnotta, the Los Angeles Kings would have probably been the team to acquire Marner. Mitch had an interest in the West Coast team since the very start.
This was well-documented from the very beginning, as numerous insiders were saying the same thing at the time.
One has to wonder whether or not Marner would have actually been a good fit for the Kings given their current situation.
They haven't exactly improved this offseason. The addition of Cody Ceci was a bit odd, and the Corey Perry acquisition doesn't make them any closer to a championship.
Marner, on the other hand, was probably their first choice, and when he went to the Golden Knights, they had to completely change course.
At the end of the day, the NHL can be pretty brutal in that regard, and the Kings found that out in the most extreme sense.
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