Mitch Marner Reportedly Almost Waived His No-Trade Clause for This Western Conference Team
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Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner has some difficult decisions to make this summer, and there is no doubt his free agency is of interest to a lot of teams.
Mitch Marner is easily the biggest name in free agency this summer, and fans are very curious about his state of mind right now.
Overall, it is expected that the superstar winger is going to leave the Toronto Maple Leafs. This leaves the door open for 31 other teams to pursue his services.
The Las Vegas Golden Knights are at the top of his list, and according to The Fourth Period, the Knights already made a huge push for Marner last offseason.
Where is Mitch Marner signing in free agency?
As the report explains, the Knights inquired about Marner and were curious if the Leafs would do business with them, right then and there.
While the Maple Leafs were not interested at the time, The Fourth Period claims Marner probably would have waived his no-trade clause given the destination.
Last summer, there were teams that inquired about Mitch Marner, and Vegas was one of them. They obviously didn't get there, but I believe Vegas would have been a team he would've waived to at that time. I fully believe Vegas is a team he'd be interested in signing with this summer.
How they pull that off-it's going to take a lot of juggling-but you can't count out Vegas when it comes to making those big-time, big-time splashes. They've done it pretty much every year since they entered the league.
Later in the article, it was noted how Marner could be offered $15 million per season by teams that are extremely desperate. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Anaheim Ducks are teams that would fit that bill.
How they pull that off-it's going to take a lot of juggling-but you can't count out Vegas when it comes to making those big-time, big-time splashes. They've done it pretty much every year since they entered the league.
Later in the article, it was noted how Marner could be offered $15 million per season by teams that are extremely desperate. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Anaheim Ducks are teams that would fit that bill.
I also think Los Angeles is going to be a player for Mitch Marner. That's a spot I think he'd be interested in going to. I believe he has a list of around seven or eight teams he'd be open to signing with if they approached him, and then a secondary list of, 'Okay, you've got to sell me on coming here.'
Like, is somebody going to go nuts and offer $15 million? Is it Anaheim, who's got over $30 million in cap space? Columbus, who's sitting on a ton of space? San Jose? Carolina? You don't get a player of this caliber available every year.
Ultimately, this is going to be an interesting summer. Marner is the biggest free agent on the market, and teams will be acting silly just to acquire his services.
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