Ferris is going to lose again

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 7, 2019

Published: Aug. 7, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Here is the problem with all the nonsense that is going on. The big RFA's appear to be waiting for Marner to set the market and Dubas is fine just waiting it out. Does anyone really think all of these guys are going to sit out? What happens if Point signs for 9 or less? What happens if Rantanen signs for less than 10? And they get term? Are those guys all going to wait until Marner signs? Dubas has way more power in this negotiation than people think, he can just keep waiting, he's offered good deals and Marner can take them, or wait it out until the market is set by someone else and then risk losing these current offers.

If I was Dubas, I'd say "those are the offers, they will be in place until the market shifts at which time I'll pull them off the table and re-evaluate."

What is Ferris going to do then? Keep saying Matthews is his comparable even though Aho, Rantanen, Point, and whoever else have signed for less? At some point Marner and his dad are going to have to say enough is enough, sitting out for a whole season shouldn't be an option and I highly doubt they'll have any thirst for that. That is quickly becoming his only option, negotiate in good faith or sit for a whole year.

Dubas is in the driver seat and Ferris once again, is going to lose big while playing chicken.