Marner trade

Team: 2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 1, 2021

Published: Jun. 2, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Marner should be traded.

I'm not trying to single him out. Matthews has also horrid in the playoffs and deserves the blame as well. But you are always better off building your team around a centreman, and if they were to trade one of them, it needs to be Marner.

Why trade Marner? Well, the leafs have proved that handing out 11 mil to 3 separate players is not a good idea. The 33 mil the leafs spent on Matthews, Marner and Tavares got them 1 goal. 33 million for one goal is a horrible way to spend your money. Yes, I realize Tavares was injured, but good teams are prepared for injury. It does not matter that with Tavares the leafs would have won. If Marner was payed 7 mil for example (yes I know he's worth more than 7 mil, just let me finish), they would have enough money for a 4 mil player to add, and that 4 il player may have scored a goal, or prevented a goal, allowing the leafs to win the series.

33 mil on 3 players is risky, and it has yet to pay off for the leafs. They need to try something else. Columbus might want Marner because he is a superstar, and their superstars always want to leave.

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