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The imagine the debate on Marner on all these threads is similar to where both sides stand in negotiations. Management wants him closer to high-end wingers and his agent wants him closer to Matthers/Tavares since he's out performed both.
Big difference this year (compared to Nylander last year)...is that the leafs can't afford to sign him after the season starts. That funky RFA equation worked to both sides' benefit last year because the leafs had cap space last year and less available moving forward. If a deal doesn't get signed before the regular season I imagine he sits the whole year.