LongtimeLeafsufferer
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I don't know of any team that is willing offer a contract much different than the Leaf are offering. Teams have cap issues also, so you almost have to an equal cap trade.
A trade only happens with a signed Marner as teams aren't going to offer good/great assets leaving their team without having certainty that Marner is in the lineup.
IMO the Leafs would hold out for an offer sheet. 4 first and the Leafs then would have cap freedom for a few years, though I don't know of any team that would offer that money that would persuade Marner to leave the Leafs.
A trade? Few teams in the running. Philly for Sanheim, Konecky and a first.