Quoting: Boomer125
Not really true, Marner has a large amount of value, this is the same kid that 2 offseasons ago this entire site was claiming Marner would get Offer sheets at 10+ , outside of the AAV the cash value is less than 6 million a year so with the loss of revenue that many many teams suffered through covid acquiring a top 10 F in the league who produces at a ppg with his hands tied is incredibly salivating for any organization on a budget
Don't get me wrong - a regular season Marner as a played is as good as they get on his position and his performance would be very valuable for frankly any team. Unfortunately, there's just two problems.
1) his inability to keep up that game in the playoffs
2) that contract of his is impossible to take for any non-pseudo contender
Ultimately, my point is this - as long as TOR (or frankly any team) is wasting this much money to a player who can't compete and produce for anything else than the president's trophy, that player is not going to be valuable for true SC contenders. Which is why getting rid off that sort of contract in itself is valuable.
I'm not inherently saying that Marner doesn't have value - he could very well boost half of the league to fight for the playoff spot, and TOR will certainly get something ok in return. But until he can start producing on the playoffs, he's no use for a contender to manage for.
People here, myself included, wasn't aware of what kind of a hole Leafs might've been digging for themselves with that contract, and that applies to all offer sheets of the posted here as well. I'm pretty sure most of the teams are happy that their any potential offers didn't go through.