Zero interest from the Jets. If the Jets were moving on from Helly, and Connor for that matter, it would signal full rebuild. Zero interest in Marner and his contract .

Marner has a NMC that starts July 1st of this year...not even considering anything else, this deal is unlikely to happen before that date (especially if they intend to keep Matthews). And there is zero chance Marner agrees to go to Winnipeg.

Yeah fair enough. Do you think Hellebuyuk stays long term?

Ah okay. If Matthews and/or Marner do move on, who realistically is a good fit?

Depends on Chevys summer. If he were to pull off a decent summer and replaces the cancers with players that make the team better and competitive, then I see it. If he shows zero intentions of signing by the draft though, trade him. Can’t risk losing him for nothing

I believe it will be a full court press to convince Matthews to resign of course, have to get some idea of his intentions before July 1st when his NMC kicks in as well. Trading Marner would not help in keeping Matthews, Marner has to stay if Matthews is going to resign, they are tight. I think that if they do shake up the core Nylander will be the one to go, although I do not agree with it. His contract is the easiest to trade (only a 10 team NTC), his value has never been higher and he should bring a really nice return, especially if he signs an extension with who they trade him to. If the leafs could get willy signed for anything around 9-9.5 million long term I would be all for it though.

Very dangerous offseason for the leafs, the possibility of Matthews walking for no return would be franchise destroying. I do think he will resign though, there won't be many teams able to pay him what he wants, but the leafs are one of them. I am not expecting an 8 year deal though, maybe another 5 year deal, allows him to be a UFA again at 30 for his potential last contract and will maxmize his earnings.