Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Toronto Maple Leafs pending UFA Mitch Marner and pending RFA Matthew Knies. Is it potential that Marner is again subsequent season? The Leafs should know what Knies is in search of on his subsequent contract.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Friedman: “Now Marner. Simply making a pair calls about it, I feel that if the group had their manner, they might hold him.
There’s two issues I feel which might be the difficulty. Primary, you need to comply with a quantity, they usually haven’t been anyplace shut on a quantity. In order that’s primary. And quantity two, I do suppose that he must decompress, and does he need to keep? Like, is there any a part of him that claims it’s simply time to go elsewhere?
Like, there’s some actually silly stuff that occurs, like, there was some actually dumb stuff that occurred on social media. And I may see, I feel what all people is questioning about right here is, is there any a part of him that claims, I simply need to go someplace the place it’s quieter.”
Tim Micallef: “Proper.”
Friedman: “And I feel that’s you possibly can’t make that call while you’re emotional, however he does must make that call.”
Micallef: “Would, if Marner made that call on his personal…”
Friedman: “Yeah.”
Micallef: “… would that make it simpler for the Leafs to maintain Matty Knies? As a result of there’s lots of people speaking about supply sheet proper now.”
Friedman: “I feel so. I talked on the pod, and I feel it was about how they might have traded Knies for Rantanen to Carolina in the event that they actually needed to. I feel they’ve identified for a while what sort of, like I don’t suppose you make these choices with out having an concept of what Knies camp is wanting proper. I feel they’ve a fairly good concept of what it’s going to price to maintain him.”
Micallef: “Proper.”
Friedman: “And I, like they, when you’re not buying and selling that man for Mikko Rantanen, you’re taking good care of (inaudible).”
Micallef: “You suppose they will hold Marner and Knies?”
Friedman: “Yeah, I do. Yeah. I feel they might, yeah.”
Ken Ried: “Knies for Rantanen. Okay.”
Friedman: “I imply, look, the factor is, like, I at all times take a look at it Tim as, you resolve what you need to do …”
Micallef: “Yeah, after which determine it out.”
Friedman: “… after which determine. You possibly can go 10% over the cap in the summertime, and you determine what you must do.”
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