TSN: Darren Dreger on TSN 1050 Radio when requested the place he thinks issues stand between the Toronto Maple Leafs and pending UFA Mitch Marner.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Aaron Korolnek: “Nicely, Darren, you’re again in full swing. Hockey season proper across the nook. I believe Maple Leaf followers are awaiting information on Mitch Marner and his contract coming into the ultimate season of his deal. The place do you assume issues stand between the 2 sides, Marner and the Maple Leafs at this time limit?”
Dreger: “Nicely, Aaron, I believe you’re in place, however I don’t wish to misconstrue that. You already know, with the assumption that an extension is looming, that it’s going to occur rapidly, clearly it’s going to be a prime of thoughts, massive story from the start of coaching camp, and possibly till the day that an extension is dedicated and, and introduced.
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However I don’t, I don’t have the sense that that’s going to occur anytime quickly, and I believe either side are okay with that, proper? You already know, Marner is aware of that that is one more massive 12 months for that younger management group, and he’s an enormous a part of that. So he’s targeted on begin for himself, for his group.
I do know that he’s been coaching with Sidney Crosby, Nathan McKinnon, and a bunch in Vail, Colorado, underneath the management of Andy O’Brien. So he’s put in his time this summer season. You already know, he’s, he’s able to get going and show that this 12 months’s group probably goes to be the very best in an extended, very long time. So there’s a number of stress on these guys.
However I don’t get the sense that there’s contract stress on Marner. He’s joyful for it to be quiet. There’s good dialog between Darren Ferris and Brad Treliving. They’ve acquired relationship, however they’re not in heavy negotiations. And once more, either side are okay with that. To not say that that may’t ramp up in some unspecified time in the future in-season, however there doesn’t look like a rush at this stage.”
Carlo Colaiacovo: “So Dregs, which, should you needed to make a prediction on how the Marner and Leafs state of affairs performs out, you’re, you’re suggesting that he’s going to signal a long-term deal. And if it, if he’s, is that this one thing that you just anticipate occurring throughout the season, or is that this one thing that occurs after the season?”
Dreger: “Nicely, clearly Carlo, long-term extension is a chance, and I consider that’s what Marner desires. I believe the Toronto Maple Leafs are keenly desirous about that, offered it makes long-term sense, and no one is at that place simply but.
However take a look at the restricted choices from Toronto’s perspective, proper? We all know, after all, concerning the no-move clause. We all know that he’s going into the ultimate 12 months of the deal, and past that, you’ve acquired unrestricted free company.
So in the event that they don’t get a long-term deal agreed to in-season, how difficult does it get across the commerce deadline, proper? If issues aren’t going the way in which of the Maple Leafs. Can they merely enable Mitch Meyer to stroll?
I imply, these are simply among the conversations that we’re going to proceed to have, and possibly you don’t need to have these conversations in September, October, November. However as you creep nearer into 2025 and there’s no long-term contract looming, there haven’t been any type of laborious bolt negotiations, then it turns into extra of a speaking level on an hour-by-hour foundation on this market.
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However I do assume that there’s urge for food from either side to get one thing accomplished. And this realization from the group’s standpoint that Marner goes to receives a commission once more, and he’s going to receives a commission effectively.”
