This, of course, is the negotiation of star forward Mitch Marner’s next contract. While nobody expected Marner to actually sign on Canada day, this doesn’t mean that rumours weren’t flying around left and right.
Whether it’s speculation that teams are going to offer sheet Marner, or that he wants to stay but his dad and agent are handcuffing him, or even that the Leafs are going to trade him, the rumours have been nonstop.
But alas, none of this happened today. On this note, however, the Leafs did have a very busy free agency day. It obviously isn’t quite as wild as last year was when the Leafs’ signed Toronto-born star John Tavares to a seven-year contract, but they made some very good moves in preparation for the upcoming season.