Are we really about to go through seven months of this exact same nonsense?
Mitch Marner needs a new contract. This is a topic that seemingly no one these days can go three whole seconds without talking about, serving as a form of content heaven for any Leafs-centric media outlets (like us!) and utter hell for practically everyone else.
Marner’s situation is not unlike many that have come before him. He’s a high-scoring winger in his early-20’s who is coming off a career-best season spent almost entirely alongside a generational Leaf centre, and who is reportedly allowing the negotiation process on his next deal to be spearheaded by his notoriously steadfast agent and unusually influential father.