"I want them (the Leafs) to ask Mitch Marner to waive his no-trade clause and say, 'Do you want a change of scenery? Do you want to go somewhere else? You don't seem happy here. You're not trying. You're not doing anything. Do you expect us to extend you with a big raise?'
Honestly, if the worst case is we lose him and open up his cap room, I would take that. That's controversial, but why in the hell would I want to keep him when year after year - this isn't hypothetical... you're not winning with him. He doesn't have what it takes to lead the team to win. Maybe you go to other pastures somewhere and you have a different look.
He unequivocally was not willing to do anything different to find success where guys usually go through absolute walls, reinvent their game, do whatever it takes and he wasn't even willing to dip his toe in playoff hockey.
Get rid of him is my opinion and if you get something back for him, awesome, but work with the cap that he opens up for you and get some pieces in there."
