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Leafs confirmed to be taking calls on Mitch Marner
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The Toronto Maple Leafs and Brad Treliving have a difficult decision to make with Mitch Marner this off-season, but have reportedly begun to take calls on him.
A large section of the Leafs' fanbase would like to see Marner moved after he became the scapegoat for another early playoff exit, but with Marner holding a no-movement clause, it will be very difficult to do. That hasn't stopped the Leafs from exploring all options as TSN's Chris Johnston reported on 'First Up' today.
"I think the Leafs are very mindful about turning this into some sort of war. At the end of the day, Mitch Marner controls the situation. He has a full no-movement clause, he's one year out for UFA, he's still a player that has had multiple 90+ point seasons. As much as the Leafs might end up guiding this in a certain direction, he's got the hammer.
I'm sure the Leafs have already taken calls on him in terms of feeling out what the Leafs might want if they ever thought to trade him. You have those exploratory conversations and if they think there's something that makes sense for the team that's when they engage with Marner's camp to see if he would consider waiving his no move. I don't get any sense there is friction there or that they are leaning heavily on him. We'll see if there is even a trade that makes any sense. At this point I don't think that is the case and at this point I don't think they've had to approach Marner's camp about that."
I'm sure the Leafs have already taken calls on him in terms of feeling out what the Leafs might want if they ever thought to trade him. You have those exploratory conversations and if they think there's something that makes sense for the team that's when they engage with Marner's camp to see if he would consider waiving his no move. I don't get any sense there is friction there or that they are leaning heavily on him. We'll see if there is even a trade that makes any sense. At this point I don't think that is the case and at this point I don't think they've had to approach Marner's camp about that."
Johnston explained further that depending on the conversations that Leafs GM Brad Treliving has had with other teams, we could see things change very quickly as we get closer to the draft and free agency when teams have a better idea of what the intentions are of their own free agents are.
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