Reporter Reveals Who Leaked the Interesting Mitch Marner Information at the Deadline

A day after the trade deadline, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman revealed the Leafs asked Mitch Marner to waive his no-movement clause as part of their push to acquire another star forward in Mikko Rantanen from Carolina.

Many believed those reports came from someone in Marner's camp amid his refusal to negotiate in-season.

That, however, was not the case according to the Toronto Sun's Steve Simmons.

In his latest article, Simmons revealed that it was the Carolina Hurricanes that leaked the news that Marner was asked to waive his no-movement clause as a way to take the spotlight off of their mishandling of the Rantanen situation.

Marner, according to Simmons, actually weighed the decision over a day, but was unaware of who was involved in the trade and ultimately fell back on his constant reassurance that he wants to be a Leaf for a long time.

It shouldn't come as a surprise that it was the Hurricanes that leaked the information, especially after Pierre LeBrun reported they would be very aggressive in pursuing Marner in the off-season if he reached free agency.

For now, though, the Hurricanes are without a true superstar and the Leafs will hope a long playoff run means that Marner returns to the blue and white next season.