Watching the Maple Leafs limp out of another Game 7 loss to Boston in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs was not the ending general manager Kyle Dubas had in mind for his team this season.
“[Marner’s contract] is priority one for us,” Dubas said at the Leafs’ end-of-season media availability on Thursday. “I’ll call [Marner’s agent Darren Ferris] in the coming day or so and begin to see where he’s at and how he’d like to proceed and how Mitch and his family would like to proceed. Mitch has had an excellent season; he’s a massive, massive part of everything we’re doing here.”
Dubas went in search of reinforcements after that loss, with his biggest successes being the signing ofin January that cost Toronto a 2019 first-round pick and two prospects. and Marner were supposed to get Toronto over the hump. Now Dubas has to take stock of what the Leafs have and decide which pieces need to change.
It would turn into a very extended break for Nylander, who didn’t agree on a six-year extension until minutes before the NHL’s Dec. 1 deadline for RFAs to either sign or miss the entire year. “What I would do differently [is] meet with [representatives] sooner and then stay on them more rather than just wait for them to get back to us and hope it was going to bridge the difference,” Dubas said.
“Without an answer on Mitch, we’re going to be in a stalemate,” Dubas said. “It is a top priority because we’re not going to jump around and chew up our cap space we are going to need for Mitch with fringe signings either. It’s important. We just have to get right on it and get it done.”
kristen_shilton Agree
kristen_shilton How about you guys shut up about the leafs for a while now that their eliminated. Don't worry, you all at torontosportsnetwork can go back to dusting their balls once the off season starts. Maybe Try focusing on the teams that are actually still playing.
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