The Toronto Maple Leafs and Mitch Marner have reportedly been far apart in negotiations. The club would surely like to sign their star restricted free agent winger, but it appears as though both parties cannot agree on either the term or value of a deal.
Bob McKenzie has shared that Marner is not interested in taking any contract that nets him a lesser AAV than his teammate Auston Matthews. This information has obviously not been shared publically by Marner’s camp or the Leafs, but has been discussed by NHL “insiders”. For the purposes of this article, we will consider the reports to be accurate.