Deal Confirmed : Mitch Marner Predicted to Leave Maple Leafs For Massive $101.5 Million Deal

 

Toronto Maple Leafs superstar forward Mitch Marner will be one of the top free agents available come July 1.

Marner is entering the final year of his deal, after being part of trade rumors this offseason. His future is very much in doubt.

In The Athletic’s mock trade proposals article on December 14, they had the Anaheim Ducks not making a trade. Instead, they had the Ducks signing Marner to a massive seven-year $101.5 million deal.

 

Patience to wait until July 1 and then sign him to a seven-year contract with $14.5 million AAV,” The Athletic’s James Mirtle wrote.

Following Mirtle’s prediction, The Athletic’s Ducks reporter Eric Stephens reacted to it and thought the deal does make sense.

It’s a pipe dream for sure,” Stephens wrote. “But, Marner would give their forward group a jolt and would be a big fish for general manager Pat Verbeek to land after he struck out on Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault last summer. The Ducks could clear a lot of cap space if they traded Cam Fowler and John Gibson, and moved on from pending free agents Frank Vatrano, Brian Dumoulin, Robby Fabbri and Brock McGinn. Jacob Trouba could be off their books by the 2026 trade deadline.