While appearing on TSN 1050 radio Monday morning, Mitch Marner's agent dropped a bit of bombshell when he told the hosts his client had received two offer sheets over the summer. Dan Ferris claims Marner didn't even consider the offers.
"He told me Darren, I don't want to sign them, I want to be a Leaf," Ferris claimed.
Ferris says Toronto GM Kyle Dubas was aware of one of the offers, as the team involved had reached out to him to tell him about it. He also states there was a strong likelihood that more would have come if a new agreement hadn't been reached by the start of the regular season, as that puts additional pressure on teams when it comes to finding cap space.
Ferris did not divulge who the two teams in questions are. However, podcast host and former player Matthew Barnaby says it was Columbus and Minnesota. Both teams make sense from a need and cap space standpoint.
On Friday, Marner signed a six-year agreement with Toronto worth just under $11 million per season, avoiding missing training camp and the start of the regular season.
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