Two Western Conference Teams Emerge as Potential Pursuers for Mitch Marner If He Becomes UFA
Two Western Conference teams have emerged as potential pursuers for Mitch Marner if he enters the free agents market at the end of the season.
The Toronto Maple Leafs organization faces a few tough contractual decisions, with John Tavares and Mitch Marner set to become free agents at the end of the season. Marner's case is especially concerning, as the player reportedly already refused an offer from the Leafs earlier this season.
JD Bunkis made the revelation back in December:
Brendan Shanahan had opened up on Marner's impact, suggesting the team really wants to extend him before the trade deadline.
The Hockey News recently reported that if Marner doesn't reach a deal with the Leafs before July 1st and enters the free-agent market, two teams will be interested: the Utah Hockey Club and the Vancouver Canucks:
Of course, it's much too early to tell.
Also, if the Canucks are interested in acquiring him, a trade could happen. With Vancouver looking to offload key players like Elias Pettersson or J.T. Miller, the Leafs could go after either of them in a trade scenario.
Losing Marner for nothing in the summer is the worst case scenario for the Leafs, and they'll likely do all they can to avoid it.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Matthew Tkachuk | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Sidney Crosby | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack Hughes | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Luke Hughes | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jesper Bratt | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Quinn Hughes | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Timo Meier | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Brett Pesce | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Aleksander Barkov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nathan Bastian | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sam Bennett | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Michael Carcone | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Marcus Foligno | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nils Hoglander | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Linus Karlsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dawson Mercer | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Thomas Novak | 1 | - | 1 | |
| William Nylander | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Capitals | 50 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 73 | |
Jets | 52 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 73 | |
Oilers | 50 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 67 | |
Golden Knights | 51 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 67 | |
Hurricanes | 51 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 66 | |
Stars | 50 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 65 | |
Wild | 51 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 64 | |
Devils | 53 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 64 | |
Panthers | 52 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 63 | |
Maple Leafs | 51 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 62 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||