Toronto Maple Leafs are facing the possibility of starting the training camp for 2019/20 NHL season without one of their best players. Leafs’ winger Mitchell Marner, who is a restricted free agent this summer, recently told media that he will not attend the training camp in September if the team doesn’t give him a contract extension until then.
“Probably not,” – said Marner when asked about it. “There’s so much risk with that and it’s just something you don’t want to risk.”
Marner, however, would prefer to be with the team on the first day of the camp.
“Hopefully sooner than later (something gets done),” – he added. “I want to be there for the start of camp, so hopefully something will get done by then.”
It seems like Mitchell Marner wants to get paid and is willing to play hard ball until he gets what he wants. You can’t blame the 22-year-old Canadian for this mind set, as he proved that he is one of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ most valuable players in the past season.
Marner played all of the 82 regular season games in 2018/19 and managed set career highs in goals (26) and assists (68). The 94 points he contributed during the season were also the most by any Maple Leafs’ players.
