I can’t believe how they keep making it worse. I just can’t.
I’ve said everything humanly possible in defence of Marner. It’s a lost cause.
By all accounts, Darren Ferris is among the best agent in the league at getting his clients maximum dollars, but he’s rock bottom when it comes to publicity. A truly atrocious player representative in this facet.
He starts off the interview by pumping his own tires.
“In the span of about 10 months here I did 3 things agents almost never get to do. I pulled off a successful offer sheet, negotiated the biggest sign-and-trade in NHL history, and I made a defenceman the highest paid at his position. None of it happened by accident.”
Mix a “we” in there, would ya? Maybe leave some room for a possibility that the Byram’s had something to do with making Bowen a $12.5m player.
The arrogance just pours out of this guy like wifi pours out of Michael Cera’s router.
Then, in attempt to dispel the negative narratives that swirled around Mitch Marner for the better part of a decade, he reinforces the worst of them - namely that there’s been animosity between Marner’s camp and the Toronto Maple Leafs since the time he signed his ELC. (Shots fired at Mark Hunter.)
I just can’t believe Marner’s agent would circle back to this, unprompted, a year after he’s ‘moved on’.
A good representative finds creative ways to pour cold water on this stuff and paint their client in the best light possible. This guy’s just fanning the flames - undoubtedly, a glimpse into what’s gone on behind the scenes for the past 10 years.
Ferris then adamantly denies that Marner was actively shopping for a house in Vegas before he was traded. Said it was completely untrue… right before suggesting it’s perfectly normal for players to ‘look around’ while they’re on the road.
Sounds a lot like the Vegas realtor who sang like a bird wasn’t lying, but Mitch wasn’t ready to buy because nothing was done. Yet.
Caps it off by trying to pin Mitch’s ultimate decision to leave - at least in large part - on Brad Treliving.
And scene.
Just unbelievable.
Everyone has their blind spots, but Christ… Darren Ferris misses the big picture entirely.
A lot of changes with the #leafs the past few weeks, and I think it's a good thing. We've had similar results for basically a decade now.
Complacency is not the best thing to drive you forward towards achieving your goals. Looking forward to this new Leafs era!
#GoLeafsGo
This team likely needs one more top 6 forward, so this would be best case scenario and would be a decently deep forward group:
McKenna - Matthews - Nylander
Cowan - Tavares - ???
Knies - Paul - Roslovic
Blueger - Scissons - Duhaime
As far as the #Leafs forward group stands, I think they should spread out scoring in the top9. Loading up the top line could be lethal. I like putting Knies with Paul because of their size and using this version of 2nd and 3rd lines interchangeably like a 2A & 2B scenario.