"DISCLAIMER: The 'top stories' are simply ranked based on how much traffic they garnered for our site over the past calendar year. This is not an opinionated Top 10. The topic that made up the majority of our content between the end of the 2024-25 playoffs and the start of free agency was the Mitch Marner saga and everything that went into it. Whether Marner should stay, whether he wanted to, whether the Leafs wanted to bring him back, and where it all went wrong."
"If they beat Florida in the second round - which they should have done - I don't see how Mitch Marner isn't in Toronto," he said. "I could be totally wrong, it's happened maybe once in my 55 years of existence that I could be totally wrong. But you tell me if I'm nuts, Kyle. I just don't see a way if they beat Florida that Mitch Marner doesn't find a way to re-sign in Toronto,"
The Maple Leafs suffered a 6-1 Game 7 home loss to the Florida Panthers and exited to boos, escalating calls for roster change. Mitch Marner became the focal point of criticism over the team's playoff failures and eventually departed Toronto in a sign-and-trade that brought Nicolas Roy to the Maple Leafs while Marner signed with the Vegas Golden Knights. Elliotte Friedman suggested that a series win over Florida likely would have kept Marner in Toronto. Marner's early performance in Vegas has not matched previous standards, reducing arguments that his presence would have solved Toronto's playoff issues.
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