Maple Leafs Should Overpay for Mitch Marner Replacement, Claims Analyst originally appeared on Athlon Sports. With another early playoff exit and a change looming, Sean Avery believes the Toronto Maple Leafs need to make a bold move this summer, starting with letting forward Mitch Marner go once he reaches free agency.

Should the Toronto Maple Leafs even try to re-sign Mitch Marner? What is the case for an against trying to bring him back to the team?

“There’s real smoke that the Florida Panthers could be gearing up to make a run at Marner. Word is that Toronto has opened the door to a sign-and-trade scenario, where they ink Marner to a max-term extension (eight years) and then flip him to recoup some level of value,” Cam Robinson on Elite Prospects wrote in a recent column.