Leafs Nation is in full offseason mode right now, with the narrative online shifting toward restricted free agents (RFAs), leverage in contract negotiations and everyone’s favourite topic: offer sheets. With Toronto tight up against the cap this summer, it’s difficult to forecast just how much wiggle room they’re going to have to make changes to their roster. Therefore, I thought it would be fun to project what each of their RFAs should earn on their next deal based on recent comparables.



This article is going to focus on the most controversial of the bunch: Mitch Marner. I’m going to save the Kasperi Kapanen and Andreas Johnsson discussion for later (since I think their situation is much different), so for the time being, let’s take a deep dive into the offer-sheet candidate everyone loves to discuss, Marner.



There’s been a lot of hyperbole on Twitter when it comes to these negotiations (on both sides of the spectrum), so my goal...