Brendan Shanahan spent the first day of his contract extension sitting in on the most important player contract discussion of the summer.
Shanahan was with GM Kyle Dubas in a Tuesday morning huddle with Darren Ferris, principal agent for leading scorer Mitch Marner. Dubas has been on record saying the Marner deal must be settled before the Leafs get around to any other restricted free agents or unrestricted for that matter.
“It was a positive meeting,” Shanahan told a couple of media outlets. “We’re not afraid to tell Mitch we love him and want him. They are our players. You want them to feel they are fairly treated.”
Shanahan stayed away from offering any sideline opinion as he did early in William Nylander’s stalled talks when he suggested the player should take a form of hometown discount to keep the team tog
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