New reports suggest Vegas Golden Knights as heavy favourites to land Toronto's Mitch Marner.
The Mitch Marner sweepstakes have dominated headlines over the past few weeks with new reports coming everyday on where the superstar winger is considering going. We started to see more clarity with the frontrunners recently with reports coming out on top contenders but Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman dropped the biggest tidbit of information yet.
On Monday, he reported on his podcast "32 Thoughts" that the Vegas Golden Knights are now being looked at as the team to beat when it comes to signing Marner.
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We recently explained current betting odds on Marner and that it was good time to pull the trigger on a bet for him to go to Vegas and time may be quickly running out. Free agency opens up next Tuesday on July 1st and there's no telling when Marner will come to a decision.
Some insiders have noted it may be some time after that Marner decides who he wants to sign with, including a report from Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman saying there may be a team that will offer Marner a contract with a certain time limit for a decision as the team would like time to go out and make more decisions.
There's no telling who Marner will go with but the reports of him being interested in joining a Western Conference team, a contender and one that will be willing to pay him around $12-14 million per season all fit the Vegas mold.
The Golden Knights have just $9.61 million in projected cap space currently but many insiders have noted that Marner may be willing to take a shorter term deal to help accommodate whatever team he is signing with.
Vegas has also proven to be a hyper-aggressive franchise when it comes to making impactful roster moves and could very easily make a trade that would clear enough cap space to bring in Marner.
Nothing is ever confirmed until it happens but if betting odds are still available, you can feel comfortable in taking a shot at Marner joining the Golden Knights that is still listed at +185 on FanDuel Sportsbook.
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