The most recent rumor about a Mitch Marner trade will excite Leafs fans…

The 2023-24 NHL season is over, which means the trade rumors involving Toronto Maple Leafs superstar Mitch Marner are heating up, and the newest one is wild.

Let’s not waste anytime with this Toronto Maple Leafs trade rumor and get right into it. The Leafs would require Nazem Kadri and Rasmus Andersson from the Calgary Flames in exchange for Mitch Marner. Thank you to Sportsnet’s Justin Bourne and Sam McKee for this one, because this is spicy!

Kadri makes $7M until 2029, while Andersson makes $4.5M until 2026, so for the same price as Marner, the Leafs could acquire a top-six winger/centre and top-four defenseman. Although Kadri’s past history with the Leafs is a troubled-one, I kind of love this trade and here’s why.

Say what you want about Marner’s talent but his time with the Leafs is over. You can yell and scream about how amazing he is and that the Leafs should run it back again, but they need a change. They not only need a change on the ice, but they need a change in the room and Marner staying with the team will be a distraction all year, especially if the doesn’t sign an extension

Is this trade the best possible return that the Leafs can get? I am not too sure, but I think it makes this team better.