Getty Mitch Marner’s reluctance to join the Carolina Hurricanes last season has turned out to be karma in an interesting twist of fate.
At last year’s NHL trade deadline, Mitch Marner was faced with a not-so-tough choice. The former Toronto Maple Leafs forward was approached about waiving his no-trade clause. The purported deal would have sent him to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Mikko Rantanen.
There would have been other pieces in the deal, but Marner-for-Rantanen was the core. The Maple Leafs even had an extension in place for Rantanen.
Alas, Marner nixed the deal. He cited
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