Marner responds to reports that he received two contract offers from Leafs’ rivals

In case you missed the news earlier today, Darren Ferris, the agent for Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner, confirmed that his client in fact received two RFA offersheets this past offseason, but elected to decline both offers.

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Mitch Marner’s agent Darren Ferris said on TSN 1050 that Marner had two offer sheets tabled to him, but declined both of them. pic.twitter.com/vnMZsPXlMr
— Complete Hockey News (@CompleteHkyNews) September 16, 2019

Ferris would not confirm which teams wooed Marner, but he did go on to say that leaving Toronto was never really an option for Marner. In fact, Marner confirmed the same sentiment when he met with reporters later in the day:

Mitch Marner: "As soon as Darren mentioned [offer sheets], I told him right away I don’t want to explore that option. But I didn’t want to miss training camp...or any games this season, so that’s why I really forced the issue with Kyle to get something done and get me here"
— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) September 16, 2019