Elliotte Friedman Reveals One Team Pushing All the Chips In for Mitch Marner

The Toronto Maple Leafs have had the pleasure of being Mitch Marner's home for the past nine years, but with hostilities growing between the two parties, it's almost a certainty that he departs in free agency this summer.

We've heard Marner connected to many West Coast teams, with Anaheim expected to offer the biggest deal while Los Angeles, Utah and especially Vegas remain teams to watch for the veteran star.

However, according to top NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman, while Vegas is a team to monitor, it's the Carolina Hurricanes that are expected to push all their chips in for Marner this summer, and with no expiring deals of their own to look after and plenty of cap space, they could also give him a historic offer.

With a team that made the Eastern Conference Finals in 2025, the Hurricanes clearly have the talent to compete at the highest level, and with upwards of $28 million to spend this off-season, they could potentially add Marner and more to this already talented roster.

Recent reports however revealed that if Marner leaves Toronto as expected, he's likely to not play on another Canadian team and head to the West Coast, with that second factor potentially ruling out the 'Canes.

Ultimately, there's going to be few, if any teams that outbid Carolina for the biggest star on the free agency market, and while that doesn't mean that they'll land Marner, it means that if they don't, they will have done everything in their power to do so.