Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner: not even a KHL team wants them

Tonight, the Maple Leafs will try to avoid elimination against the Panthers. Despite holding a 2-0 series lead, the Toronto team has just lost three consecutive games, including a thaw in Game #5.

Can the Leafs force a Game 7? Right now, there are serious reasons to be skeptical.

And of course, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner are on the chopping block. The Leafs ‘ two star players are going through a very difficult second round, and that’s making them the target of fans. Let’s just say that, at the moment, many Toronto fans want nothing to do with offering a new contract to Marner, who will be a free agent this summer.

And in recent days, a photo montage of Matthews and Marner in the uniform of Kunlun Red Star, a Chinese team in the KHL, has been circulating. It was obviously a joke… until the team in question got involved.

In response to the montage, the team’s account on Platform X let it be known that they clearly weren’t interested in getting Matthews and Marner :

We are happy with our current line-up. We are not interested in these gentlemen.