I was going to say, if you aren't throwing players name's out in trade to see what you get back then you aren't doing your job, and if you have players that take that as a slight then they really shouldn't be on the team anyway. Can you tell I want to see a Vegas model of personnel management?A) Treliving never announced he was examining trading Marner specifically. Just that he was looking at all possibilities to improve the roster. Which every GM who doesn't win the Cup says. Because it's their job. Seriously, where do you get some of this stuff?
B) They were not expecting a child early in the offseason. Based on a rough timeline of when Miles was born (early May), they would have only conceived in late July/early August, and probably wouldn't have known until around the time training camp started.
CW, I'm fully aware I have a biased and opposing opinion here, and I really do value your posts, but it really sounds like you should be Marner's agent.