NHL Rumors: Insider floats blockbuster Mitch Marner to Dallas Stars move; names shocking top 3 landing spots

Mitch Marner will have a plethora of options to weigh as a free agent this summer.

All eyes are on the superstar winger as he seeks to control his own future come July 1. Almost every team around the NHL has been linked to Marner at this point for various reasons. The bad teams can offer him the most money, the Maple Leafs can offer him eight years, and the good teams offer him the best chance to win.

It remains unknown what is most important for Marner and his family; however, winning is always a top priority for such a competitor, which has analysts speculating about some interesting landing spots.

Adam Wylde of SDPN Sports mentioned the Florida Panthers, Dallas Stars, and LA Kings as three contending teams that would make a lot of sense for Mitch Marner. SDPN shared the full video on YouTube.

"Florida makes a ton of sense. Dallas makes a boatload of sense. One team I've heard of emerged because taxes are a real thing in California. Taxes are a real thing for these players. They do consider them Los Angeles. Man, Los Angeles, big city, small market.... I would even say that the Raiders are more important in L.A., even though they're in Vegas now, than the Kings might be, and I think Los Angeles makes a ton of sense. My top three, weirdly, are still Dallas, Florida, and Los Angeles." Wylde said (13:30).

Marner is set to become a UFA, having just played out the final season of his six-year, $65,408,000 contract extension signed with the Maple Leafs in 2019.

Mitch Marner is fond of the Florida Panthers

To add to Adam Wylde's mention of Marner and the Panthers, Leafs reporter James Mirtle also threw out the possibility on Tuesday, saying that Marner is very intrigued by playing in Florida.

NHL Rumour Report shared what Mirtle had to say on X (formerly Twitter).

"James Mirtle: Mitch Marner has the Florida Panthers high on his list; unclear if the Panthers can make it work—SN 590," NHL Rumour Report wrote.

Joining your former team's biggest rival is certainly one way to make the Toronto Maple Leafs fan base turn on you.

The speculation and updates on where Mitch Marner will or won't sign are going to continue on until free agency officially begins in just under three weeks time.