NHL.com's weekly Over the Boards mailbag is in full swing this season. Every week, senior writer Dan Rosen sifts through your questions sent to him on X and chooses five to answer.

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Do you genuinely think the Toronto Maple Leafs would have been better off overpaying to keep Mitch Marner , or are they going to be better off despite their struggles? -- @CharlieMcAfeeHP

The Maple Leafs didn't have much of a choice. By all accounts, Marner was looking to play elsewhere after last season. "Overpaying" him, to use your word, likely wasn't going to get it done; he was looking for a fresh start somewhere else. He got that in a sign-and-trade with the Vegas Golden Knights, landing an eight-y

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