Mitch "The Magician" Marner
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Clark4Ever
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He honestly reminds me of Gretzky at times with his on ice vision and ridiculous passing ability. The kid is a future all star.
kyle n00bas
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I find Marner's actually pretty unique. There have been a lot of comparisons to players like Kane, Gaudreau, etc. but even going back to the '90s I can't think of a player that mirrors him directly, at least not off the top of my head.
Gary Nylund
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True enough. I mentioned him in the same breath as 99 about a year ago I think when talking about his passing/vision and I don't even think I got ridiculed. Kid is special!
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Randy Randerson
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hadn't looked at Marner's underlying numbers much, everything looks better than last year - positive shot attempt metrics, very positive in all the relatives (especially on the shot suppression side), pacing for more shots and similar points with a lower shooting% & OIsh% than last year
despite all the narrative, he's been much better this year, not worse
despite all the narrative, he's been much better this year, not worse
Apotheosis
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I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he keeps up the current 1.3 PPG for the rest of the season with the Kadri line. All his underlying metrics are up there with the best in the league right now and it's not unsustainable.
CantLoseWithMatthews
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yeah I don't see any reason he can't reach very high scoring totals with the skillset he has and the right linemates
Apotheosis
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Night in and night out he seems to be making these magical plays. Kadri is feasting. I expect Kadri to eclipse 30 this season at this rate.
CantLoseWithMatthews
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i agree. would also be great if Marner could play on a stacked #1 PP unit with Matthews and Nylander
Man Bear Pig
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I'd actually take him off the point on the PP. I wanna see him close to the net making passes.
Leafblooded
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My post was from 2 months ago friend, but yeah, happy he's back. Hoping it's for good.
He is a special kid, what a play maker and he is going to get better with experience as he grow further and that's pretty scary
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BertCorbeau
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Huh? The entire team got slaughtered and was sub 50%. Marner was just the best one with a corsi above 40 And a bunch of guys have positive Corsi Rel.
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Randy Randerson
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I just hope that we can still use Pastrnak as a contract comparable when he's finished
Clark4Ever
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I'd rather replace Hyman with Kapanen and find another centre to replace Bozak moving forward. Breaking up Matthews and Nylander would be very difficult to rationalize.
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No, he's not Gretzky-like at all IMO, but I'm really continually surprised that Leafs fans don't see Dougie in this kid. He's Dougie 2.0 in almost every respect. Skating, passing, and the framework of his defensive game.
Liminality
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''Great mentor'' Gilmour helping Marner master mental side of game
Helps that they still talk a lot.
ULF_55
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Marner taking control of the 2nd. line should take some pressure off the 1st. line and open up some space for them.
Trapper
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With Marner and Kadri forming a dynamic duo it really gives us a great opportunity to roll 3 scoring lines featuring Matthews/Marner/Nylander on each one.
The UFA cost is probably high but I'd still love to add a Simmonds type in the offseason.
If Nylander is move. If not, we really need to be looking for another quality C. Not a superstar, but quality.
To bad we didn't have a trade chip (like a UFA or something) to pull in a 1st + that could be used to address this.
The UFA cost is probably high but I'd still love to add a Simmonds type in the offseason.
If Nylander is move. If not, we really need to be looking for another quality C. Not a superstar, but quality.
To bad we didn't have a trade chip (like a UFA or something) to pull in a 1st + that could be used to address this.
Liminality
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I thought for sure that Marner would eventually end up on Matthews wing and Nylander at center but this London connection line is just something else right now. I'm not sure if they condense the lines for a deadly top 6 or spread it out more for a really good top 9 in the future.
-Matthews-
-Kadri-Marner
-Nylander-Kapanen
-Matthews-Nylander
-Kadri-Marner
?
ULF_55
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I'm guessing Mitch the set-up man could produce and help his linemates whichever line he is on. Did it last year on the Bozak line, even made the 4th. line look good this year (although Kapanen makes it respectable).
Be interesting to see how Grundstrom-Nylander-Marner would look next year.
