The Hanging Jowl
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Recalled/Assigned: Leafs recall Mason Marchment
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He hasn't done much since being up. Can't skate at the NHL level. Doesn't have the skill to be a player.
I don't think he has a future with this team.
I don't think he has a future with this team.
I don’t think he’s an nhler. Or ever will be.
SprDaVE
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He's definitely going to be given a good long look into the next season. One thing to remember is that he missed a lot of time to injury this season, so there's probably a long adjustment to catch up.
I will say that he hasn't been great or bad. Just average. And that's okay. He'll probably get better as he gets more comfortable. At worst, he's a viable and CHEAP bottom line player.
The one thing Marchment has to do is stay healthy. For someone that is physical and plays with intensity, he can't keep going on the IR like he has over the last couple seasons.
Myopic
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Have you seen his daddy in the stands recently? it looks like Brian has put on a buck 25 since his retirement.
Marchment isn't ready for NHL action from what we have seen so far. His skating isn't good enough for him to get involved in the physical part of the game that he was brought here for. A much smaller Timashov has had more of a physical presence when he engages.
He is alright. Pretty much same with Brooks and Petan. All three of them have not done anything to stand out and make you go, he is a keeper, like what Engvall did.
I disagree with that. I think his first 2-3 strides can get a bit better but he has decent top end speed. He is a big body who can do some dirty work. I think he fits in and is a nice change of style vs the rest of the team. Imo, he is not a liability on the 4th line and deserves a longer look. He is also not in game shape, he has played in 11 Marlies games, 2 Leaf games this year. Also I think the fact that it looks like he appears to fit in, makes Johnnson replaceable. Engvall replaces Johnsson and Marchment can fill 4th line duties.
I think it's worse than that, it's stopping him from getting where he needs to be on the ice to be successful
It also was barely passable at the AHL level so whist the injuries have hurt his development that's not the reason he struggles to skate
I think he needs to go back down and continue to work on it because he's got potential to be more than a 4th line plug if he can sort out his skating
stickty111
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I said when he was called up that he was being overrated by a group. He's really slow and not impactful.
He's got some tools, size with physicality and a decent set of hands
Put him with a couple of playmakers and I think there's some upside to his game
He just can't skate and until he can we're pushing **** up hill
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Why Keefe plays him over Timashov? I want to be traded off to another team too if I was Timashov.
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He can't keep up at the NHL level and isn't overly sturdy on his feet. At his age, it's unlikely to get better either.
Unfortunately he's not going to be an NHL player. His skating looks barely AHL level at best. Guy looks like Bambi out there. He's very overrated by people who want some 'toughness'. He isn't even tough lol.
Bring up Korshkov.
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Was expecting him to take on Kassian (or someone else) last night when they were down. I guess he's unsure of his role.
Think his audition is pretty much over.
Think his audition is pretty much over.
Clark4Ever
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I think he's played as well as can be expected, but I agree that Korshkov should get a look.
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You want him dead? He fights like once maybe twice a year, he’s unlikely to fight in his 3rd career game
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hotpaws
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the size and gritty fans never said they wanted that combined with slow and unskilled
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I think a few people are a bit spoiled by the recent call-ups (Engvall, Timashov, Moore) that have looked so good right away. Its the kids first NHL games and he was used sparingly on the 4th line. He isn't going to be a worldbeater, but I think its somewhat premature to write him off as having no NHL future after 3 games. It wasn't as if he looked bad in those games either, I think unremarkable is the better word.
