Marner on Penalty Kill?

[Akrapovince]

Haven’t really watched Leafs during the regular season, is Marner on the penalty kill a common occurrence? Just noticed him on there often during this game five today.

Which set of four forwards do you run on the penalty kill? If I were to guess it would’ve been:

Kapanen, Kadri, one of Brown/Hyman & maybe Marleau?

But I’m probably very far off.
Thanks in advance.

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[Peasy]

Hyman, brown, marner, kap.

Thats basically it.

 

[Jeffrey Pedler]

Haven’t really watched Leafs during the regular season, is Marner on the penalty kill a common occurrence? Just noticed him on there often during this game five today.

Which set of four forwards do you run on the penalty kill? If I were to guess it would’ve been:

Kapanen, Kadri, one of Brown/Hyman & maybe Marleau?

But I’m probably very far off.
Thanks in advance.

I believe Babcock started using him on the PK midseason. He has looked pretty good on the PK.

 

[Akrapovince]

Hyman, brown, marner, kap.

Thats basically it.

Who takes the draws? Curious to know, these are really dynamic pairings. Assuming Marner and Brown

 

[Dr.Funk]

Who takes the draws? Curious to know, these are really dynamic pairings. Assuming Marner and Brown

Hyman takes the majority of PK faceoffs

 

[BertCorbeau]

Marner's been a regular PKer since Par Lindholm was traded earlier in the season

Hyman takes a majority of the draws. Gauthier comes on for the face-off frequently though and switches off if he wins it and they clear. He'll stay on if they don't clear.

 

[ORRFForever]

Marner has been great on the PK.

 

[Dreakmur]

Hyman, brown, marner, kap.

Thats basically it.

Kapanen has been terrible on the Pk in the playoffs. Only he can collapse and leave the point open while also not taking away the seams.

 

[93LEAFS]

I believe Babcock started using him on the PK midseason. He has looked pretty good on the PK.

He and JT rotated as the 5th guy (so if Hyman or one of the other PK forwards got a penalty). Once we traded Lindholm, Marner was put there full time.

 

[Marner]

He is just smarter than everyone and usually knows what happens a play ahead of time. Its what makes him so great all around.

 

[93WrapAround]

He's an absolute whiz on the PK, it's been a nice development. His intelligence and hockey IQ is a huge asset on it.

 

[Frelimo]

He's been killing penalties all season, and i think his usage went up after Lindholm was traded. He's very good at reading the play and intercepting passes.

 

[CreeksideStrangler]

JT kills prnalties too. There is a reason thry have a 200ft game

 

[TakeTheBody]

I was always against using your stars on the PK. Yes, i'm a dinosaur. But Marner is excellent at it. The game is so much faster now. Maybe i was wrong.....

 

[Frelimo]

JT kills prnalties too. There is a reason thry have a 200ft game

JT started the season taking a lot of draws on the PK and then getting off soon after that. Haven't seen it much of at all lately. Gauthier seems to have taken over taking the draws that Hyman doesn't take.

 

[Skiskate]

He is just smarter than everyone and usually knows what happens a play ahead of time. Its what makes him so great all around.

His ability to read an opponents play a second or two ahead is truly incredible. His pking has gotten really good.

He can also pickpocket the man on the point very well which makes for a very dangerous chance.

 

[dubplatepressure]

He's our best PKer due to his high intelligence.

He's our riskiest PKer due to fact that if he takes one off the ankle we may be done.

 

[Notsince67]

He's our best PKer due to his high intelligence.

He's our riskiest PKer due to fact that if he takes one off the ankle we may be done.

Maybe but if the leafs were unable to stave off the shorthanded situations, we were done anyways. Boston is pretty good on the PP

 

[Stephen]

Let's talk about Mitch Marner. Has not factored into very much in the way of offense for most of the series, understanding the hard match up, and hasn't really been involved since the double shot block.

 

[blinkman360]

His ability to read an opponents play a second or two ahead is truly incredible. His pking has gotten really good.

He can also pickpocket the man on the point very well which makes for a very dangerous chance.

When I read stuff like this I wonder why he's a winger. His skill and IQ would point to him being a 1C. I know there is more to it obviousy like faceoffs and comfort level, as well as much more defensive responsibility, but has he ever been tried there at least?

 

[Nithoniniel]

Marner has been one of the best PKers I've seen. I'm of the opinion that most on the PK is fairly replaceable and that's why you shouldn't use stars there. Mitch is an exception.

This series he's been as passive and lost as everybody else though.

 

[Fakejake51]

Wow. Marner has been a nightmare on the PK. Look at game 4 as an example of how not to kill a penalty. It’s floundering with him on it.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Marner is magic on the PK.

Arguably the reason he is on the PK during the season is just to stop Boston's PP in the playoffs.

Both PP goals were greasy. Neither of those go in during Game 7.

 

[hoglund]

Haven’t really watched Leafs during the regular season, is Marner on the penalty kill a common occurrence? Just noticed him on there often during this game five today.

Which set of four forwards do you run on the penalty kill? If I were to guess it would’ve been:

Kapanen, Kadri, one of Brown/Hyman & maybe Marleau?

But I’m probably very far off.
Thanks in advance.

Marner scored a shorthanded goal while killing a penalty.

 

[ULF_55]

Good and bad.

On zone entries and soft plays he's very good.
Once the team has possession in the zone, he's bad.