The Burdened
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will give credit for the Blues cup, but really impressive how a fringe 4th liner piggybacked onto a superteam.
He was terrible for the Bolts. Maroon at least wins battles along the boards. Kunitz was completely useless.Kunitz > Maroon.
But, seriously, Kunitz was in fact a better hockey player and has more Stanley Cups.
His on ice skill is arguably the worst out of all starting forward in the league.
He's only here for what he brings "behind the scenes"
After years of being labeled (often unfairly) a "soft" team, TB is a team who suddenly thrives in the nastiest games every playoffs. I think a lot of that is Maroon. I think he makes the rough games "fun" for the guys, so they embrace it, as simple as that sounds.
He’s irrelevant and easily replaceable
Somewhat. But I mean, we initiate SO many more scrums than we used to. We drag other teams into the dirt with us now, rather than the other way around. I really feel like that's Marion's effect. He seems to genuinely enjoy a chippy game, and the team follows that lead.He's a decoy. Draw some attention off our skilled players.
His fingers are slowly filling up with rings
All he does is win win win
I always felt like that is why TB signed him. They had the skilled players, but needed somebody who would dig around the boards and be a physical presence to add that dimension.After years of being labeled (often unfairly) a "soft" team, TB is a team who suddenly thrives in the nastiest games every playoffs. I think a lot of that is Maroon. I think he makes the rough games "fun" for the guys, so they embrace it, as simple as that sounds.
how the hell do you get that?This generation's Pat Falloon.
or clueless, especially all the idiots calling him easily replaceable.If you don’t like Pat Maroon you are probably just a mean person
Take Maroon out of the lineup and the Bolts are playing golf right now. Wouldn't even sniff the Cup. Dallas would be 2020 Champs.
What about Barclay Goodrow?
3 finals appearance in 4 years, potentially 2 cups
What about the importance of Tom Kunackl on the Penguins? 2 cups in two years!!!
Good in Maroon, and a good depth player, but he's not some sort of magical bean. Tampa was gonna win sooner or later with that roster
The importance of Maroon is so overblown. If he was the stud some claim he is, why didn’t Anaheim make it to the finals? Or the Oilers?
I’ll never forget taking my son to a Blues-Oilers game in December of 2019. We had seats a couple of rows up between the benches. Just about every break he would stand and stare at the Oilers bench. Never did anything, didn’t talk, no fights or after the whistle stuff. Just the paper tough guy.