What wrong with "Mitch'in" Marner?

[Channelcat]

Nothing. You go to Toronto to make $. Not win championships. That is the established culture.

 

[KapG]

He’s soft that about sums it up

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Wow

 

[MOGlLNY]

he's a beta cuck and those types aren't successful in life.

but he's rich.

and that's all he cares about.

Marner has looked like an absolute bag of shit but I promise you he is far more successful than anybody on this board lol

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

Sorry but Matthew's is 1/2 the player Marchand is and that's the difference in not only this series but every other series he has been in...he simply isn't a leader...period

 

[MikeK]

The "playing injured" excuse is such a weak one. Many players every year play through injury. The fact is that many of the Toronto star players, players they rely on and have invested far too much cap space on, are just flat out not showing up. Marner being one of them. This isn't anything new either. This core has been together long enough for everyone to know what they are. They just don't have that extra gear and drive that is needed for playoff hockey. They aren't willing to get dirty.

It's ridiculous that here we are yet another year later making the same sorry excuses for these same players. That Marner though, wow.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

All of the Toronto big guns have weak playoff numbers. Tavares, Matthews, Nylander, and Marner all have $10M+ aav contracts but all four are under a ppg in the playoffs. They need to break this core up.

 

[TheOrganist]

That 3rd period would infuriate me if I was a Leafs fan. Clearly the skill is there to be a good playoff performer. The guy just doesn’t bring it consistently.

 

[Over the volcano]

Wow

That's super shitty

 

[brentashton]

He’s built for preseason, and noon hour non contact hockey.

 

[SoVi3t]

Paul Marner's Baby Boy is too busy wanting to be on the cover of EA NHL games or wanting to do sports betting commercials, to show up for a game.

Only 7 shots this entire series, I don't care how many points you put up in a regular season if you consistently fail to show up in the playoffs you're of no use to anybody.

He should have been benched earlier in the series, he should be benched a hell of a lot more often during regular season, and there should be zero chance he is wearing the blue and white next season.

 

[FerrisRox]

How may guys of his ilk are post-season dynamos? He's a smaller, finesse winger. That results in him being a target and it shows.

Marner is 6'0, 180 pounds. How many guys that size are post-season dynamos?

I dunno, hundreds, maybe thousands of guys over the years.

He's not small, he's soft. There's a huge difference.

 

[La Bamba]

If the Leafs don’t make a comeback this series, I will be in disbelief if Marner is not traded.

They keep running back the same shit year after year after year with the same result. They likely won’t win a Marner trade but sometimes it’s what it takes to become a better team. Similar to how the Oilers traded Hall for Larsson.

 

[CaptainUgly]

Jets have the same issue with Ehlers. Can't handle the playoff style of hockey

 

[Trash Panda]

Marner is 6'0, 180 pounds. How many guys that size are post-season dynamos?

I dunno, hundreds, maybe thousands of guys over the years.

He's not small, he's soft. There's a huge difference.

Mike Richards was 5’10” and generously listed at 180 pounds, and was a certified honey badger when the games mattered.

Justin Williams was not a big man, and played his very best hockey in the post season when the chips were down.

Marchand is a tiny little dude, and he always shows up in the playoffs.

Noted lunatic Theo fleury was a midget who played in the most abusive era of hockey ever, and he thrived. The list goes on.

Not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

 

[FerrisRox]

Jets have the same issue with Ehlers. Can't handle the playoff style of hockey

Ehlers does have a big drop off. Produces at a 60 point pace in the regular season and it cuts in half in the playoffs.

Not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

The problem for Marner is this: He's not even a dog. He's a p***y.... cat.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Ehlers does have a big drop off. Produces at a 60 point pace in the regular season and it cuts in half in the playoffs.



The problem for Marner is this: He's not even a dog. He's a p***y.... cat.

Cat's fight back and are vicious and hateful.

Mitch Marner is a f***ing Furby or Chia pet.

 

[DitchMarner]

That's literally the definition of soft.

It's more of an issue specific to certain players. Unfortunately, those players are key players and they are paid a lot of money.

But as a team, I don't think they're particularly soft in the sense that the whole team can't handle physical play. They have their defensemen and depth and support guys who can play a physical game. When it comes to lacking mental toughness, that seems to be more of a team-wide problem.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Raise your hand if you know someone over the age of 50 that calls him Mariner

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Low test , not his fault

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

He’s not the first one to have his dream broken by playing for his childhood dream

I won’t be surprised if he succeed else where

He needs to step out his Toronto bubble

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Who can/will give up assets for him this offseason? Any team who would (not many) wouldn't be on his list. So I think you have to keep him until the deadline when he becomes a rental.

 

[Essenege]

What’s wrong is he gets all the blame for a team clearly not built to win in the playoffs.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

The little temper tantrum on the bench didn’t really help him.
It’s 2-0 in the game. Instead of throwing a fit because a teammate criticized you, go out on the ice and do something.

 

[the]

They fired Mike Babcock because he was too tough on them.