Quoting: reelkena
this years playoff was a bad optic for leaf fans not for GM's, teams, other players, equipment men, coaches, mascots, owners or the guys that walk around with twizzlers at games.
nobody in the league looks at marner and thinks, idk, he only had 4 points as a set up man in a 7 game series after scoring 350 points in 350 career games... he must be a bust.
1st I never called him a bust, do not put words in my mouth. But the Leafs as set up do not work. That can not be denied. They have failed to make it out of the 1st round in 5 straight years.
What I am saying is for 11 million dollars that player must be a line carrier. When Tavares went out it hurt Marner and he was not the same player. Alot of players on the Leafs did not show up, Matthew's, Rielly and Marner. But for that kind of vap hit you would beleive he would be better. What I beleive it showed is he needs a center like a Tavares to be productive. Columbus has no true #1 center and this will only hurt Marner and the Blue Jackets. They will need to trade Jones as I beleive he will walk after next season, but they will want to get a center who can carry the mail, not another winger like Laine who is lost without that guy who like a Tavares, Bergie, Crosby or another top line center.
I beleive Marner is a very special player, but he will only be that in the right situation, minus that he is a good player with a very large cap hit.