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I love how everyone’s picking on Marner. It’s not like your leading goal scorer is Jason Spezza or anything. The fact of the matter is, it’s a team game and Marner needs support from not only the team, but management, and the fan base. Don’t get me wrong, the Leafs have a solid roster, but it’s also the start of the season. When you’ve only played 6-7 games and have only registered a point, it looks bad. But there are times during the middle of the season where the same thing happens, except it doesn’t look as bad because you’ve already played 40+ games and scored 40+ points. Players go through rough stretches, you just need to support them and hope they can pull out of it. If Mitch played for a smaller market team like Anaheim, San Jose, or Arizona (no offense to the fans of those teams), then he would hardly be talked about. It’s the Toronto spotlight; he’ll pull through, you just need to have patience.