Fun fact: Auston Matthews has never scored 6 playoff goals and 14 playoff points in one playoff run. Just sayin’.

I love how the Marner Derangement Syndrome retards thought Torts being hired in Vegas was going to be a disaster for Marner. Meanwhile, in reality, Torts is praising him as confident and playing with the proper mindset. It’s amazing what encouraging your best players can do instead of blaming them for everything and running them out of town. Marner is playing nearly 21 minutes a night, in all situations (scoring points short handed), 2nd only to Eichel in ice time but leading the league in points and tied for the lead in goals. Eichel is doing his best Matthews impersonation with only 1 goal in the entire playoffs so far. Just imagine if Eichel starts playing up to his maximum potential and Mark Stone, who has also been below his best, knocks it up into a higher gear too.

Also pretty funny seeing Fred Andersen as the #1 playoff goalie thus far with a perfect 7-0 record and .957 SV%. Another guy the Leafs just quit on that is making them look absolutely retarded. Granted, he has played vs. some weak competition so his numbers are probably a bit inflated but he’s once again proving to be fully capable behind a team that doesn’t burden him with making 35-40 saves a night. If only the Leafs knew how to forecheck, backcheck and outwork your opponents.

Vegas won’t win the Cup this year but it won’t be because of Marner. He’s done his fair share of heavy lifting and as we’ve seen with McDavid, one guy doesn’t win a Cup by himself. They’ve struggled with goaltending all year long and while Hart has been better of late, he does allow some shitters. It’s hard seeing anybody beating Colorado this year except maybe Carolina as that appears to be the Final in waiting. Both Colorado and Carolina will win because of their insane depth and/or high pressure style of play.