Marner had more career playoff points than Tavares, Matthews and Nylander. Marner would play against Florida’s #1 line and keep them in check. He kills penalties. He ran the PP (which has not turned to shit). He contributed to 3 GWGs vs Florida. He was perfectly fine being one of the main, core guys with big responsibility. The problem was the garbage that filled the rest of the roster. The Leafs refused to get rid of the garbage like Tavares, Rielly, Jarnkrok, Kampf etc. and refused to pay and retain an elite, two-way player then elected to replace him with 3rd and 4th liners. It won’t end well for the Leafs as this team is worse and won’t be getting better.
He’s probably gonna win a cup, and win the Conn Smythe, in Vegas his first year and rub Leafs fans and management’s noses in it so bad! 😂
I think he will win a Cup in Vegas, maybe not immediately just because it does take teams time to come together but he wouldn’t be the first or the last. Most Leafs fans are still in denial about the Kadri disaster. That was probably the beginning of the end for this era. They had a high value player for a low cost and were too stupid to realize it. He was exactly what they needed more of in the playoffs and just did what the Leafs always do; cave to the dumbest in the fan base and the media and threw him away for garbage in return.