Brady Tkachuk vs Mitch Marner

[NyQuil]

It's hard to figure out what is going on, truth be told. Tkachuk is better than Marner. Stutzle is better than Matthews. Norris is better than Tavares. Sanderson is better than any Leafs D. Ullmark is better than any Leafs goalie. Zub would be the 2nd best dman over both teams. Pinto is an excellent centre. Ridley Greig is one of the best bottom 6 forwards out there.

And yet they're miles apart each season.

Is Brady Tkachuk currently overrated?

That's just a cop-out answer. giving the captaincy to players who had no idea what it takes to win in the nhl because of last names and marketing was the cop out.

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[BraveCanadian]

So Marner is the whole key to Leafs success?

As much as any individual outside a goaltender can be, yeah, he pretty much is.. He’s who is going out on the first shift of every situation for the Leafs.

 

[gritdash60]

Marner would run and hide if he saw this vote, and Brady would grab me by the throat and make sure i vote for him.

 

[DitchMarner]

It's quite astonishing how far apart they are in stats now...

Marner is tied for fifth in points (1.31 PPG) whereas Tkachuk has a .79 PPG average and is outside of the top 50 in scoring. Granted, Marner does average considerably more TOI per game.

It looks like the Sens will make the playoffs this year, so we should finally be able to see playoff Tkachuk.

 

[Three On Zero]

Marner easily, Brady is overrated

 

[Felidae]

It's quite astonishing how far apart they are in stats now...

Marner is tied for fifth in points (1.31 PPG) whereas Tkachuk has a .79 PPG average and is outside of the top 50 in scoring. Granted, Marner does average considerably more TOI per game.

It looks like the Sens will make the playoffs this year, so we should finally be able to see playoff Tkachuk.

Isn't a lot of that TOI gap Marner playing on the PK?

Regardless, not really convinced TOI explains the difference in production. Marner in 2018-19 averaged 19:49 TOI as a 21 year old and its still a more productive season than anything Brady has done