Last year Matthews was our best player in the regular season, Marner our best player in the playoffs (but, tiny sample size). This year, who knows! Matthews or Tavares are the obvious picks, but IMO Marner has a shot too. My money is personally on JT, but it could go any way, these 3 are all crazy talented.
I do like how Marner consistently steps it up and dominates in the big games, or even big moments in games, he’s a serious competitor who really rises to the challenge in a way that few NHLers do. I think Marner will improve the most of those 3 over the next few years, BUT he’s also starting from the furthest back, so hard to say if he actually passes JT/Matthews.