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Nah, that's just your definition of the word.By your definition (which is completely arbitrary), the Leafs duo would still have more room to grow. When I say the Leafs duo is better, I am including all context. Unlike you, I do not exclude context.
1. That is incorrect. Even the most elite players are impacted by their opponents in the playoffs, and factors like PP time.
2. "Clutch" is usually applied retroactively, to incorrectly explain small sample occurrences that are almost always more accurately explained by other pretty obvious factors. Mackinnon and Rantanen are not "more clutch" than Matthews and Marner, whatever you think that means.
Marner thus far has been disappointing in the playoffs thus far, but he is young and can change that. Rantanen has 39 points in 33 playoff games, Marner 21 points in 25 playoff games. Whatever regular season edge you think Marner has, it is small. While the playoff gap between them is quite large SO FAR.
Since there is a 41 page discussion on the leaf board about Marner's struggles in the playoffs, obviously a lot of leaf fans agree with me and disagree with you.
Marner's Playoffs Struggles