Tribute Marner Appreciation Thread

[ACC1224]

Not great Bob.

Yeah that’s line isn’t working

 

[Stephen]

He seems sort of isolated away from Tavares and Bertuzzi on that line.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

No one can get him the puck

Bertuzzi always just dumps it in and then does nothing and Tavares has never been a great puck handler

The line gets the zone dumps it in and then Marner barely touches it after

When the line worked with nylander, it was because nylander was always carrying the puck in to the zone, and around the zone. Bert and Tavares were net front guys

Either marners gotta adapt and be more assertive from the zone entry on, or we gotta shuffle the line around

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Dropping Mitch to the third line would give him more skill to pass to and allow him easier matchups to find his groove again. Jarnkrok plays the type of game that would work with Bert and JT.

Knies-Matthews-Nylander
Bertuzzi-Tavares-Jarnkrok
Robertson-Domi-Marner

 

[Canadian Finn]

Dropping Mitch to the third line would give him more skill to pass to and allow him easier matchups to find his groove again. Jarnkrok plays the type of game that would work with Bert and JT.

Knies-Matthews-Nylander
Bertuzzi-Tavares-Jarnkrok
Robertson-Domi-Marner

I like it.

Only two more steps away from the press box.

 

[RunItBackAgain]

Dude has barely touched the puck last couple of games

 

[Yall are crazy]

Not great Bob.

Have you ever asked yourself why you spread negativity like the plague unprovoked?

 

[studebaker17]

Dropping Mitch to the third line would give him more skill to pass to and allow him easier matchups to find his groove again. Jarnkrok plays the type of game that would work with Bert and JT.

Knies-Matthews-Nylander
Bertuzzi-Tavares-Jarnkrok
Robertson-Domi-Marner

That line would most likely become the 2nd line. A little more finish and they are already there without mitch.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Not great Bob.

Is this what some people call Super Crazy Elite?

 

[fancy lad]

I'd love to see a domi - bobby - marner line.

And yeah that's the second line all day long.

Marner hasn't done much wrong IMO. He still looks dangerous out there. Bert especially and Tavares on the other hand have looked meh 5 on 5. A

 

[ACC1224]

No one can get him the puck

Bertuzzi always just dumps it in and then does nothing and Tavares has never been a great puck handler

The line gets the zone dumps it in and then Marner barely touches it after

When the line worked with nylander, it was because nylander was always carrying the puck in to the zone, and around the zone. Bert and Tavares were net front guys

Either marners gotta adapt and be more assertive from the zone entry on, or we gotta shuffle the line around

Yeah that line clearly isn't working.
Even when playing poorly, Marner had a huge impact on getting the point. Without his play on two of the goals they very likely lose in regulation.

 

[notdoneyet]

Just watch the game
When Tavares has the puck marner has to actually stop at the blue line and wait for Tavares. Tavares may get points but he is slow as molasses

 

[Zybalto]

Not great Bob.

Time to go back to the more effective lines. Marner/Matthews always take a bit to get going but splitting up Tavares/Nylander this year was a pretty big mistake as they were cooking.

xGF%:
Tavares/Nylander: 59.77
Tavares/Marner: 39.31

Matthews/Marner: 49.50
Matthews/Nylander: 45.51

I know the results have still been there but I hope to see the change soon.

 

[DarkKnight]

On a 100 point, 38 goal pace now. Hopefully he finds his form soon.

 

[francis246]

Is this what some people call Super Crazy Elite?

I mean we do know that goals expected only tells a little part of the story. Starting to look great now

 

[Gary Nylund]

I mean we do know that goals expected only tells a little part of the story. Starting to look great now

I'm not a believer in these "expected" stats meaning much. At the team level yes, but not for individual players. JMHO.

 

[DarkKnight]

Marner now has as many even strength goals as Nylander, and Nylander has been amazing.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Marner has been playing with that "I'm Him" energy in recent weeks. It must be refreshing to play with different linemates than he has year after year. He is talented at creating offense regardless of the situation.

 

[Maple Leaf]

On a 100 point, 38 goal pace now. Hopefully he finds his form soon.

marner can score 1000
can he win a cup?

 

[Jojalu]

marner can score 1000
can he win a cup?

Hopefully. There have been a lot of very good players that havn't. Hopefully he is not one. More importantly, hopefully it's with the Leafs.

 

[DarkKnight]

marner can score 1000
can he win a cup?

Why does everyone state the obvious like it's some insight everytime you say something positive? Like no shit. And then post a laugh emoji because they're so lame.

 

[Racer88]

I am not a Marner fan at this point but he has been much better away from Matthews no matter what the nonsense stat of expected goals claims.
My god just watch the games and leave the nonsense stats to Xbox

 

[Sypher04]

Marner now has as many even strength goals as Nylander, and Nylander has been amazing.

We have a 3 headed monster in Matthews, Marner and Nylander and it’s really sad that some people go out of their way to talk crap constantly about one or more of the 3, like you can’t be a fan of all 3 players.

 

[ULF_55]

On a 100 point, 38 goal pace now. Hopefully he finds his form soon.

Who knew it all came down to Domi?



Really, the Leafs have a tonne of talent.

Coach puts the lines together (I hope) and about the only thing that I wonder about is Tavares and ?.

Watching Nylander and Matthews fly through defenses, or marner and Matthews dissect defenses, and Tavares and ? score from 10 feet ...

I don't know I'm not a coach, but looking at Tavares career before Toronto, he really seemed to do well with less than elite linemates.

Does a pairing of Bertuzzi and Tavares make more sense?

 

[ToneDog]

Mitch and Matty have been amazing lately. Impressive they are closing in on Willie, who has been Mr. Consistency this year. Mitch being 2 goals behind Willie is impressive.