Marner or Laine?

[Do or Die]

Apple vs Orange. Excellent players who perform different functions for their teams

 

[DANTHEMAN1967]

Laine had in one game almost as many goals as Marner has this season.

Marner equalled Laine's season assist total on three separate occasions this year.

 

[ManWithNoName]

This thread is a complete clusterf***.

Had they actually traded them, there would be alot of turncoats within the Leafs fanbase first thing tomorrow morning.

For me it's like choosing between Ovi and Bäckström. So Laine.

 

[WillTheThrill]

Marner is the most overrated player in the league.

I thought Matthews was? Lmao, I love how HF cannot handle how good the Leafs are.

 

[Hint1k]

just so I have this right Laine is the best player in the league this season and Marner is a scrub? That's what we're going with here?

No. Thats what Toronto fans doing here. I would not try to compare those two players even I were completely drunk. Hockey is a team sport. It is perfectly ok to be a guy who helps others to score. But if someone really wants to compare a scorer and a playmaker I have a bad news for him/her - to win a hockey game you need to score goals and you dont need assists at all.

 

[DANTHEMAN1967]

You mean in your dreams? Cause in the real world if you put Laine and Marner on ice one-on-one. Laine wins it 21 to 6. The only way you can make Marner a better player if you put him on ice together with say Tavares. Then sure thing Marner+Tavares is better than Laine.

I mean I've seen plenty of BS about Crosby being a better player than Ovechkin. But at least Crosby fans have a point. Cause Crosby is the 2nd best player in the world. It is fair to compare the 2nd best player with the best player. It is not that big of a stretch. They are in the same tier at least.

But it is absolutely ridiculous idea to compare the best player of this season (the best for the moment obviously) with some scrub who scored 6 goals.

Without a skilled passer setting him up Laine may as well be a pylon on the ice.

 

[Marner]

Laine had in one game almost as many goals as Marner has this season.

And Marner has 11x more assists

Lol

 

[Cotton]

Marner quite easily for the Leafs, but for the Jets I think its Laine quite easily. Leafs already have a sniper but no playmaker anywhere close to Marner, Jets have Wheeler but no sniper anywhere close to Laine.

 

[Hint1k]

Laine had in one game almost as many goals as Marner has this season.

/thread.

 

[LilySmoov]

You mean in your dreams? Cause in the real world if you put Laine and Marner on ice one-on-one. Laine wins it 21 to 6. The only way you can make Marner a better player if you put him on ice together with say Tavares. Then sure thing Marner+Tavares is better than Laine.

I mean I've seen plenty of BS about Crosby being a better player than Ovechkin. But at least Crosby fans have a point. Cause Crosby is the 2nd best player in the world. It is fair to compare the 2nd best player with the best player. It is not that big of a stretch. They are in the same tier at least.

But it is absolutely ridiculous idea to compare the best player of this season (the best for the moment obviously) with some scrub who scored 6 goals.

Obvious troll post is obvious.

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

I'd give the edge to Marner at the moment, they're both superstar young players and the comparison is really mostly comparing apples with oranges.

Because a few years ago, some Leaf fans had their feelings hurt when their lord and savior was compared to our guy. It's been a war ever since.

I don't even think Jets fans cared that much back then, it was mostly a Finnish vs Leafs fans thing. But yeah, it was ridiculous back then and has been ever since

 

[BB88]

Yeah it would have been possible if he was in the first line with Scheifele and played full 2 min PP's like other great shooters. If he wasn't buried in a dysfunctional line for the majority of the season.

Once he starts playing the minutes he should be playing, we can revisit this topic and see how off I was. He is reaching Gretzkys scoring numbers from the same age, on a much harder era. With 16 minutes average TOI where other guys closer to his calibre are in the 19-20 minute mark. Never seen a player utilized worse.

He is 20, so there's the next 10 years at least to see if I was correct. I can guarantee you he will not be sitting in a 2nd line forever, if his coach doesn't get the hint then he will walk and go somewhere where his talent is appreciated and he is played to his strengths.

Had he stayed with Scheifele the whole time, he would already have a calder and two rockets. That's gotta weigh on him a bit, being thrown to the wolves and not utilized to the max. Jets would have had a better chance in the playoffs too, they were lacking in goals but Maurice sat there with his thumb up his ass and didn't make the required changes. Instead, overplayed vets. That's the main issue for Jets.

This is why it's impossible to talk Laine with you.
Never on Laine, always the linemates.

He was damm 45 points short off 115. Nobody hit 115 last season.

 

[Leaf4Life]

Yay Leafs yay we're the best. All our players are better than all the other players. Yay go Leafs. Generational dynasty yay leafs.




Am I doing it right?

No, change your name.

 

[KapG]

Laine. Good playmakers are a dime a dozen. There are a lot less top end goal scorers

How many players over the last 15-20 years have been over an assist per game like Marner is currently pacing for

Jumbo joe is the only guy off the top of my head who’s done it?

Marner isn’t just a “good” playmaker. He’s one of the best, maybe soon will be the best, in the entire league...

 

[Leaf4Life]

No. Thats what Toronto fans doing here. I would not try to compare those two players even I were completely drunk. Hockey is a team sport. It is perfectly ok to be a guy who helps others to score. But if someone really wants to compare a scorer and a playmaker I have a bad news for him/her - to win a hockey game you need to score goals and you dont need assists at all.

What about defense. Also, do you think scoring can happen without passing?

Lol this isn't peewee hockey here where the best player just skates around the other team and scores on a solo effort every time.

 

[Cleetus]

Laine is a great shooter, like he is Elite, and Marner is slick as a guy who could sell ice to a eskimo, both great players 2 different types of players. both are very good at there craft.

 

[TopG]

Marner AINEFC

 

[Leaf4Life]

/thread.

Marner had more assists in a single game than Laine had all year

/Yourself

 

[snowkiddin]

How many freaking times are we gonna ask this?

 

[hockeeyyy]

How many freaking times are we gonna ask this?

Until the horse is dead lol

 

[Cotton]

This thread is a complete cluster****.

Had they actually traded them, there would be alot of turncoats within the Leafs fanbase first thing tomorrow morning.

For me it's like choosing between Ovi and Bäckström. So Laine.

Thats more about you underrating Marner.

Backstrom vs James Neal, for me.

 

[Canadian Finn]

well, I guess it'll be Tavares next?

Matthews vs Laine.

That finally got dropped (and rightfully so).

Now it's Marner vs Laine.

 

[authentic]

This thread is a complete cluster****.

Had they actually traded them, there would be alot of turncoats within the Leafs fanbase first thing tomorrow morning.

For me it's like choosing between Ovi and Bäckström. So Laine.

Interesting because Caps fans I've talked to that watch all the games say Backstrom is their best player. Marner and Laine are not even that close if you look at their point totals this season, and Marner is also the better defensive player. I'm still aware Laine's potential is amazing, but he is not better than Marner right now. He took a big step up and other than one game from Laine this season he hasn't really shown an improvement from his previous seasons.

 

[Joe Hallenback]

They way they hand out assists at Leaf home games I am not surprised he doesn't have more

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

Thats more about you underrating Marner.

Backstrom vs James Neal, for me.

Embarrassing. Laine scored more goals as a 19 year old than Neal has in any season of his career.

Pathetic post.