A passenger, you guys are pathetic. Leading the league in goals since he entered the league but is a passenger.
I don't know why people can't just accept that he is an elite player despite his deficiencies. Nobody is in here saying Marner is a bad player, yet you have people scoffing at being compared to Nicklas Backstrom.
Laine isn't as complete of a player offensively as OV was, but he is nearly as good of a goalscorer at the same age, you know, the most important part of hockey.
Anyway, this discussion is going nowhere so I'm out of this thread.
Well actually a Jets fan literally called Marner a scrub within the last couple pages, lol.
Laine is an elite sniper, but he's also heavily reliant on teammates to get him the puck that he uses to score his goals. Marner, a driver, doesnt rely on anyone else for his offense - he gets his pucks, he's the one who opens up the ice, he's the one drawing in players to him then dish to the (Laine) who can score the goal.
Laine has terrific bursts of elite offense, but then the rest of the time he's lazy and predictable. Kinda like prime Neal, who also was a passenger. The point is that without the driver Laine never has the puck to even do his thing (outside of those offensive bursts), while Marner has for the last 3 seasons set career highs for his Centres (on pace for with JT) because he makes everyone around him better.