Marner scores first SCF natural hat trick in 38 years

[RoyIsALegend]

Last time it was done was Esa Tikanen in 1988.

Unbelievable playoffs for Marner.

Locking up the Conn Smythe.

 

[Maplebeasts]

I hate this f***ing timeline. Congrats to him.

 

[nogatco rd]

 

[Slayer97]

Leaf fans about to jump off the CN Tower

 

[Sheppy]

The Leafs are a better team without Marner, though!

 

[inthewings]

Marner is elite, and clearly one of the guys you want on the ice when the moment gets big. Franchise player.

 

[rve24]

Guess it wasn't all his fault in TO lol.
After 2 rds the narrative fron Leaf fan MM haters was its easy competition n he still.isnt clutch. I wonder what their narrative is after these last 2 rds vs Avs n Knights. Im sure its still his fault to them lol.
Solid player with high offensive skill n plays in every situation. PK, PP, last minute, but I guess cause he doesn't run people over........
Id take him over Nylander 99 outta 100 times. TO is the only place he didnt produce as one of the top players on his squad.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

 

[RoyIsALegend]

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Yes, that is what the thread is for.

 

[Brain Crush]

Man Leafs fans just have so much egg on their faces. Holy shit.

 

[wmupreds]

Really rare that you can pretty much directly blame the fans for something like this. So funny

 

[ZombosNose]

I'll withhold praise until @Antropovsky and @Divine determine if the quality of competition was high enough for it to count.

 

[Slayer97]

Matthews depended so much on Marner it is clear as ice

 

[AvatarAang]

Crazy how the leafs are at the bottom of the league and yet all anyone can talk about is Toronto during the Stanley cup finals

I am envious that they have the most popular team in the league by far and it’s not even close.

 

[Iggys Dome]

Imagine if Leafs fans didn't have 1st overall to look forward to lol

 

[KingsFan7824]

Almost more goals in 6 min than in any single playoff run in Toronto.

Who gets more blame? Him, or the Leafs? Did the Leafs have to get that much more talent on the team, or did he have to be better? I don't know who that debate favors.

 

[JaegerDice]

Very happy for Marner.

Seems like a good kid stuck in just an awful situation for so many years. Fantastic to watch the joy in his game.

 

[inthewings]

Imagine if Leafs fans didn't have 1st overall to look forward to lol

If they're lucky maybe it will even turn into someone like Marner

 

[Iggys Dome]

If they're lucky maybe it will even turn into someone like Marner

I think that's the worst part

 

[koyvoo]

What an absolute blood and guts leader. Carrying a franchise to glory.

 

[jetsforever]

No way is Marner really going to win a Smythe?!

 

[Emerald Duck]

Keep the faith Toronto. There's always next year (or the years after that) ...

 

[CHfan1]

Last time it was done was Esa Tikanen in 1988.

Unbelievable playoffs for Marner.

Locking up the Conn Smythe.

Reinhart had a natural hat trick in game 6 last year in the SCF. Do you mean in one period, cause Reinhart’s was over two periods.

 

[koyvoo]

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Keep the faith Toronto. There's always next year (or the years after that) ...

You can’t compare the players he was surrounded with in Toronto compared to the leadership group in Vegas. Those leaf core players made it easy to give half efforts. There was no accountability. They all folded when the games mattered. Eichel and Stone etc would never allow that.

 

[Sideline]

Taylor Hall is going to have to score 3 OT winners for anyone else to deserve the Conn Smythe. Marner is so good.