Player Discussion Marner

[Hellcat]

Any link to these transcripts? I don’t have tweeter. Be nice to read what actually happened. Or maybe some one can do short breakdown of what was said.

The rumor is there was a set play Nyander was supposed to execute off the faceoff, he didn't do it, Matty called him out, Willie blew up and Marner took a tantrum.

So are you saying that he can’t get the job done and if so then I would add he shouldn’t be asking for the moon when all he has to offer is regular season razzle dazzle

Datsun 240?

 

[HamiltonNHL]

So are you saying that he can’t get the job done and if so then I would add he shouldn’t be asking for the moon when all he has to offer is regular season razzle dazzle

The blue jackets need him.
And they have the cap space.

 

[Maple Leaf]

Marner and Tavares to bluejackets would be the move

 

[Gary Nylund]

So change his attitude, play a hard nosed game until he gets big money, handcuffs the team and then reverts back to being the exciting EA Sports player for 80 games plus a couple in the playoffs? Even better if he can lock in a No-Move clause.

Sounds like the perfect signing for the Leafs and consistent with their brand.

The question famously asked by former owner Stavros I believe when talking about interest in bringing Gretzky to Toronto, "and how many seats is he gonna fill"?

In the case of assessing Marners value, t would be an apt attitude. He would do great on a team that needs to fill seats. Leafs need to rid their brand reputation and rid their fans the burden of being perpetual losers.

If you're suggesting Marner can play a hard nosed game, and just hasn't been doing so because it hasn't been a contract year, I can't agree. I think he wants to win as much as anyone, maybe even more than anyone else on the team and has always been giving 100%. If he does play a hard nosed game in the next playoffs (unlikely as that may be), it'll be because he by some miracle figured out how to do so.

 

[keonsbitterness]

The blue jackets need him.
And they have the cap space.

If he waives (which he won't), it won't be to go there.

 

[arso40]

Any link to these transcripts? I don’t have tweeter. Be nice to read what actually happened. Or maybe some one can do short breakdown of what was said.

sportsnet

 

[Hellcat]

That's ridiculous.

Spoiler: Ridiculous

I didnt start the thread.
I like MM.
but I like Lord Stanley more.

MM = Cap casualty.

Q: Can't we keep him and hoist the cup ?
A: Stop it, we need change. Easily 15AAV of change, minimum.

Leafs wont offer enough anyway. He's leaving.

They could afford his $18.5 mil/yr for a joke, Cap is rumored to be going up to 92.5 mil and should be at $100 mil in the next 5 years. Take away JT's 11 mil and add the 4 mil cap growth, we are at 15 mil in extra cap year over year.

 

[Sundinisagod]

If he waives (which he won't), it won't be to go there.

Might be one of the very few teams who could give him the type of contract he thinks he's worth.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

TRADE MARNER

 

[Antropovsky]

A Marner thread started by the No. 1 Marner hater on the internet!
Too funny.

.... why is that funny? Isnt that a likely scenerio? Lol

 

[Martin Skoula]

If you're suggesting Marner can play a hard nosed game, and just hasn't been doing so because it hasn't been a contract year, I can't agree. I think he wants to win as much as anyone, maybe even more than anyone else on the team and has always been giving 100%. If he does play a hard nosed game in the next playoffs (unlikely as that may be), it'll be because he by some miracle figured out how to do so.

We don’t need Marner doing a Tucker impression, just clean up his game to make fast correct decisions in straight lines towards the net. Kane didn’t need to throw hits and start fights to be effective, every decision he made funneled the puck towards the net as fast as possible and it worked.

 

[francis246]

Nowhere do we feel it more, though, than in Nylander's bench command as a pivotal Game 4 slips away and Marner's chucks his gloves in frustration.

Nylander, captured on mic: "F-----' shoot it. Stop f-----' cryin', bro. This is the f-----' issue. You guys f-----' b---- about s---. Let's f-----' go!"

From the article.

Is that not what I said the quote was many weeks and months ago and was told I was wrong? Literally word for word.

Unfortunately I’ve read that we still don’t hear the Matthews or Marner audio so we don’t know exactly who he’s directing it to or maybe even both of them. But I’ll concede it could have been Marner

 

[ULF_55]

Tree protecting Marner a bit on Spitting Chicklets. Says unfair the heat Marner took over playoffs and were lucky to have him.

Marner supporters will like it.
Tree on around 1:30. Marner talk arouns 1:40.

marner does take too much heat.

He's just one member of their elite core.

Based on his career, playoff expectations are too high.

 

[Racer88]

The rumor is there was a set play Nyander was supposed to execute off the faceoff, he didn't do it, Matty called him out, Willie blew up and Marner took a tantrum.



Datsun 240?

Close its a 78-280z I just finished for my wife

The blue jackets need him.
And they have the cap space.

Send him!!!!

 

[HamiltonNHL]

If he waives (which he won't), it won't be to go there.

He’s walking

 

[ULF_55]

He’s walking

I think that depends on how the playoffs go.

He could walk if it becomes too toxic, but playing into the 3rd. round would change everything.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

He could walk if it becomes too toxic, but playing into the 3rd. round would change everything.

It shouldn’t change anything.

I’ve seen enough. This team isn’t it. Change is needed. I cant see how Marner’s game will ever translate to the post season.

 

[francis246]

He’s walking

Marner isn’t walking away from the leafs. The leafs might walk away from Marner but I don’t see it being the other way around unless things get really ugly.

If Marner is a UFA it’s because the team doesn’t want him

 

[HamiltonNHL]

If Marner is a UFA it’s because the team doesn’t want him

100% agree.

 

[ULF_55]

It shouldn’t change anything.

I’ve seen enough. This team isn’t it. Change is needed. I cant see how Marner’s game will ever translate to the post season.

If they make the 3rd. round it will change everything, unless of course he isn't on the team then.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

If they make the 3rd. round it will change everything, unless of course he isn't on the team then.

One good post season = Poor sample size

 

[ULF_55]

One good post season = Poor sample size

Doesn't matter.

Sample size would be irrelevant, as it would be what have you don't lately, not what have you done the past 6 years.

"See told you. All they needed was a good goaltender and competent coach."

 

[Gary Nylund]

We don’t need Marner doing a Tucker impression, just clean up his game to make fast correct decisions in straight lines towards the net. Kane didn’t need to throw hits and start fights to be effective, every decision he made funneled the puck towards the net as fast as possible and it worked.

Just need him to play like a star in the playoffs, period.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Just need him to play like a star in the playoffs, period.

There is that...and I don't think people realize how good Kane could actually shoot it, if Marner could ever get the velocity that Kane had/has in his prime, it would be all the difference in the world. Kane also looked to shoot it just as much as he looked to pass it, dual threat, Nylander is a bit similar in that sense.

Marner still will lean pass versus the processing speed of Kane being able to tell shot / pass almost immediately.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Just need him to play like a star in the playoffs, period.

If that was possible, we'd know by now.

I can't see his strengths and his weaknesses translating to the post season.

The post season isn't perimeter hockey.