Yup. And as has been said many times, it's not only on Marner, he just happens to be the most glaring example of someone who folds under pressure.
I can't be bothered to crunch Marner's numbers right now but his production goes roughly like this:
Regular season:
~100 point pace - excellent
Playoffs, first 4 games:
~95 point pace, in line with the ~5% drop in scoring that comes in the playoffs - still excellent
Playoffs, after 4 games:
~40 point pace, falls off a cliff WTF disaster
There have been some weird posts ITT but that's definitely one of the stranger this I've read here. Can't wait for the explanation/spin on this one.
Ask any hockey player and they'll tell you that there's nothing like a game 7. It's the highest pressure situation a hockey player will ever be in, and at the same it's exciting, exhilarating, it's what they have been dreaming about and hoping to experience since they were kids. Amazing that some people think that game 7 is the same as any other game.
It's like he's afraid of contact or something. I wish he had a bit of Doug Gilmour's fearlessness in him, he'd be an incredible player.