Leafs top points over the last 3 playoffs:
1. Marner: 25 (PPG)
2. Matthews: 24
3. Rielly: 21
...and, yes, if every player on the Leafs had Marners 5v5 goal differential, the Leafs would probably have a cup lol.
This has been beat to death. He inflated his stats in that Tampa series which had a few blowout games.
2018-2021 playoffs - 19 games - 2 goals, 10 assists
That’s impressive isn’t it.
Again we can ask, what big impact goal or assist did he have in any playoff game?
11 goals in 57 playoff games, that’s pathetic really, and primarily playing in the first round where scoring tends to be higher. I’m sure you will float, he’s a playmaker though. Well, for $11 mil, I would expect a player be able to score his own goals and not solely rely on other people for points.
Nylander has 20 goals in 54 games, and was making 6.9mil.
Matthews hasn’t been great either, but he did take over a couple of games here and there. Marner for the most part has been irrelevant in the postseason.