What a scary post, it reeks of censorship. We are discussing Marner, good and bad, possible reasons for his decline in the eyes of fans, and his shortcomings as a player. For the most part, many of the negative comments are legitimate. Yes, his salary is a huge albatross on this team's ability to acquire talent, it should be discussed. As long as people do it respectfully (with occasional hyperbole on how bad he's playing), I see nothing wrong with this thread.
It's no hyperbole to say that Marner has been near invisible so far this season. He has 1 assist so far and it's not even primary. You would think he would come out strong to prove his doubters wrong, but evidently, he needs Matthews to produce.
You're mixing last year with this year, last year is gone and cannot under any circumstances be altered, changed or tweaked, it's over and done.
You know, that's an interesting way of looking at it. And if you balance Tavares' contract with Spezza's, we're paying each of them $5 875 000. Not bad.
That was before Mitch signed his contract. Pre-contract Marner was so much more likeable. The kid had a great attitude. That was before his head got too big and he started thinking Matthews was a comparable during contract negotiations.
wow...i mean I m not the biggest Tavares fan but to say he lacks effort is just.....wow
Yup I’ll stand by that. He shows up when wants as is seen in his year 1 numbers.
And now we’re at a point this lesser player wants to keep a spot over one of our big stars. That’s the issue. And why I’m bashing him. I’d rather lose some face and drive this guy out of town than lose Marner or even Rielly and have to watch this dying animal ride the mediocrity wave in Toronto for another 4 years.
He was anything but mediocre with the Islanders and has been hovering around ppg with us since coming over. He's still a very good player. Not an 11 million dollar player, but still valuable.
yea but when you bash with comments like he lacks effort it kind of loses its validity. He clearly does not lack effort. Its like saying Hyman lacks effort. I think it was going to be Matthews as captain but his immaturity reared its ugly head. Personally I would have gone with Rielly at the time.
Marner. He hasn't shown me he can do much without having a world class goal-scorer attached to his hip and is usually pretty rough in the playoffs. Nevermind his contract negotiations were beyond the point of being reasonable. I'd personally trade him for more balance in the line-up in the offseason.
I disagree. Hyman goes every shift no matter what. Tavares picks and chooses like I said. Watch him close tonight
