So pretty much right around his average this year.
I know there are times I yell ay the tv or down from my seats for him to shoot more but it's hard to deny his success.
(I know, I know.....1 round in 8 years)
1 round in 8 years has nothing to do with it, that's a team stat that no one player is responsible for.
Marner is a 100 point regular season player, and a 70 point player in the playoffs. Even more concerning is that he's 100 point player for the first 4 playoff games while everyone's adjusting to playoff style hockey, then he turns into a 40 point player. That suggests that he's not the kind of player who will ever succeed in the playoffs and if that's true, it's hard for the team to go deep when a player taking up so much cap space isn't pulling his weight. That's the issue, plain and simple.
Stop turning into a 40 point player when the going gets tough, and I'm quite sure nobody will care how often or how many iPad's he chucks or how hard he chucks them. Keep doing it though, and it's going to be really hard for anyone to argue that Marner's game is suited for the playoffs.
As I've said many time, he's worth 13m to a team with no playoff aspirations but as long as the Leafs still have hopes of going deep, they should think long and hard before making a long term commitment once again to this regular season wonder kid.
I give the edge to Marner, because he's a premier Pker. People tend to just toss that in as an add on, when it's just as important as the PP. I know you get that, just my metric. Matthews is a great 200 ft player, I split my hair and give it to Marner because of PK.
When both are on their game, Matthews is a Hart Trophy winner and Marner is nowhere close. But sure, give it to Marner because of PK. LMAO.
