Actually, my fun facts described both offensive and defensive accomplishments, that are relevant for any player. It showed how he is generating opportunities and chances comparable to the very best stacked lines in the entire league. It showed that despite some bad luck in the tiny sample we have so far, he's still in a reasonable spot in team scoring. It showed that Marner has been defensively responsible and a beast on the PK; helping prevent goals against and helping the team come out on top in many different situations, during times when the goals aren't going in as much.
Point/Kucherov and Mackinnon/Rantanen don't get smothered in the playoffs too?
They definitely do. Key difference between those players and our is when they are getting chances...they are putting it in the damn net. When you get breakaways and odd man rushes in the playoffs it has to end up in the back of the net. Ours dont and that is an issue.
Very true. Mitch needs to shoot more - he really needs to work on this in the off season. It is the reason why I don't want Marner on Team Canada - we already have far too many play makers. Okay... MAYBE as the 14th forward.Of course Matthews gets a pass.. That is suppose to be the way it is, as he is our best sniper.
Heck the whole Leafs team is ALWAYS trying to get him the pass, as that's the game plan.
Now if Mitch was doing his job better, and giving Matthews the pass, then his assist and point totals would go up. Unfortunately the opposition is not co-operating as their game plan is to provide extra defensive attention to AM, and so you take away Marner's passing outlets and let him shoot instead and the end results are what this thread are complaining about in lack of results.
His shot will not improve much. It's not like he's never practiced it before.
Bridge would have been great. Sign him 2 years and whats the worse that will happen? He gets the same deal hes got now?
I wanted to bridge both Nylander and Marner. I didn't like the negotiations. I would have lost a bit with Nylander and gained a lot with Marner.
Defensive specialists make closer to league minimum than 11 million dollars.
No, if Marner had 4 goals/6 points in 6 games, nobody would care if Kerfoot had more points than him.
If we had signed him to a bridge, and this unforeseen global pandemic didn't suddenly stagnate the cap, he would have unquestionably received a higher cap hit this offseason than he has right now, and the cap hit discrepancy would have likely had negligible impact on the team quality and results over the bridge period.
Marner is not a "defensive specialist". He's an amazing offensive and defensive player, who contributes in many ways in all situations.
If you're relying on those type of stats to rationalize an 11 million dollar forward, you know something is really really wrong.
And maybe with the extra cap space these last few years we'd be celebrating a cup parade while Marner signs his new contract.
If you're relying exclusively on raw basic stat numbers and nothing else to come to conclusions about players, especially over tiny samples, you know something is really really wrong with your evaluation methods. Though you must be relying on something else, to rationalize holding Point up as the gold standard, and treating Marner like some bum who should be kicked off the team, essentially based off of the difference of one singular point.
How exactly? You think a couple million dollars cap space was the difference between winning the cup or not over the past couple years?
Tampa didn't have a choice. They were forced into a bridge. I'm sure many are wishing that they had been able to sign him long term.
