I agree with you. I said years ago he has a good enough shot to score a lot more goals given the positions he gets to around the "home plate" area... But once some people latch on to a narrative it soon becomes a runaway train, on here and most other social media sites.
Agreed to an extent, but he dominated play but couldn't finish like we know he can because of the wrist. He's still better than 80% of the league with the injured wrist. They dominated the shot shares but a combination of poor puck luck and AM's bad wrist just made things look worse, plus Marner wasn't taking his clean looks like he is now.....
I wasn't focused on the PP, that was Gretzky. I was talking about his shot in general. Anyhow, you mention coaching so that's a possibility I guess, also your numbers show that his goal pace has been going up every year which jives with what I was saying (and what we all are seeing) - he's a huge threat to score now in a way he wasn't before. Even from a 30 goal pace last season to a 40 goal pace this season is a huge uptick and without investigating it deeply, I'd guess that much of that uptick is because of the tear he's been on last couple of months so I stand by what I said - his shot seems to be MUCH improved as of late.
His shot is certainly better than his first couple of years but I threw in the ES stats just to show he's scoring at basically the same pace as last year + PP goals this season. Considering the PP coaching overhaul, I tend to look in that direction but confidence and even more work on his shot come into play too I guess.
Don’t forget the poster in question is a huge Willy fan so it’s necessary to shit on Mitch. Makes them feel better. Posters on here like to believe marner had a terrible playoffs. Both him and Matthews was shut out. Not shut down. They had their chances just couldn’t finish. Also I don’t think they had a 5v5 goal scored against them in the playoffs. But you know how posters with agendas are.
Not to put a damper on this, but outside of PK'ing.....Matthews is just all round better as he plays a much tougher position with more resposibility.
As of today Matthews gets my vote but Marner deserves to be in the conversation. He is kind of a "swiss army knife" type of player because like you say, he excels in all situations. He's starting to remind me (in terms of style) more and more of the great one. Both are perhaps known primarily for their passing skills, both have an excellent shot (that's something we can now say about Marner that wasn't true before), both are excellent skaters (though neither has blazing speed), both are a substantial threat to score shorthanded and both play in all situations. Gretzky lite is a helluva player!
You make valid points for Matthews and that's why he gets my vote but if someone were to cast their vote for Marner, it wouldn't be a big surprise because you could make a case for him as well.
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Confidence does seem to be the most logical answer at this point. Strange in way too, I mean he was 1st team all-star last season so hard to say he was lacking confidence then but whatever, he's killing it now and it's a thrill to watch. Most of the season I've just been waiting for the playoffs to start but M&M have been so dominant lately that I'm getting caught up in the excitement too. Can't wait for the game tonight!
Players that good rarely get traded so it almost certainly won't be happening and yes, this team can't lose forever in the playoffs, at least I hope not. It's sure been a long wait though, let's hope drought ends this spring!
I think confidence and he is shooting the puck quicker than before helps. He is no longer thinking pass first, which also helps.
