Player Discussion Mitch Marner Part Infinity

[MCR74]

"July 28th, after all the other teams rejected his demands, Marner signs a 1-year, $11.5M deal with Buffalo so he can try free agency again next Summer."

One can dream.

l wouldn't put it past him if there are no takers.

 

[Guided by Veseys]

I wonder if Anaheim might end up being a top destination. He would get a big contract but it is also a team where he might get the C. Cant think of many other places where they don’t already have an obvious choice for captain. Celebrini will get it for the sharks soon enough, likewise Bedard in Chicago.

With Paul Marner’s interview last year it sounded like the captaincy was a concern with his family.

 

[Stephen]

It’s all Bull shit. He is just using it as a negotiating tactic. He is trying to get one of the interested party’s to throw him an offer July 1st so big and so favourable to him that he will accept it. The old offer he can’t refuse tactic.
A real classless move

It’s such a strange ploy too because any team that wants him is going to give him their big offer right away. There’s casual courtship phase in free agency from what we usually see. Players get gobbled up right at the opening.

 

[Kazparov]

Is he available?

The sad thing is that Marner had the physical skills to emulate Dougie. But none of the mental toughness , meanness or sheer will that Killer had.

 

[Stephen]

I wonder if Anaheim might end up being a top destination. He would get a big contract but it is also a team where he might get the C. Cant think of many other places where they don’t already have an obvious choice for captain. Celebrini will get it for the sharks soon enough, likewise Bedard in Chicago.

With Paul Marner’s interview last year it sounded like the captaincy was a concern with his family.

I never got the sense he needed the captaincy more than the captaincy was a status-y honour given to Matthews that was one more bit of disrespect. Remember how they had to share their A, all gripes over the years over contracts, Schedule B bonuses were directly related to what AM34 had that MM16 didn’t.

 

[ACC1224]

I wonder if Anaheim might end up being a top destination. He would get a big contract but it is also a team where he might get the C. Cant think of many other places where they don’t already have an obvious choice for captain. Celebrini will get it for the sharks soon enough, likewise Bedard in Chicago.

With Paul Marner’s interview last year it sounded like the captaincy was a concern with his family.

Any link to the interview? Surprised it’s never been posted here.

 

[The Shadow]

The sad thing is that Marner had the physical skills to emulate Dougie. But none of the mental toughness , meanness or sheer will that Killer had.

Correct. He had nothing compared to Doug’s killer instinct. One throws his gloves on the bench having a hissy fit. The other one bled and would do anything for the Leafs

 

[Stephen]

The sad thing is that Marner had the physical skills to emulate Dougie. But none of the mental toughness , meanness or sheer will that Killer had.

Gilmour was closer to a Brad Marchand build than Marner. Little taller but probably not quite the lower body of The Rat. Marner is closer to a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.

 

[Brobust]

Lock this thread already. Wipe any trace of him from this team's memory.

 

[Antropovsky]

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Mitch Marner is in for a Rude Awakening on July 1st​

According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, though, if Marner wants to drag out the process of selecting a new team, a few of his preferred destinations may give him a rude awakening.

In his most recent edition of 32 Thoughts: The Podcast, Friedman suggested that contending teams will not sit around until mid-July waiting for Marner to make a decision. In fact, he flat out stated that contending teams will present Marner with an ultimatum: sign quickly, or miss out on a preferred destination.

"What happens if a team Marner really likes says 'here's our offer on July 1st, and it's on the table until tomorrow, because we can't afford to wait for you to go through a process like this. We have to know, because the answer is you're not coming, we have to race to plan B'. So, that might be the plan, but a few teams said to me that someone is gonna go in there and say 'we're not doing this, here's our offer, you've got X (and it's going to be quick) to take it or leave it'. They guarantee someone is going to go in there and force Marner to make a decision, because teams can't afford to wait."

Marner was originally expected to take his time making his decision, with the time frame of mid-July to select his new NHL team. As it turns out, if he hopes to sign with a contender, the decision may have to be a whole lot quicker than he'd like.

Mitch and his agent aren't "this" dumb. They know they cant wait.

It really just feels like Marner wanted to cancel his charity event because he doesn't want to face the media. And this is the best excuse he could come up with, which may fool casual hockey fans. Recall last year at the same event he limited media and wouldn't allow hockey related questions:

 

[Guided by Veseys]

Any link to the interview? Surprised it’s never been posted here.

I’ve seen it here a couple of times. I’ll try to find it. It’s just Paul saying something like how it “drives them nuts” about how the pundits never include Mitch as a captain candidate and how he feels Mitch has earned that. Nothing wrong with him saying it though imo.

It’s in here but it’s from longer ago then I had thought. Marner's agent tries to put out fire from Maple Leafs 'lowball' comments

Paul was interviewed by the Athletic (NY Times)

 

[MCR74]

With Paul Marner’s interview last year it sounded like the captaincy was a concern with his family.

lf Daddy is banking on his son inking a ludicrous contract and getting the C on a new team, he might be disappointed.

 

[Antropovsky]

Gilmour was closer to a Brad Marchand build than Marner. Little taller but probably not quite the lower body of The Rat. Marner is closer to a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.

The sad thing is that Marner had the physical skills to emulate Dougie. But none of the mental toughness , meanness or sheer will that Killer had.

Some try and argue that Marner doesn't have the build to play in physical areas. Bennett is one of the dirtiest, gritty players in the game. He holds up playing his game despite being surprisingly skinny. Same with Bunting, hes a pest. What about Gallagher or Marchand?

 

[Antropovsky]

I wonder if Anaheim might end up being a top destination. He would get a big contract but it is also a team where he might get the C. Cant think of many other places where they don’t already have an obvious choice for captain. Celebrini will get it for the sharks soon enough, likewise Bedard in Chicago.

With Paul Marner’s interview last year it sounded like the captaincy was a concern with his family.

Paul Marner was interviewed last year about it? I know he was interviewed back in 2019 about it. And said it makes their household angry that Marner wasn't being discussed by the media for the captaincy. He also said Marner takes fitness very seriously and would be putting on a lot of strength in the next years, and that Marner had a killer instinct like Dougie and that he was unfairly always in McDavids shadow in Junior. It was a long long write up by Jonas...so long it should've had a table of contents. I've never seen an article so long.

 

[Stephen]

Some try and argue that Marner doesn't have the build to play in physical areas. Bennett is one of the dirtiest, gritty players in the game. He holds up playing his game despite being surprisingly skinny. Same with Bunting, hes a pest. What about Gallagher or Marchand?

He's not well built for a more physical game but that's something he could have worked on all these years. And he has no will to play a harder game either, so he's got an excuse and he's excused.

But that isn't to say playing a finesse game is necessarily wrong, he's just got his limitations.

 

[Guided by Veseys]

Paul Marner was interviewed last year about it? I know he was interviewed back in 2019 about it. And said it makes their household angry that Marner wasn't being discussed by the media for the captaincy. He also said Marner takes fitness very seriously and would be putting on a lot of strength in the next years, and that Marner had a killer instinct like Dougie and that he was unfairly always in McDavids shadow in Junior. It was a long long write up by Jonas...so long it should've had a table of contents. I've never seen an article so long.

Yeah I was confused on the date. I think the first time I heard about it was 16 months ago maybe so I was thinking it was more recent. But nonetheless, I’m sure the family desire for C hasn’t died and they would love to see him viewed as just under McDavid, like in junior.

 

[Stephen]

Paul Marner was interviewed last year about it? I know he was interviewed back in 2019 about it. And said it makes their household angry that Marner wasn't being discussed by the media for the captaincy. He also said Marner takes fitness very seriously and would be putting on a lot of strength in the next years, and that Marner had a killer instinct like Dougie and that he was unfairly always in McDavids shadow in Junior. It was a long long write up by Jonas...so long it should've had a table of contents. I've never seen an article so long.

You're referring to this piece:

How Mitch Marner proved everyone wrong and became one of the NHL's top young stars

Mitch Marner put in the offseason work and it's paying off on the ice. Now he's joining the NHL's elite.

www.nytimes.com

With this summarizing:

How Paul Marner entered the Maple Leafs news cycle

Paul Marner broke into the Maple Leafs' news cycle on Monday morning with his comments in an article in The Athletic.

ca.sports.yahoo.com

The topics are as relevant in 2025 as they were then. Full of resentment.

In short, Paul said that it drives the Marners “nuts” when Mitch isn’t included into the debate surrounding who should be the Leafs’ next captain, bemoaned the fact that his son was overlooked in a draft class that included Connor McDavid, and provided a glimpse into future contract negotiations by noting that so long as his son has been in the lineup, he’s been the Leafs’ top scorer.

Yet, there isn’t nearly enough in the piece to suggest that Marner’s father is ready to price his son out of Toronto, or that the family will influence such a hard bargain that the franchise will be forced to bleed out talent elsewhere.

Regarding the tidbit about Mitch not being considered for the Leafs’ captaincy, Paul said his remarks weren’t about campaigning for his son to wear a letter, but about him being taken seriously as a leader. He said that too often he’s seen his son’s stature and jovial personality confused for a player that doesn’t possess the necessary influencing qualities.

“I don’t think people really understand what a fiery competitor he is inside, and how much he wants to win,” he said.

And talk about focusing on the wrong things, where being drafted 4th overall means a loss of something:

And in regard to comments about McDavid dominating the discussion leading into the 2015 NHL Draft, Paul explained that all he meant to say was that the strength of that class has impacted the way Mitch — the fourth overall selection — is viewed, for the simple fact that he’s without the top-selection pedigree.

 

[Budz22]

Actual footage of ACC1224 preparing Marner for July 1.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

The sad thing is that Marner had the physical skills to emulate Dougie. But none of the mental toughness , meanness or sheer will that Killer had.

FYI, "meanness" isn't why he was nicknamed Killer.

 

[MCR74]

Paul Marner was interviewed last year about it? I know he was interviewed back in 2019 about it. And said it makes their household angry that Marner wasn't being discussed by the media for the captaincy. He also said Marner takes fitness very seriously and would be putting on a lot of strength in the next years, and that Marner had a killer instinct like Dougie and that he was unfairly always in McDavids shadow in Junior. It was a long long write up by Jonas...so long it should've had a table of contents. I've never seen an article so long.

Paul Marner is extremely delusional and beyond saving.

 

[LeafSteel]

You're referring to this piece:

How Mitch Marner proved everyone wrong and became one of the NHL's top young stars

Mitch Marner put in the offseason work and it's paying off on the ice. Now he's joining the NHL's elite.

www.nytimes.com

With this summarizing:

How Paul Marner entered the Maple Leafs news cycle

Paul Marner broke into the Maple Leafs' news cycle on Monday morning with his comments in an article in The Athletic.

ca.sports.yahoo.com

The topics are as relevant in 2025 as they were then. Full of resentment.







And talk about focusing on the wrong things, where being drafted 4th overall means a loss of something:

Paul Marner is legendary in GTHL circles for being a world class douche bag.

I feel badly for Mitch, to be honest. Couldn’t imagine a kid coming up in hockey with a crazy petty father like that.

I wish Mitch well wherever he goes, but absolutely fed up with the Ferris-Paul Marner clown car sideshow. They can both GTFO.

 

[Smif]

The sad thing is that Marner had the physical skills to emulate Dougie. But none of the mental toughness , meanness or sheer will that Killer had.

He had the sheer will at one time but I think he realized he could get just as much money without it. There was an early series vs Boston when he hit Chara, blocked some big shots and had some big goals / points.

There was so much hope back then.

 

[Smif]

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Actual footage of ACC1224 preparing Marner for July 1.

Hey, if he's not signing with us I hope he gets a boatload.

 

[Superstar]

You're referring to this piece:

How Mitch Marner proved everyone wrong and became one of the NHL's top young stars

Mitch Marner put in the offseason work and it's paying off on the ice. Now he's joining the NHL's elite.

www.nytimes.com

With this summarizing:

How Paul Marner entered the Maple Leafs news cycle

Paul Marner broke into the Maple Leafs' news cycle on Monday morning with his comments in an article in The Athletic.

ca.sports.yahoo.com

The topics are as relevant in 2025 as they were then. Full of resentment.







And talk about focusing on the wrong things, where being drafted 4th overall means a loss of something:

All this talk is cheap, it's almost like they are lying to the fans and organization to pump him up. Yeah, we saw how fiery Marner is in the near decade of playoffs...puck flips over the boards with no one near him, hail Mary spin-o-rama blind passes...playing around the perimeter...shooting 10 ft further away in the playoffs...who still believes in this BS that he's elite? If he really wants to win, but that's how he plays in the playoffs, then he is truly deficient as a hockey player.

“I don’t think people really understand what a fiery competitor he is inside, and how much he wants to win,” he said.

 

[MCR74]

Paul Marner is legendary in GTHL circles for being a world class douche bag.

Yeah, he gives off serious Carl and Bonnie vibes.