I said it in Game 1; the problem wasn't Marner, it was Tavares. I'm glad he came up big in OT, but too often offensive plays die on Tavares' stick nowadays. And I'd argue that a big part of their PP failure is that Boston has figured out that it's easiest to force the puck to Tavares and then double-team him.
Player Discussion Mitch Marner
- Thread starter stickty111
- Start date
-
Work is still on-going to rebuild the site styling and features. Please report any issues you may experience so we can look into it. Click Here for Updates
- Status
DarkKnight
Professional Amateur
- Jan 17, 2017
- 35,317
- 56,686
Gary Nylund
Registered User
- Oct 10, 2013
- 31,590
- 25,341
Nice game by everyone, and especially Marner. Begs the question - why did they play so badly last couple of games?
Whatever. Let's hope this is bizarro Marner now - aimlessly wanders around for 4 games, then wakes up and is magic Mitch the rest of the way.
Looking forward to the next one, curious to see which Marner (and which team) shows up.
Whatever. Let's hope this is bizarro Marner now - aimlessly wanders around for 4 games, then wakes up and is magic Mitch the rest of the way.
Looking forward to the next one, curious to see which Marner (and which team) shows up.
Good game by Marner. As much as it sucks to admit he's better at hockey than Nylander. I have a hard time believing he hasn't been nursing a lingering injury that affected his play this post season but he looked much better tonight offensively. Defensively he's been good enough all series but I get the criticism of he isn't paid 11m to be a good defensive forward.
he had an apple and was buzzing all night...
Eternal Leaf
Registered User
Marner was decent today.
I thought his first period was exceptional and then he got into his bad habits again including the curl back and circling. But this was a better game for him than what he's been doing in games 1-4.
It was Tavares that had an absolute shocker of a game (minus the OT power move).
I thought his first period was exceptional and then he got into his bad habits again including the curl back and circling. But this was a better game for him than what he's been doing in games 1-4.
It was Tavares that had an absolute shocker of a game (minus the OT power move).
Scion
Registered User
- May 25, 2012
- 2,739
- 1,475
Credit where it's due, Marner was awesome tonight. There is still time for him to change the narrative in this series.
hamzarocks
Registered User
Marner had a good game
He created a lot of chances and pmayed well defensively
Best game of his series
Was the 2nd best leaf after Domi tonight. Domi if he had more IQ/less prone to passing would have helped us blow out the bruins
Dont break L1 now once Matthews is back
Run Knies - Matthews - Nylander as L2
Aashir
Backcheck, Forecheck, Paycheque
- Apr 19, 2019
- 13,639
- 14,676
marner was pretty good this game. There were times where I thought he would revert to old habits, like that pass to jarnkrok, but he stuck with it and finished out a good game
blue stick
Registered User
- Jan 28, 2019
- 1,353
- 1,495
saffronleaf
Registered User
atta boy marner, that was much better.
gonna need that and more for game six.
gonna need that and more for game six.
The entire team had a good game. It's been 8 years and we are still waiting for him to make a difference offensively in just one elimination game. Thank god for Tavares.
Commander Clueless
Apathy of the Leaf
- Sep 10, 2008
- 15,938
- 3,938
ACC1224
Super Elite, Passing ALL Tests since 2002
- Aug 19, 2002
- 78,004
- 45,110
I’d give that to Woll but he was the best skater, excellent in all 3 zones.
Shoot the puck more is the only criticism you could honestly give him tonight.
hamzarocks
Registered User
Tavares had a piss poor game before a lucky bounce ended to the front of the net which knies cleaned up
If your going to have a hate boner for Marner on a game where he was good, than Tavares should not be excused for being crap through 5 games so far.
Tavares needs a good game 6 and 7 still as does marner.
Woll played hero as our line of defense and tavares + knies the heros offensively today. Hopefully game 6 and 7 we dont need these type of plays and can get some goals to give us an eaay win
Full credit to Marner, was an absolute stud.
Marner and Domi were absolutely dynamite
ORRFForever
Registered User
- Oct 29, 2018
- 20,262
- 11,401
We need to score more goals. Thru 5 games, we are averaging less than 2. That won't do it.
1specter
Registered User
- Sep 27, 2016
- 12,836
- 19,432
Tavares line actually had a better xgf and better xga than Marners
Tavares line: xgf 0.64 xga 0.19
Marner line: xgf 0.62 xga 0.31
Marner 1 shot
Tavares 2 shots
Marners zone starts: 12x Ozone, x1neutral and 1x dzone
Tavares line zone starts: 4x in Ozone, 5x neutral and 5x dzone
Tavares cf% 64
Marner cf%: 60
Tavares ff% 65
Marner ff% 53
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like Marners line started primarily offensive zone, while Tavares line primarily was sent out for defensive zone?
Also, according to the Athletic Tavares drew the harder matchup:
No Matthews, no problem for Toronto
The Bruins got a gift. Auston Matthews was unavailable for Game 5. It allowed the Bruins to optimize their defensive matchups against Toronto’s new top line of Knies, Tavares and William Nylander.
Last edited:
CokenoPepsi
Registered User
- Oct 28, 2016
- 5,544
- 2,886
notDatsyuk
Registered User
- Jul 20, 2018
- 11,851
- 10,005
Actually I think the 4+ periods he's played since Nylander yelled at him have been his best in the playoffs, and arguably all season.
notDatsyuk
Registered User
- Jul 20, 2018
- 11,851
- 10,005
There is someone at The Athletic who still thinks a line with JT can be a 'top line'?
That's so cute.
- Status
Ad
Upcoming events
-
To Advance Newcastle United vs Arsenal - Newcastle United leads 2-0Wagers: 4Staked: $695.00Event closes- Updated:
-
-
-
-