Reading some of these comments, I’m astounded at posters who are clearly fans of Marner more than they are fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
This team will not cease to exist and fall to the bottom of the league without Mitch Marner.
This team could end up a better team without Marner, first by having at least $12m in cap space to fill more pressing holes than anything Marner supposedly does.
Add to it the potential of a trade and what could be had in a deal for Marner, and this team could be infinitely better off without Marner.
Please go Marner fanboi somewhere else.
Not sure where that would be, but my hunch is it would be where the Dubas fanboi’s go as well. The posters for both look the same…..
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On one hand, you have MM defenders saying he is very important to the Leafs as he is the creativity and the Leafs will be boring without MM. On another you have the same people saying it is not only his fault that the team struggles.
Is the Leafs better off playing without MM at this moment, probably not. But would they be a better team without MM in the years to come, that depends on his replacements. And that goes for any players on the Leafs. If we replace AM with McD or Drai, I think we can survive. IF we replace Reilly with Carlson, think we can survive. Brady with MM, think thats alright too.
At the end of the day, as talented as the current core, heck they might even be the most talented Leafs ever, they are not replaceable. Look at the Islanders, they lost their Capt and their best player and went to the ECF two years in a row.