Injury Report: Mitchell Marner ankle injury (will miss at least 4 weeks)

[LeafingTheWay]

He (tavares) already scored yesterday without marner. And assisted on some too. Tavvy don't need nodody. He the best like khaled.

Both of Tavares's points came on the powerplay, not 5v5.

It's great he's producing on the powerplay, because we need it. But we also need his line to produce at 5v5, where majority of the game is played (and not rely on the powerplay to score).

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Why not give Bracco a shot? Seems like the perfect opportunity.

Johnsson/Matthews/Nylander
Micheyev/Tavares/Bracco
Hyman/Kerfoot/Kapanen

 

[Beyonder91]

He (tavares) already scored yesterday without marner. And assisted on some too. Tavvy don't need nodody. He the best like khaled.

He scored a power play goal. The post was about 5v5.

 

[hfman]

It will be more than 4 weeks. He is off ice for 4 weeks and then retested.

that's even worse.

i won't be sleeping for months now.

 

[DavePoulin4PM]

Marner plays in all situations. He excels in all situations. Leafs are about to go on a big slide without #93. Other than JT, Mitch is the most complete player on the team. It is not close.

Matthews is lethal and it takes only one shot for him to impact the game, but Mitch does it for 200 feet, in all situations. People like to rip on Marner, but he is the engine of this club.

 

[CelticDruid]

Marner plays in all situations. He excels in all situations. Leafs are about to go on a big slide without #93. Other than JT, Mitch is the most complete player on the team. It is not close.

Matthews is lethal and it takes only one shot for him to impact the game, but Mitch does it for 200 feet, in all situations. People like to rip on Marner, but he is the engine of this club.

 

[ZEBROA]

I hope he dont rush things.

 

[Pilky01]

Worst contract in NHL history?

The Oilers turned Lucic into Neal. And neither is making $11M.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Actually it’s both 10 games and 24 days. Not one or the other.

Thank you! I love it when I learn something new.

 

[DavePoulin4PM]

Worst contract in NHL history?

The Oilers turned Lucic into Neal. And neither is making $11M.

The Leafs can turn Marner into multiple firsts. There would be teams in a bidding war to get Mitch and his “worst contract in NHL history”.

As bad of a GM as Dubas is, I don’t even think he is dumb enough to trade Marner

 

[DavePoulin4PM]

I hope he dont rush things.

Agreed. Ankles can be very tricky. You can feel like you are ready to go, then reinjure it again and be in the shelf for longer/ have it linger for months.

 

[Captain Crunch]

I'm being facetious here but hope we lose enough games to finish out of the playoffs and get a lottery pick (move up like Philly did 14th to 2nd). We can save our 1st if lottery protected otherwise we get zero for what is shaping up to be a write off year.
I think most here agree this is no a contender even when fully healthy. Team defense is OHL bad, seriously terrible.

And yet, Dubas, thought we will be so offensive we will mask our defensive deficiencies. Offensive is right in terms of our defence and the way we play in the defensive zone. Some/most teams seemingly cycle at will in our end, while we cannot do the same for any extended period of time in the offensive zone.
I’m wondering if it’s the players (particularly our forwards) that allow teams to be so effective at the cycle in our own end?
I do agree that we need more grit on this team, but not at the expense of those players being useless on offence.

 

[Captain Crunch]

Meh, not worried. He has 10 million dollars per annum he can afford rehab, greedy bum.

Marner has been my favourite Leaf since he came into the league. Was extremely pleased when we drafted him. But it’s so glaringly obvious that he, along with Nylander and Matthews, care more about the money than a true Cup contending team.
As much as I hate the Bruins, it’s plain to see that the players have truly bought into what it takes to be a Cup contender.

 

[ACC1224]

Marner has been my favourite Leaf since he came into the league. Was extremely pleased when we drafted him. But it’s so glaringly obvious that he, along with Nylander and Matthews, care more about the money than a true Cup contending team.
As much as I hate the Bruins, it’s plain to see that the players have truly bought into what it takes to be a Cup contender.

Do you believe that any of these Bruin players if up for renewal now, wouldn't be looking at the same dollars as the greedy Leaf three?

 

[hoglund]

Do you believe that any of these Bruin players if up for renewal now, wouldn't be looking at the same dollars as the greedy Leaf three?

probably, but Marner should have taken a little less to allow his team to get a couple of pieces missing to help his team win the cup. He still would have been very rich, so there is no excuse for his greed.

 

[ACC1224]

probably, but Marner should have taken a little less to allow his team to get a couple of pieces missing to help his team win the cup. He still would have been very rich, so there is no excuse for his greed.

He did take a little less than what was offered, regardless everyone could have taken a little less, not just one player.

 

[TheOneArmedMan]

It's like all our star players get hurt.

Matthews last year, Jt and Marner this year.... What else could go wrong

 

[hoglund]

He did take a little less than what was offered, regardless everyone could have taken a little less, not just one player.

Mathews and Nylander too. I can't understand why any of these multimillionaires couldn't take a little less, I would think that winning the cup would be worth more than the extra millions they took.

 

[ACC1224]

Mathews and Nylander too. I can't understand why any of these multimillionaires couldn't take a little less, I would think that winning the cup would be worth more than the extra millions they took.

They all would still believe they can win a cup, same with the GM who offered and signed the deals.

 

[MapleLeafs77]

Marner plays in all situations. He excels in all situations. Leafs are about to go on a big slide without #93. Other than JT, Mitch is the most complete player on the team. It is not close.

Matthews is lethal and it takes only one shot for him to impact the game, but Mitch does it for 200 feet, in all situations. People like to rip on Marner, but he is the engine of this club.

We shall see. So far tavares and marner have been MIA all season. Matthews and nylander have been picking up the slack.

I can also see us going on a run here not because marner drags the team down cause he doesnt. But because I think matthews and nylander and andersen will carry them for a bit.

I can also see tavares doing well without mitch as he will adjust to being a playmaker rather than shooter.

 

[Captain Crunch]

Do you believe that any of these Bruin players if up for renewal now, wouldn't be looking at the same dollars as the greedy Leaf three?

To be totally honest, I think Pastrnak (sp?) would be the greedy one. I don’t think Bergeron would, and as much as I hate Marchand but would love him on the Leafs, I don’t think he would either.

 

[Captain Crunch]

We shall see. So far tavares and marner have been MIA all season. Matthews and nylander have been picking up the slack.

I can also see us going on a run here not because marner drags the team down cause he doesnt. But because I think matthews and nylander and andersen will carry them for a bit.

I can also see tavares doing well without mitch as he will adjust to being a playmaker rather than shooter.

I really hope I’m proven wrong, but I just don’t, or at least haven’t yet, see Matthews step up and carry this team. He, like Nylander, can get points, but I don’t see that translating into wins.
Again, I hope to be proven wrong. Would love to see Matthews go into beast mode and carry this team!

 

[JT AM da real deal]

To be totally honest, I think Pastrnak (sp?) would be the greedy one. I don’t think Bergeron would, and as much as I hate Marchand but would love him on the Leafs, I don’t think he would either.

Be careful what you think about Marchand you will likely be very surprised. He can be a real handful to deal with. Go to Hali and you might be surprised what his uncle even says or the Moosehead hockey community.

 

[Throw More Waffles]

Do you believe that any of these Bruin players if up for renewal now, wouldn't be looking at the same dollars as the greedy Leaf three?

Pastrnak signed just one year before Nylander after a 37 goal/78 point season... he was unsigned until the day before camp started. He agreed to (lol) 6.6x6.

It’s the difference between a good gm and a rookie who had no idea what he was doing.

 

[NoName]

Worst contract in NHL history?

The Oilers turned Lucic into Neal. And neither is making $11M.

You are kidding... right?

Otherwise this is honestly the dumbest comment I have read all season.


FYI, Oilers are still paying Lucic 750k just to not be on the team... so yeah.