Don't kid yourself, both are terrified of being checked and both don't like throwing checks. Hits are very poorly tracked in the NHL too.
Watch the game and both look equally as soft, Marner doesn't look any more physical than Nylander. Offensively Nylander is more capable physically, he can fight a check off with one arm on his stick and the player hanging over his other shoulder. Making him more effective on the counter and more capable cycling the puck. Marner in the playoff produced 90% of his points 50' ish from the net, essentially on the blueline. He was completely ineffective when going deeper in the zone and pretty much the second a stick touches his body he falls.
