The Curious Case of Mitch Marner discussion thread.

[The Blueprint]

Effort is certainly the missing element. I believe this will be the year they figure it out.

Why this year though? I guess for me I just haven't seen anything that shows they are ready to take another step.

From where I'm standing we've had the same issues in the playoffs the last few years. Our stars fold against adversity.

Matthews showed a bit more fight this year... but couldn't put up any points when it mattered.
Marner was an absolute disaster.
Nylander is the only one living up to his contract ironically.

 

[Curt]

Absolutely lack of effort in the deciding games the last two playoffs.
3 years of playoffs lack of production for Marner is not a dry spell it is a trend of what he is.
11 million dollar players have to convert or they are not worth 11 million.

How anyone can get past the lack of effort blows me away

that ain’t changing.

 

[IPS]

We haven't gotten those easy defensive matchups where stars inflate their playoff stats.

Oh?

Tampa has played in the playoffs last few years:

Boston x2
New York Islanders x2
Columbus x2
Dallas
Carolina
Montreal

Looks like they haven't got those "easy defensive matchups where stars inflate their numbers" either

 

[Racer88]

I was over it after a few days. See no point in dwelling on it.

I know you are correct and every other facet of my life is awesome so I dwell on this to long. I should never have watched Marners season ending presser…….it triggered me. Lol