tied in points with Kane (the good version) and Rantanen yet ahead of players like Pastrnak and Tarasenko (who they are saying is playing great) ...and yea, he's having a 'very bad' year. ...and i'm not even a Marner 'fan' but, i do respect what he brings to the team.
its like when people were screaming how Kaberle was better than McCabe, but, when Kaberle got hurt the Leafs kept winning, and whenever McCabe missed games, we'd lose.
often the 'better' player is not the key player to the team winning or losing.
McCabe played the harder minutes, and Kaberle was the points guy, like Marner plays the PK and last min of a game, and Matthews, not so much.