I love when people say this on a hockey forum, how does one correlate with the other?
You can still be the most biased person in the entire world after you've tunnel visioned for decades watching and complaining about hockey. I personally think in some cases, you can be a heck of a lot more biased than some people who have been only watching for a couple of years. No preconceived notion of the players or the teams reputation holding them back.
I hope us mere mortals can grasp your logic eventually but that'll never happen unless we get a time machine I suppose.
I have watched the leafs longer than many on here have been alive too. The comparable Marner would get for all time leafs would ne Gilmour.
Gilmour was more tenacious and had a chip on his shoulders than Mitch and was more poised and confident. He was a veteran when he got to the leafs.
Marner will be every bit as good as Gilmour when he owns his game with expierence and consistency every night.
He is a better skater but not nhl shifty enough yet. Marner will be a leader as he grows his game.
The kid is so so far away from complete. These complainers miss that fact.
I though everyone knew players take four or five years to come onto their ownnin the nhl. Thats every player!
Then stars that have played a decade or even longer adjust their game when they are slowing down. It is a constant fight for career survival in that league.
Mitch needs to be complete instantly by some of these ....... anyway!
