Mitch Marner

[disco]

The Leafs got really lucky with Mitch Marner.  It looks like Arizona picked the wrong guy.  Marner, Nylander, and Matthews are all incredible.  The Leafs have drafted incredibly well and those three guys are going to give the team an amazing core going forward.

Word is Mark Hunter fought hard for it as Babs wanted a defenceman at 4 in that draft. Things got a little heated on the floor. LL mediated and in the end let Mark do his job. Good decision by Lou.

The League is now about fast and skill, fast and skill. Size optional. Hunter knew it and we're reaping the results!

 

[Redleaf]

The Leafs got really lucky with Mitch Marner.  It looks like Arizona picked the wrong guy.  Marner, Nylander, and Matthews are all incredible.  The Leafs have drafted incredibly well and those three guys are going to give the team an amazing core going forward.

Word is Mark Hunter fought hard for it as Babs wanted a defenceman at 4 in that draft. Things got a little heated on the floor. LL mediated and in the end let Mark do his job. Good decision by Lou.

The League is now about fast and skill, fast and skill. Size optional. Hunter knew it and we're reaping the results!

I wonder if the decision would have been different if they had already drafted Matthews the year before. With Matthews and Nylander in the mix, I think Babcock would have had a better chance at convincing Lou to select  his D man.

 

[Frank E]

The Leafs got really lucky with Mitch Marner.  It looks like Arizona picked the wrong guy.  Marner, Nylander, and Matthews are all incredible.  The Leafs have drafted incredibly well and those three guys are going to give the team an amazing core going forward.

Word is Mark Hunter fought hard for it as Babs wanted a defenceman at 4 in that draft. Things got a little heated on the floor. LL mediated and in the end let Mark do his job. Good decision by Lou.

The League is now about fast and skill, fast and skill. Size optional. Hunter knew it and we're reaping the results!

The most interesting fact about that story is that LL had to do that from the Devils table, since he was still with NJ at the time Marner was drafted.  Amazing really.

 

[disco]

The Leafs got really lucky with Mitch Marner.  It looks like Arizona picked the wrong guy.  Marner, Nylander, and Matthews are all incredible.  The Leafs have drafted incredibly well and those three guys are going to give the team an amazing core going forward.

Word is Mark Hunter fought hard for it as Babs wanted a defenceman at 4 in that draft. Things got a little heated on the floor. LL mediated and in the end let Mark do his job. Good decision by Lou.

The League is now about fast and skill, fast and skill. Size optional. Hunter knew it and we're reaping the results!

The most interesting fact about that story is that LL had to do that from the Devils table, since he was still with NJ at the time Marner was drafted.  Amazing really.

haha got me! It was John Shannon yesterday on Prime Time. He must've subbed in Lou for Shanny accidentally. Good on Shanny then.

 

[Kin]

Being excited about Marner is eminently reasonable given what he's shown. Saying he was the right pick vs. Hanafin or Strome is spiking the ball on the 5 yard line.

 

[jonlleafs]

The Leafs got really lucky with Mitch Marner.  It looks like Arizona picked the wrong guy.  Marner, Nylander, and Matthews are all incredible.  The Leafs have drafted incredibly well and those three guys are going to give the team an amazing core going forward.

Word is Mark Hunter fought hard for it as Babs wanted a defenceman at 4 in that draft. Things got a little heated on the floor. LL mediated and in the end let Mark do his job. Good decision by Lou.

The League is now about fast and skill, fast and skill. Size optional. Hunter knew it and we're reaping the results!

The most interesting fact about that story is that LL had to do that from the Devils table, since he was still with NJ at the time Marner was drafted.  Amazing really.

LOL.  I love how people tell stories as if it were fact.

 

[disco]

The Leafs got really lucky with Mitch Marner.  It looks like Arizona picked the wrong guy.  Marner, Nylander, and Matthews are all incredible.  The Leafs have drafted incredibly well and those three guys are going to give the team an amazing core going forward.

Word is Mark Hunter fought hard for it as Babs wanted a defenceman at 4 in that draft. Things got a little heated on the floor. LL mediated and in the end let Mark do his job. Good decision by Lou.

The League is now about fast and skill, fast and skill. Size optional. Hunter knew it and we're reaping the results!

The most interesting fact about that story is that LL had to do that from the Devils table, since he was still with NJ at the time Marner was drafted.  Amazing really.

LOL.  I love how people tell stories as if it were fact.

I didn't. I said 'word is' and it was Shannon on the previous PTS. I just felt it was an interesting tidbit at the time because I remember Marner at 4 raised some eybrows and Hunter was right. Shannon knowing there was a semi-heated debate on the floor at the time is not huge story. Perhaps he exaggerated a little though. The context at the time and still continues today is the kind of 5-headed brain-trust with Babs, Lou, Shanny, Mark and Kyle. I guess Shannon forgot that LL arrived shortly thereafter.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/Steve_Dangle/status/793152538296086528

 

[louisstamos]

Mitch Marner is at the 9 game point now.  Pension Plan Puppets made a thorough examination on whether or not to send him back to junior this season:

http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2016/10/31/13477104/should-the-toronto-maple-leafs-send-mitch-marner-back-to-the-london-knights

 

[Kaberle15]

Mitch Marner is at the 9 game point now.  Pension Plan Puppets made a thorough examination on whether or not to send him back to junior this season:

http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2016/10/31/13477104/should-the-toronto-maple-leafs-send-mitch-marner-back-to-the-london-knights

Just about right.

 

[Bullfrog]

He makes a well-reasoned argument, that's for sure.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

An extremely well detailed analysis. 

 

[LuncheonMeat]

He makes a well-reasoned argument, that's for sure.

I thought it was a little wordy.

 

[ZBBM]

He makes a well-reasoned argument, that's for sure.

I thought it was a little wordy.

Me too. I thought long form journalism died in 2007?

 

[Tigger]

I'm glad the Leafs took Marner but I don't think Carolina is terribly upset with Hanifin.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/794351948757684224
82 trying to make a move with the Marvelous One behind him... not smart 

 

[TBLeafer]

well, pass it to Phil was a thing...

Move it to Mitch!

 

[Highlander]

Move it on Marner

 

[CarltonTheBear]

A good recap/analysis of some of Marner's highlight goals and assists so far this season:

http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2016/11/7/13476422/nhl-maple-leafs-marner-matthews-goals-assists-calder-trophy-rookie-year

To recap, Mitch Marner is going to be a damn good player in this league for a very long time. It couldn?t hurt him to add some size and get bigger as he ages. Regardless, he has already shown in the early stage of his NHL career that he does not lack the skills and hockey IQ needed to compete at this high of a level.

My personal guess ? he?ll be the next Nicklas Backstrom. Playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, overshadowed by Auston Matthews, but still a remarkable and fantastic player. Backstrom is both of those things, and can be overshadowed by Alex Ovechkin.

I think that for casual NHL fans, and specifically those outside of Toronto that don't watch him night-in and night-out, Marner is going to be really underrated for many, many years.

 

[mr grieves]

A good recap/analysis of some of Marner's highlight goals and assists so far this season:

http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2016/11/7/13476422/nhl-maple-leafs-marner-matthews-goals-assists-calder-trophy-rookie-year

To recap, Mitch Marner is going to be a damn good player in this league for a very long time. It couldn?t hurt him to add some size and get bigger as he ages. Regardless, he has already shown in the early stage of his NHL career that he does not lack the skills and hockey IQ needed to compete at this high of a level.

My personal guess ? he?ll be the next Nicklas Backstrom. Playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, overshadowed by Auston Matthews, but still a remarkable and fantastic player. Backstrom is both of those things, and can be overshadowed by Alex Ovechkin.

I think that for casual NHL fans, and specifically those outside of Toronto that don't watch him night-in and night-out, Marner is going to be really underrated for many, many years.

But I thought Nylander was looking like our Backstrom...?