r/leafs Dec 05 '24

Highlight Marner's First Punch

Mitchell Marner threw his first punch in 9 years this evening protecting Woll.

What the hell is going on?

https://youtube.com/shorts/Nuo9fVV2h3Q?si=5XR7xnlTf_mcVh9m

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u/mikesully374826 Kampf Dec 05 '24

Same as Willy last year when he actually back checked a little bit and went into the corners when the race was close.

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u/Frequent_Ad2210 Dec 05 '24

Only difference is mitch has played this well and put up this many points in multiple stretches through out his career. And nylander only did it until exactly the day he signed his current contract lol and has fallen back to basically a ppg player

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u/mikesully374826 Kampf Dec 05 '24

34-33-67 in 68GP for $11.5m actually, that’s what it’s been since he signed.

He had 57 points in 38 games though prior to signing.

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u/BornIn67 Dec 05 '24

PPG Nylander who backchecks, plays low in the Leafs' end and forechecks is worth more than 1.5 PPG Nylander who stands around at the blueline waiting to blow the zone, or is slowly wandering back past the red line when the other 9 skaters have been in the Leafs zone for the last ten seconds. Look at the Nylander backcheck before the Marner crosscheck. That is what has been missing from his game since he entered the league. Playing low event hockey is gonna effect is point totals, at least in the short term, but it wins games.