[Athletic] Rapport des Leafs du lundi matin: Mitch Marner est devenu le roi des plats à emporter de la LNH
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GlumSea7
@Maple Leafs de Toronto
[Athletic] Rapport des Leafs du lundi matin: Mitch Marner est devenu le roi des plats à emporter de la LNH
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GlumSea7
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‘He’s not just an offensive superpower who is quietly on pace for a career-high 74 assists and 105 points. He’s a sneaky defensive superpower, too, fueled by that ability to take the puck whenever he wants it both at even strength and on the penalty kill. (It’s a skill shared by Auston Matthews and, to a lesser extent, William Nylander.)
Wingers basically never win the Selke Trophy, but Marner deserves real consideration. His highest finish to this point: 10th in the 2020-21 season. Last season, he finished 16th. Were there really 15 better defensive forwards? (Mark Stone, a defensive monster on the wing, was a three-time runner-up. The last winger to win the award was Jere Lehtinen in 2003.)
Marner is on pace for 111 takeaways this season, which would be tied for the third-highest mark in the last decade. Only Stone, long the league’s takeaway leader (by a lot), has done it better.’
That takeaway goal in front of the Edmonton net on Saturday was unreal.