In one magical burst during a stargazing Leafs-Lightning affair that meant nothing beyond a fun night at the rink, Mitch Marner flexed the type of wizardry that later had both coaches singing his praises. (lukefoxjukebox)
TORONTO — If you ever find yourself someone who speaks about you the way Jon Cooper speaks about“The one thing about Marner is, he’s as smart a player as this league has not only seen this year, but has ever seen,” said the“Somebody that can elude defenders and do the things he can do with the puck on the offensive side of it, it translates to the D side as well.”
Tipping a D-to-D pass Tampa tried to complete in its offensive zone in the first period, Marner proceeded to hunt the loose puck down, win a battle, hustle up the left flank on a 2-on-1 with, and look right at his goal-scoring decoy as he sniped far glove on the Vezina-contending Andrei Vasilevskiy. “I’ve done it a couple times in practice against Fred [Andersen] and [Garret Sparks], but I never really shoot on 2-on-1s, so I thought I’d try it,” Marner said, making good on the home fans admission fare, despite a 3-1 loss.
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