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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
You’re really reaching. I’ve already commented on how the O’Reilly narrative was more about his off-ice demeanour than his play on the ice. The narrative about Rantanen lasted about three weeks. And he already had a large body of playoff games to show that yes, he’s very effective in big games in the playoffs.
Meanwhile, the Leafs have fallen on their face again and again and again and again in elimination games. Marner hasn’t showed up in any of them. This isn’t just optics - the results speak for themselves.
Do you think there’s no such thing as players who play well in the regular season but struggle to be effective in the playoffs? Or do you think there is, but Marner isn’t one of them?
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And that’s a fair criticism of Marner. But let’s be honest it was no coincidence that he made one bad play on that spinner around a backhand, which by the way it was Matthews that fumbled that pass, and sure enough there were dozens of posts immediately afterwards of people saying stay far away from him.
Like all sports the discourse very much revolves around what have you done for me lately. If he had a Hattrick the same dozen people would be making posts about lining up a dump truck full of money for him.