Mitch Marner Faces New Accusations Spanning Nearly His Entire Run With the Maple Leafs
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One Leafs reporter has shared new accusations of former Leafs' star Mitch Marner being difficult to coach during his nine-year tenure with the Maple Leafs.
An attempt to garner sympathy from Leafs Nation while at Team Canada's Olympic orientation camp last week backfired horribly for Marner.
Instead, Marner blamed fans for his decision to leave, but faced harsh criticism from everyone for failing to take any accountability for his play or the Leafs' inability to advance past the second round in nine playoff runs.
To make matters worse, the former London Knights forward refused interview requests during the NHL's media day in Vegas on Monday before 'Maple Leafs Hot Stove' podcast host Anthony Petrielli revealed that Marner was very needy during his tenure in Toronto, referencing the awful power play alignment.
"You can track it back to various things, like talks that he would refuse to go to certain spots on the power play. You saw that with how they awkwardly moved him around at times. He didn't want to play down low. He wanted to play on the half-wall, but the Leafs had Nylander and Matthews, and Marner couldn't shoot well enough... They did this whole awkward song and dance where he didn't want to go to certain places."
Mitch Marner reportedly refused to be moved from Leafs' top line
In addition to refusing to play certain spots on the power play, Petrielli revealed that a former employee of the Leafs shared with him the reason why the Leafs refused to separate Auston Matthews and Marner. The response was infuriating.
"I got a message from someone who worked for the Leafs for the majority of Marner's tenure, just not last year. I was saying, how do they keep playing these guys together publicly because they're not producing good enough results... and the message was 'the Leafs will never split them up because Marner will have a conniption if they do."
If these new accusations about the former first-round pick are indeed true, they further taint what could have been a great legacy for Marner. Also, if true, Marner was responsible for his own vilification within his hometown.
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