The 2011 draft is best known for the two first-round picks that failed to materialize in Tyler Biggs and Stuart Percy. It is also known for the one that netted them Josh Leivo, who had his moments with the Leafs across multiple years but never could remain a permanent fixture.

Huge fan of ya, but come on henny You can’t tell leafs fans “be patient”, after them waiting 9 yrs for him to not disappear in the playoffs games that matter. A 10th Marner playoff in Toronto, would have yielded the same results as the previous 9 totally predictable

He left Henny, he left. Your revisionist history ain’t changing that. He left. He took his ball and he left.

The team offered him a massive contract which he had no interest in signing after stringing them along for 2 years. He had 9 chances to do this in the playoffs and never did. Had he done it once everything likely changes. This isn't on the fans or the team. Its on Mitch

Would have been nice for the Leafs had Marner done this is any of the elimination games.

Yep. He was one of their better players in a series opening 5- 1 win (i think) against TB in whatever yr. But Legit players find that extra gear and are consistent with it. To me Kerfoot didnt have it, and JT doesnt do it for me either. This bothers people, but JT isnt a winner.

Among players with 50 playoff games played since Mitch Marner entered the league, there were only 18 players with more points-per-game than Marner before this year's playoffs. Now there are only 11. Those players are McDavid, Draisaitl, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Kucherov, Crosby, Eichel, Bouchard, Marchand, Makar, and Guentzel. Decent company. Marner now has 84 points in 85 playoff games - almost a point-per-game playoff guy. There are less than 40 point-per-game players with 50 playoff games in NHL history. I won't list them, but trust me - he'll be in decent company again if he gets there. It. Did. Not. Happen. Overnight. There's no question Marner's playing the best playoff hockey of his career right now. But the biggest reason why everyone's struggling to wrap their heads around Marner's success this year is because they start with the premise that he was an absolute zero in the playoffs as a Maple Leaf. It's a complete fallacy.

Height shaming is no longer socially acceptable, Henny. Hope you’re well. 😆

Generational talents don’t wilt every spring under bright lights when they’re expected to be “the man” (1 of 3), and then bolt to a place where they can hide on L2 & finally produce past March. It’s exactly what Kessel did. Mitch is no different - he’s just better defensively.

Your bar for Generational Player is very low Paul. How many generational NHL players in your all time list? 1500? 2000? IYKYK

Again, Mitch Marner winning the Conn Smythe Trophy is objectively the funniest outcome of the 2025-26 NHL season.

Yes finally figuring it out in year 10 means he was good the whole time, I am very smart.

Many asking my 2 cents : @SamAMcKee was right, they didn’t produce in the games that mattered most 16 , 34 & others. The fact he is suddenly doing so could be, maturity, lack of pressure & fact he isn't facing big strong physical opponents & coaching plus combinations of things

You realize that @andystrickland was mocking that thought with this tweet right? You’re both saying the same thing.

If Leafs ended up keeping Mitch it would have been a business decision- not bc they thought he could help them win the Cup. Mitch had 9 seasons to make a difference when it mattered most and was a non factor. The goal is to win it all and Mitch was never gonna do that in TO

Mitch Marner isn’t a playoff player

I feel bad for media here who were just trying to do their job. Junior hockey isn’t just a training ground for players & coaches it’s where officials, admin, operations staff (and a lot I’m leaving out) along with media get their start.

How long do I boil corn on the cob. Don't mock me.