Mitch Marner scored his first playoff goal since 2019 in the Maple Leafs 5-0 rout of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and while the Toronto forward has been the subject of scrutiny after recent playoff exits, his tally and performance in Game 1 suggest his postseason demons may have been exorcised.
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JULIAN MCKENZIE: Mitch Marner has exorcised his playoff demons. Is that an overreaction?
JUSTIN CUTHBERT: No, he has.
OMAR: Yeah.
JUSTIN CUTHBERT: That goal was big. That was a huge, huge, huge goal.
JULIAN MCKENZIE: The chain swinging as he scored that.