On Mitch Marner’s all-situations — on defense, PK, PP — contributions:
I think we understate how far he has come defensively in the last couple of seasons. Coaches really trust him down the stretch late in games. I think he might be the team’s best penalty killer at this point — maybe other than Ilya Mikheyev, who seems to be good for an odd-man rush once or twice a game on the penalty kill.
Marner has the ability to break a game open on a penalty kill, he is good at taking away the passing lanes, he has a good stick.