Mitch Marner’s Unexpected Journey After Maple Leafs: What’s Really Behind the Silence?
“We’re still learning Mitch,” Cassidy said. “Where he wants the puck, when he wants the puck.”
The fit between Marner and Jack Eichel hasn’t been as immediately successful as Vegas had hoped. (Candice Ward / Getty Images)
Marner has been adjusting too — to life without Matthews, his longtime center, in particular.
“It’s slowly getting there,” he said. “I think there’s been a couple times where it hasn’t been the prettiest looking thing. There’s also been times where it looks unreal.”
It was subtle stuff built on hundreds of games and practices together, like where and when Matthews liked to get the puck and vice-versa.
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