Mitch Marner’s Unexpected Journey After Maple Leafs: What’s Really Behind the Silence?
Marner shoveled him the puck and McNabb promptly beat Blue Jackets netminder Jet Greaves.
“Hopefully as every month goes by, we get more and more comfortable with that,” said Cassidy.
The Golden Knights don’t lean on Marner as the Leafs did. He is drawing the fewest shifts per game of his NHL career.
Cassidy would like to keep Marner around 20 minutes most nights. He prefers to use his bench evenly, including on the penalty kill, where Marner no longer plays a headlining role.
Marner feels a little less essential to the Golden Knights that way. He didn’t even get on the ice in overtime during a recent game in Chicago, as Cassidy went with Eichel and Stone initially instead.
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