Mitch Marner’s Unexpected Journey After Maple Leafs: What’s Really Behind the Silence?
Marner’s No. 93 Golden Knights’ jersey was sprinkled sporadically throughout the crowd that night against the Devils.
In Toronto, where hockey is king, Marner was the guy at the top of the marquee. He wore the “A” of an alternate captain, picked tunes in the dressing room and planned team parties. He scattered his name throughout the franchise record book, logged more minutes than anyone and was a go-to for media in the big moments.
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In Vegas, where hockey is merely one source of entertainment among many, Marner joined a successful show already in progress. He’s a star, certainly, but a new one from a distant land trying to find his place within a team and culture that was already well-established without him.
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