“Unveiling the Surprises: What Our NHL 2024-25 Predictions Got Right—and the Shocking Misses You Won’t Believe!”
Toronto Maple Leafs
Preseason bold prediction: Mitch Marner will score 40 goals
Pass, fail or incomplete? Fail
Big swing and a miss. Marner is going to end up right around 30 goals in all likelihood, but well short of 40. I might be ready to finally ditch this belief — that Marner will one day score 40. Why? I’m not sure he’ll ever shoot the puck enough to do so. This season, Marner is averaging the fewest shots of his career, just over two per game. Not enough volume for 40. The one season Marner really shot the puck — in 2021-22, when he averaged over three shots per game — he scored 35 in only 72 games. That’s what fueled my belief. Perhaps only in a world in which he leaves the Leafs (and Auston Matthews) might Marner actually threaten 40. — Jonas Siegel
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