Mitch Marner provided the clutch again for Team Canada on Wednesday. After staying relatively quiet through regulation — and adjusting to life without his center, Sidney Crosby, who played just 5:55 before leaving with an injury — the star winger stepped up in the biggest moment, scoring a stunning backhand goal in overtime to seal […]
In a nail-biting quarterfinal match at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, Mitch Marner scored the biggest goal of his international career, beating the overtime winner to send Team Canada to the semifinals with a dramatic 4-3 victory over the Czech Republic on Wednesday. Connor McDavid noted that it is difficult to beat a […]
On Thursday, Canada and the Czech Republic faced off in their first match of the men’s ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics. It was also the first time since the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi that NHL players could participate. Related: Guide to the 2026 Winter Olympics women’s hockey tournament The Czech Republic […]
The idea of Auston Matthews’ time with the Toronto Maple Leafs coming to an end is the last thing fans want to see this week. Toronto will be buzzing Friday night as infamous former superstar Mitch Marner returns home for his only visit to the city this season. While the return of a franchise favorite […]
Every season has a few “almosts” that stick around. With the Maple Leafs, one of them showed up around the 2025 trade deadline, when Mikko Rantanen suddenly came into play and Mitch Marner’s name got involved in a conversation no one really wanted to have. Marner had the best season of his career with 102 […]
There’s no avoiding the obvious: the Toronto Maple Leafs are missing Mitch Marner. You don’t replace a 100 point player who has touched every part of the game (offense, defense, power play) with a wave of the hand. For years, the puck lived on his stick. He was the driving force behind the game, setting […]
Brad Marchand gave Toronto fans plenty to eat on Tuesday. While confirming that he was close to signing with the Maple Leafs, he then stabbed the fanbase and twisted the knife, suggesting he was eager to avoid the drama and anti-Mitch Marner fans who ran the former Leafs superstar out of town. Ahead of the […]
When Mitch Marner was moved by the Toronto Maple Leafs this offseason, the idea that Toronto could replace one player by committee (and save money) sounded ambitious. Rather than pursue another star winger and create a new ‘Core Four’, Toronto opted to bring in three players, spreading the offense across the team and giving the […]
When the Vegas Golden Knights pulled the trigger on the biggest blockbuster of the summer and acquired Mitch Marner in a sign-and-trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the intent was unequivocal. This wasn’t a move designed to just keep the playoff window open; it was a move designed to kick the door off its hinges. […]
After nine great years playing in blue and white for his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner had a feeling the grass would be greener elsewhere, especially in Las Vegas, where he joined as a free agent this summer. The expectation was that Marner would fit seamlessly into a star-studded Golden Knights team around Jack […]