Mitch Marner Gets Widely Criticized For Comments Made After 3-0 Loss to Canucks
Once again, the Maple Leafs were booed off the ice by their fans at the Scotiabank Arena last night.
Even if the team holds the first position in the Atlantic Division, fans weren't happy about the level of effort offered by the Leafs against the Vancouver Canucks.
When you pay hundreds, even thousands of dollars to buy tickets to attend Leafs games and the team doesn't even score a goal, it's clear that there is some disappointment in the arena.
That's what happened last night in the Vancouver Canucks 3-0 win over the Leafs.
After the game, head coach Craig Berube stated that the team didn't bring enough energy and pace to win against the Canucks:
"I didn't think we had enough pace in the game or played with enough energy... You need more life and energy. I didn't think we had that tonight."
Veteran Chris Tanev also voiced dissatisfaction about his team's effort, saying they were outworked by their opponents:
"Not good enough. They outworked us, outcompeted us. That's why they won."
As true leaders, both Berube and Tanev took accountability and acknowledged that the team wasn't good enough to win.
However, Marner said he liked how the team played:
"I liked it. I thought we played well, I really did. The last couple of games, we've been giving up plays to teams that aren't missing on them."
Marner may be at the fourth rank of the NHL's top scorers, tied with Nikita Kucherov at 59 points, but he showed one of his biggest defaults: his lack of responsibility, maturity, and leadership.
A lot of people have been voicing their anger on social media, with some fans going as far as saying he shouldn't be an assistant captain anymore:
Leafs fans are once again proving that Toronto is one of the toughest markets to play in the whole NHL.
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