I thought to myself, the Toronto Maple Leafs just drafted one of the highest skilled players in recent years memory.
Let’s flash forward a couple years and now I think of him as more than just a skilled player.
Yes, he has an undeniable raw talent that’s hard to come by, but that’s not the only thing he brings to the team.
Marner is a joy to watch on or off the ice, plain and simple.
I remember sitting in the Budweiser Gardens, home of the London Knights, in December 2015, dressed to the nines with a resume in hand (never mind you what the job was for).