Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner has had plenty of criticism thrown his way, and an alarming new statistic is bound to fuel the fire.
Mitch Marner has been enveloped in trade rumours since the Leafs season ended at the hands of the Boston Bruins in game 7 of round 1, and this stat will make Leafs fans beg for a Marner trade soon.
After putting up only 3 points in 7 playoff games, a far cry from his 85 points in 69 regular season games, Marner has been subjected to all kinds of rumours as he enters the final year of his contract.
When looking at Marner's performances in games 5,6, and 7 over the past 5 seasons, it is clear why many Leafs fans want to move on from him, as Austin Matthews, William Nylander, and John Tavares have all vastly outperformed Marner.
Nylander — 16 GP | 6 G | 7 A | 13 PTS Matthews — 14 GP | 6 G | 4 A | 11 PTS Tavares — 13 GP | 5 G | 5 A | 10 PTS Marner — 16 GP | 0 G | 5 A | 5 PTS''
While none of the core 4 are playing at the level they play at in the regular season, Marner's stats stand out as being particularly poor, having 0 goals in 16 games, completely unacceptable for a player of his calibre.
While Toronto's playoff misery is not solely Marner's blame to bare, he certainly hasn't helped his cause with statistics like that, and the Maple Leafs may want to start looking more seriously at a trade involving Marner, and soon.