Mitch Marner's property brutally vandalized after playoff loss
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NHL Insider Adam Wylde of SDPN details the harassment suffered by the Toronto Maple Leafs' Mitch Marner, after a disappointing second-round playoff series loss to the Florida Panthers.
While the romanticism surrounding the NHL is sometimes that out of a storybook, sometimes you may get more than you bargained for.
Mitch Marner was a diehard Maple Leafs fan since he was a child, and grew up to be drafted by the team he loves. The Markham, Ontario-born forward has experienced harassment from disgruntled fans after the team lost game 7 to the Florida Panthers in a must-win series.
While Marner is only one puzzle piece in the Maple Leafs' recent failure in the Stanley Cup playoffs, fans blame him not only for his contract demands, but his poor play as well.
That's led to fans taking actions too far against the Ontario-born forward, who SDPN's Adam Wylde has detailed as fans have been harassing him.
«This is a guy who, after one of those series, had people dumping their garbage on his front lawn. This is a guy who, at his cottage, had guys throwing Montreal Canadiens gear and garbage on his lawn, and golf balls.
But, flat out garbage,» Wylde said on SDPN. «This is a guy who was walking his dog and a kid approaches him on the street and yells at him and says 'Why haven't you gotten the contract done?'
«This is a guy who was allegedly robbed at gunpoint for his Range Rover with his wife in the car. They didn't know who Mitch Marner was
I can understand why you have a sort of (expletive) taste in your mouth about the place that you live. And, also the schedule A bonuses, the Mike Babcock stuff, you don't forget that,» Wylde added.
But, flat out garbage,» Wylde said on SDPN. «This is a guy who was walking his dog and a kid approaches him on the street and yells at him and says 'Why haven't you gotten the contract done?'
«This is a guy who was allegedly robbed at gunpoint for his Range Rover with his wife in the car. They didn't know who Mitch Marner was
I can understand why you have a sort of (expletive) taste in your mouth about the place that you live. And, also the schedule A bonuses, the Mike Babcock stuff, you don't forget that,» Wylde added.
Given how frequent this must be, it's no wonder that Marner is looking to find freedom elsewhere, and that may involve past the Southern Border, into the United States.
25 NHL teams could benefit from his services, none of which are Canadian in origin. Reports suggest that he could be interested in traversing Ontario, all the way to Florida and Vegas as two possible spots of relocation in July.
And with this development in his ongoing struggles in Toronto, this could be more than just about sports; it's about the safety of his family and his mental health as well.
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