Mitch Marner is staying the course amid a quiet start to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Mark Masters has more ahead of Game 3 against the Boston Bruins.
"We're trying to be responsible," the Leafs winger said when asked how his line can breakthrough offensively."Obviously, we're matched up with a very good line on the other side that can really make you pay if you give them odd-man rushes or chances."
"Trying to find that medium of playing more O-zone, more cycles, trying to get pucks around the net, but at the same time making sure we're doing it in a safe way," Marner said. "Mitch is our most reliable and consistent defensive player," coach Sheldon Keefe said."He will continue to be that. He will make plays when they are available.""Mitch has come through for us offensively in so many ways in the past and found ways to produce," Keefe said.
"You just have to be smart," Keefe advised."You have to recognize the moment and the player or players you are playing against. They are very good at making it very clear there has been an infraction. We have to manage that for sure.""You got to stay true to who you are as a player," the ex-Leaf said."Always play with good details and manage the game well and play to your strengths as a player.
The big winger is mired in a 20-game goal drought dating back to Feb. 17. He took reps as the net-front presence on the second power-play unit at the morning skate. "In general, we're not creating enough," he said."We're not attacking inside the dots. Like, we need to be better offensively as an entire group."
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