"When you run into your ex, odds are you don't want to see them thriving without you. And while Mitch Marner's short time with the Golden Knights hasn't gone poorly, there should at least be a mild sense of relief from the fact that things went much better for him in Toronto. To be clear, I can't imagine anyone in Vegas is complaining about Marner and there are a lot of numbers that are close to or at career bests."
"A driving factor behind a lot of that comes from Marner having the best against results of his career at 5v5. Not to give too much away on how that is happening is that Marner is primarily being used on the second line. Marner's defensive play and opportunity to create offence is benefitting from being behind Mark Stone on the depth chart."
"Marner has been moving around the lineup or it's probably better to say that there is movement throughout the top six, but Marner has played his most significant amount of time with Tomas Hertl and Pavel Dorofeyev. Following that duo, Mark Stone, Ivan Barbashev and Brett Howden have all seen more time with Marner than Jack Eichel, who is the de facto first line centre"
Mitch Marner has posted near career-best 5v5 on-ice differentials during his early time with the Golden Knights, with several metrics ranking among his top three seasons. The improvement is largely driven by his best-ever against results at 5v5, a product of being used primarily on the second line behind Mark Stone. Marner has spent the most significant minutes with Tomas Hertl and Pavel Dorofeyev, while Mark Stone, Ivan Barbashev and Brett Howden have seen more shared ice time with him than Jack Eichel. Marner ranks second among forwards in minutes, has reduced penalty-kill usage, and has 16 power-play points with two power-play goals.
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