Sharp criticism of Marner! Don’t keep crying, Nylander raged. He is pathetic, said the expert

Toronto ran into a tough opponent in the form of Boston in the first round. In series like this, the team needs the best players to be even better. But that doesn’t apply to Mitch Marner. He is under heavy criticism. “He doesn’t do anything,” TNT expert Paul Bissonnette told him.

Although the Toronto Maple Leafs are not out of the playoffs yet, the bad impression from the last game is indelible. In the fourth game against the Boston Bruins, the Leafs fell 1:3, and at the same time they are losing the series by the same result.

Criticism is directed mainly at Mitch Marner. Midway through the second period, Sportsnet cameras caught Toronto players arguing with each other, with some profanity coming from William Nylander’s mouth. “Stop crying all the time, this is not junior hockey,” could be read from Nylander’s mouth.

After the game, Marner, who Nylander spoke to, talked about exactly what was going on in that moment.

“We don’t yell at each other because we hate each other. We just want to be on the same page to help each other out,” Marner said after the game. “We’re grown men, we just need to talk about the events to make sure we’re 100 percent aligned and know what we’re doing. It wasn’t like that at the time.’

“We expect a lot from each other. So I think pushing each other and having high expectations is good,” Nylander added.

Bissonnette, on the other hand, did not choose cautious words. “I don’t know if he is injured, but his performances are poor. He did not win a single fight during the entire series. He gets a bit in the back in front of the goal, he immediately looks at the referee. He doesn’t play good hockey at all. He doesn’t block when he’s weak, he holds the stick with one hand, loses position and collects… What’s wrong with Nylander? No, what about Marner?! It’s pathetic, he doesn’t deserve the ice time he’s getting. They have to put him down,” he said bluntly in the TV studio.

The reality for the Leafs is that their season is over if they can’t beat Boston in three straight games now.

To make matters worse, Auston Matthews left the game after 40 minutes after being pulled by the team doctor. Reimbursement? Nowhere. While Brad Marchand already has six points in the series, Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander and John Tavares have the same number.

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