Marner was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs with the No. 4 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.Marner made the NHL All-Rookie team in 2016-17 after finishing with 61 points (19 goals, 42 assists) in 77 game ...Show More
Marner was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs with the No. 4 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.Marner made the NHL All-Rookie team in 2016-17 after finishing with 61 points (19 goals, 42 assists) in 77 games and helping the Maple Leafs qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2013. He was even better in 2017-18 with 69 points (22 goals, 47 assists), again helping Toronto advance to the postseason, then broke out in 2018-19 with NHL career highs of 26 goals, 68 assists, 94 points and a plus-22 rating. Despite an ankle injury early in the 2019-20 season, Marner's 47 points (13 goals, 34 assists) in 38 games earned him a trip to the 2020 NHL All-Star Game and finished the season with 67 points (16 goals, 51 assists) in 59 games.Marner (6 foot, 175 pounds) is hardly imposing physically, but he compensates for his lack of size with his speed, passing ability, creativity, feistiness and nose for the net. He proved talented enough as a teenager to be offered a hockey scholarship by the University of Michigan, though he turned it down to play for London.He continued to impress there, finishing second among OHL rookies in scoring in 2013-14 with 59 points (13 goals, 46 assists). In 2015-16 he scored 39 goals and 116 points (his second straight 100-plus point season) to help London win the Memorial Cup.Marner had 44 points in 18 playoff games and was named the 2016 Canadian Hockey League Player of the Year. He had finished second in the OHL scoring race in 2014-15 with 126 points.Marner played for Canada at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship, tying for the team lead with six points (four goals). He led Canada in scoring (two goals, seven points) and helped win a gold medal at the 2014 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup. Hide
