Marner booed at end of game: Leafs fans, forget about him staying in Toronto

Mitch Marner is leaving.

To see him stay in Toronto – somehow – after tonight would be illogical.

The guy didn’t hesitate before yelling at his teammates, and you never see that from him.

You see it, the frustration:

The fans are passionate… and knowing that this was likely to be his last game in Toronto, they went out of their way to make life difficult for him.

It’s crazy because the Leafs are going to lose a wicked good hockey player for nothing, possibly.

They could trade his signing rights elsewhere, but let’s remember that the Hurricanes only received a third-round pick in return for Jake Guentzel’s.

It won’t be glorious… And Marner is in real danger of breaking the bank elsewhere. We’re talking about a guy who’s proven himself en masse and who’s racked up 102 points this season…

The club’s fans booed Marner, but they were harsh with their players after the game too.

Before the guys left for the locker room, they got some criticism.

And again, the fans got spoiled:

Ah, Toronto…

And that’s without mentioning the sweaters on the ice and the fans who simply decided to leave with 10 minutes left in the game…

Classic :

Fans aren’t happy and that’s normal.

Because at a certain point, it gets pretty redundant thank you. Always losing the important games, always being unable to get past the first or second round for 20 years, seeing the best players go unseen in the final matches…

It’s tough.

And again tonight, we saw how things are done a little differently in Toronto.

Booing guys like that after a playoff loss to end the season and then booing a guy who’s about to leave for his last game of the season with the team… I can’t remember ever seeing that in my life.

In Overtime

Marner was cleared from the scoresheet tonight… as was Auston Matthews.

And that’s on top of their playoff failures in the final games: