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Mitch Marner Addresses Possibility of Final Game with Maple Leafs After Team Meltdown

Originally posted on Blade of Steel | By Jack Sutherland | Last updated May 15, 2025 9:17 AM ET

It's a possibility that Mitch Marner may have played his last home game with the Maple Leafs, a potential outcome he was asked about following their Game 5 loss.

It has the potential to be one of the major storylines of the summer, especially if a fateful event takes place on Friday night.

The Toronto Maple Leafs find themselves down a game against the divisional foe Florida Panthers, having lost a 6-1 final on home ice on Wednesday night. They're now one game away from their season ending, while the Panthers are a win away from a 3rd straight trip to the Eastern Conference Final.

The Maple Leafs were even booed off the ice by the fans who hadn't already gotten a head start on the traffic.

Could Wednesday night have been the swan song for Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner, who is without a contract for next season? He said it's something he's not thinking about.

No, no thoughts of that at all. Like I said, reset. It's obviously not the spot that we wanted to be in, but you can't do anything about it. We knew this was going to be a rollercoaster of a ride, you know it's not going to be easy. Like I said, we have to have the mindset now to go into Florida, take it shift by shift, and win a hockey game.

When asked why the Maple Leafs had no response to Florida's attack, Marner said that he felt they didn't reply adequately enough.

I thought tonight was the 1st night that we just didn't reply well or play our game, and when you do that against a team like that over there, they're going to make you pay.

Both Marner and teammate John Tavares are up for new deals in the summer.

This article first appeared on Blade of Steel and was syndicated with permission.

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