To many, Mitch Marner of the London Knights is the best junior hockey player in Canada. Marner and the Knights opened their Memorial Cup hunt on Friday night against Red Deer. It’s these three individuals — Matthews, Marner and Babcock — who will have a enormous amount to say about whether the Leafs will be able to become a team to be reckoned with again. Marner’s physical development, it should be said, is very much in contrast to his marquee status as the biggest individual star attraction of this year’s Memorial Cup competition. “Marner’s the best forward in junior hockey,” he says.

Source: thestar May 20, 2016 17:11 UTC