Mitch Marner played a tree once in a grade-school play. “It means you’re playing against the best players every night, so you’ve got to be ready to play that matchup role,” Marner said. “It’s fun doing that, fun to play against the best every night. It makes you bring your best.” And he seemed to bring his best to those ads, even if he takes a ribbing from his teammates. That day (that Marner shot the commercial), we were supposed to meet at Paddy’s house (Marleau), and he (Marner) was late ...

Source: thestar March 28, 2018 23:37 UTC