Mitch Marner says players have the right to speak up. Aliu’s tweets emerged after reports surfaced of how poorly Babcock treated his players during his time with the Leafs, including Marner, who confirmed that during his rookie season he was asked by Babcock to rank Leafs players in terms of their work ethic. Marner said Babcock later apologized at the time of the incident and says he has no idea how his story with Babcock came out. “It’s over, it’s done with, I’m not talking about it anymore,” Marner said. “I texted him after, I said thank you for everything you did here,” Marner said.

Source: thestar November 26, 2019 22:18 UTC