Mitch Marner’s Maple Leafs breakup: How it got here and where it’s going

Mitch Marner made his regular-season debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs in Sept. 22, 2015 , at the Bell Centre in Montreal .

It would be another 12 1/2 months before Marner earned the opportunity with the Leafs , in games that mattered, to start making good on those thoughts.

At the age of 18 , Marner enjoyed a dream season in what would be his final Ontario Hockey League year, becoming just the second player ( Brad Richards in 2000 with Rimouski was the first ) to win the Memorial Cup , the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (Memorial Cup MVP), and win his league’s playoff MVP award in the same season .

There have not been serious contract talks between the Leafs and Marner’s agent, Darren Ferris .

Marner hasn’t told the Leafs he absolutely is not coming back to Toronto .

The inability of Marner to match regular-season stardom and dominance with what he did in the playoffs is why we’re here.

Marner has 63 points ( 13 goals and 50 assists) in 70 Stanley Cup playoff games.

Marner was not among Canada ’s initial six players announced on Monday for the 2026 Winter Olympics .

Dallas Stars owner Brad Treliving asked Marner to waive his no-move clause to facilitate a trade with Mikko Rantanen .