How Mitch Marner became a complicated figure with the Maple Leafs

Mitch Marner is in the final year of a six-year contract that has an average annual value of $10,903,000 US .

Marner has produced at or beyond expectations with the Toronto Maple Leafs since his rookie season of 2016-17 .

Two points will move him past Ron Ellis into seventh on the Leafs career scoring list with 639 points in 576 games.

Marner was the only one to play in each game and had just three points in the series when David Pastrnak burst past him in overtime of Game 7 .

President Brendan Shanahan said “everything is on the table,” leading some to believe Marner ’s time as a Leaf was coming to an end.

The word around Marner during the summer was that he trained with more determination than ever, ready to push any contract pressure aside with his best season in the NHL .

Marner ranked 23rd on TSN ’s most recent list of top 50 players in the NHL ( Matthews was third and Nylander was 20th ) Marner has wanted to be a Leaf since he was a little boy.

His dream of winning the Cup in Toronto won’t change as he begins the last year of his contract.