Marner Breaks Silence On Toronto Dark Times

Mitch Marner is finally talking about the stretch in Toronto that clearly wore him down, and he is not dressing it up with PR fluff. He says the thought of playing hockey got really tough, which tells you this was more than just a bad week or a cold streak. The bigger picture here is that mental health sits right at the center of his comments, and he is not pretending the off-ice weight never touched the on-ice product.