Which player would you want on your team?

17 comments

1. Hard to say. I’d say we’ve seen the best of Marner, but not the best from Hughes. I like them both. They are both foundational players. Basically untradeable unless they demand a trade.

2. the one on the left.

3. I’d have to say Mitch

4. Marner is one of the best players in the regular season. Yet he is average and sometimes a liability in the playoffs. He coughed up a ridiculous number of turnovers this playoffs, and this type of folding in the playoffs is a multi year pattern. My goal for my team is to win the Stanley Cup and it’s not to place first or second in the division in the regular season. So I don’t think Marner fits my vision for the Leafs….. trade him.

5. Marner if you don’t want to go on a playoff run

6. Quinn.

7. where’s Cale?

8. I’d probably take Quinn just because it’s harder to find offensive D who can control the play more

9. Too hard

   I want Dean Youngblood

10. This is such an odd comparison. I’d personally go Hughes because you can’t find a high scoring defenseman with ease, but once again, this comparison is so weird for a couple of reasons:

    – 2015 (4OA) draft vs 2018 (7OA) draft
    – Forward vs Defenseman
    – Different teams
    – Neither has a expiring contract
    – Different salaries
    – One has seen playoffs in his prime, the other has not
    – One plays on a team with other incredible forwards, the other plays on a team where he’s the only defenseman

11. Marner all day.

12. Marner, not even close. He is a play driving winger and there aren’t many of those in the league. I would say he is top 5 at his position in the league. Can’t say that about Hughes although he is real good.

    Also I am a fan of Quinn, wished we took him in 18 over Zadina.

13. As a devils fan as juicy as collecting all 3 Hughes would be it’s probably Marner with our current roster.

14. Hughes makes 7.85 for 4 more years
    Marner makes 10.9 for 2 more years

    For this reason I’d take Hughes but if they had the same contract I’d still take Hughes. Generational D man is way more important than a guy on a milk carton come playoffs

15. I get why people wouldn’t want Quinn but I feel like I’d need to see him on a better team to make a clear call. Like if he was on the canes, or the stars, or any number of teams

16. Neither. Both are soft and not built for playoff hockey

17. Hughes all day. Harder to find scoring defensemen than overpaid forwards