September is here, which means the Vegas Golden Knights play hockey this month, as do the other 31 teams in the NHL. With training camp kicking off soon, followed by preseason games, it’s nearly time to get back in the swing of things.
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The Golden Knights’ biggest addition this summer, Mitch Marner, spoke about his time in Toronto with TSN’s Mark Masters in a sit-down interview. We dive into his conversation among much more as we near hockey season.
Marner Talks About His Time in Toronto
For superstars, attention and media coverage are expected. But in Toronto, it’s triple the coverage of anywhere else. For Marner, a superstar without a contract extension, that was his life for the majority of his last two years with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Marner, who was always the talk of the town in Toronto due to the heightened pressure from fans and media, was scrutinized through a microscope. Every movement on or off the ice was looked at, and that’s the way it went, until it went too far.
“You’re always concerned,” Marner said. “You can’t just say, ‘Ah, it’s just social media.’ Because if something happened, that would be the biggest regret you could ever have. So you’ve got to take every one of those seriously. It’s unfortunate. What happens is it builds up and it builds up. And you know they attack him, his family, his father. The misinformation out there, it’s ridiculous” (from ‘Mitch Marner opens up about threats, security concerns while with Maple Leafs,’ The Athletic, 8/29/25).
Marner’s agent, Darren Ferris, also told the 100% Hockey podcast that people were even throwing things in his yard, among other nonsense.
“We had people throwing stuff in his yard,” Ferris said. “Someone actually posted his address (on social media) once. We had to get it taken down with the help of Leafs security (staff).”
This was unfortunately the norm for the Marner family. Now, Marner will open a new door in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he’ll play away from his hometown of Toronto for the first time in his life. He also hopes the noise is a little quieter out west, so he can focus on what matters most: hockey.
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