No. 3: Mitch Marner - 61 Points Away From 700 Career Points
Say what you want about Mitch Marner, but he's only 61 points away from 700 career points, and don't be shocked if he's closer to 750 than 700 by year's end. I've been on the fence about Marner for the last year, but I've came to the conclusion that every bad thing I've said about him is a mistake and he's one of the best forwards this team has ever seen.
The Robin to Matthews' Batman, Marner has pushed through his size issues and delivered year-after-year. Not only is he is an elite winger, and arguably the best right-winger in hockey, but he's an unbelievably talented defensive winger, who is deadly on the power-play and penalty-kill.
Only five players have recorded 700 or more career points in Leafs history, so reaching this milestone will be an incredible achievement for Marner. Also, since we can't talk about Marner without talking about Matthews, we should mention that Matthews will also most likely hit this milestone as well, as he's only 51 points away from the achievement as well. Therefore, we should have seven players in Leafs history with this achievement by year's end.
We know that Matthews is a generational talent but Marner should get more credit for this achievement as well. Marner is set to join five former Leafs, who all have thier number retired: Mats Sundin, Darryl Sittler, Dave Keon, Borje Salming and George Armstrong.
Whether you want to believe it or not, when it's all set and done, Marner's jersey will be retired once his career is finished and he'll be inducted right beside Matthews, because their impact on this team is the reason they've been a playoff team for the past eight years.
If the Leafs have any chance to win a Stanley Cup soon, they'll have a much better opportunity of doing it with Marner on the roster, than without, so they better keep this tandem together, as both Marner and Matthews will end their career's as the Leafs all-time goal scorers and point getter's once they're retired.