The skill-set Marner’s put on display so far in his young career suggests he’ll be just fine. But there’s far more to his game — and that of his fellow All-Star wingers — than the offence-focused skill-sets of the stars who played his position back in the day.
The evolution of the game has seemed to bring with it a blurring of the lines for players in all positions. And while the focus of that transition is most often the greater offensive roles of today’s top blue-liners, there’s been just as big a shift for the wingers, says Marner. “I think for wingers, you see more now the defensive wingers or two-way wingers that have really developed throughout the league, Mark Stone being the kind of lead guy in that,” Marner told the Hockey Central crew. “Seeing what he’s done the last couple years with takeaways and even just with his stick, he’s been amazing at that.
“I think it’s really developed a lot now into a skilled guy, a playmaker or a goal-scorer or really anything. I think now in wingers’ minds it’s not just about doing that up-and-down ice, it’s about covering all zones and making sure you’re covering for your centreman if need be, and I think everyone’s kind of taken a bigger role with that.”
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