dan d'uva and mark stone in the pregame show on mitch's performance when he got a hat trick against calgary and his hockey iq and playstyle in general
"mitch marner factored in on five of the six vegas goals, scored three of them himself. what kind of a day was it for mitch marner?"
"no, he's been great. I think he scored in different ways, too, right? he had one where he tipped it. you know, the second one, he's in and around the net as well, kind of gets loose. and then the third one is probably one that you expect from mitch, right? where he makes a defender miss, gets everybody [laughs] kind of laying around on the ice, the goalie's swimming, and puts in a pretty sweet wraparound goal. but I think that's what's impressive about mitch, is you see the glitz and the glamour about him, but I don't think a lot of people appreciate the subtleties to his game, the little things that he does, and that's kind of what was evident in his other two."
"and just to follow up on that, I mean, even in the midst of some chances, I mean, he's using the goaltender as a teammate, passing it back, diving. He's making plays just to preserve possession, not give the opposing team a chance to get control."
"yeah, I mean, he's smart, right? I think that's why, he's been a student of the game since he was probably three years old. he's probably watched a ton of hockey in his day, sees little things that a lot of guys don't see, been through a lot of experiences that not many guys have been through, played a lot of high level hockey. so I think that's kind of where he finds those things. it's just his brain is usually a step above most guys."
