hii!! js curious, do you have any thoughts or considerations on eichel/marner? esp considering how jack talks abt marner in interviews…
(it’s been nagging at me but no one else really talks abt it-)
boy DO I have thoughts on this. eichs is honestly such a weird little character to me like hes just so ginger and lame and he cried in jhughes's arms at 4am in a vegas hospital. he looks like he should be three apples tall but is in fact like 6'2" and 200 odd lbs. he's a covert masshole. chase reid wants him to be his mama duck next szn 🤷♀️
and i feel like we've BEEN knowing that the entire 2015 draft class are all trueblood marner defenders, but eichs was really the first knight to take up the sword. im not convinced he and hanifin haven't been long-conning mccrimmon into acquiring mitch for years now because the second that trade happened they were going on group dates and sharing zyns. with eichs and hanny its giving we needed a third to spice up the marriage so they immediately called mitch and now theyre all full tongue macking on the ice like a bunch of insane swingers
on a Real Person Fact note, mitch and jack have had similar career beats i.e jack having a really tough time in buffalo with all the medical drama and getting his captaincy stripped. granted jack's problems with the sabres front desk were a lot more public and complicated than mitch's disconnect with leafs management (other than some early coaching mistreatment via babcock, the only major trouble he got into with the leafs as an organization was about contract negotiations) but regardless both of them have talked about vegas as a necessary fresh start. jack was failed by the buffalo staff and mitch was failed by the fans. players speaking out against the business elements of the game (contracts, mental and physical health, journalists/commentary etc.), while becoming more normal, is still stigmatized by some in the wider hockey world as just "bitching and moaning." i can imagine jack and mitch share a very particular understanding about how it feels to be on the other side of that critique.
moreover i think they have extremely complimentary playing styles; they're both two way forwards that excel in tricky areas and mainly contribute through assists. on the gametime chemistry side, jack seems to have a lot of love and care for mitch (and vice versa) which is lowkey buzzy af. idk that's jacky's lil purse dog at the end of the day im happy for them
