What a season Mitch Marner is having. If you want to talk him up as a true Hart Trophy candidate, you won’t get any pushback from me. He’s been a virtuoso, as we all saw Sunday when he took the Toronto Maple Leafs on his back with a two-goal effort against the Utah Hockey Club.

On a recent Real Kyper and Bourne episode, Nick Kypreos, Justin Bourne, and Sam McKee delved into the mounting pressure on the Toronto Maple Leafs to sign Mitch Marner to a long-term extension.

A couple of dusty ol’ sporting clichés find themselves in direct opposition when it comes to Auston Matthews, who is targeting a healthy return to game action sometime this week in Florida.