The Maple Leafs have used team efforts to confound opponents all season, but their star right winger has been a bright spot during a raft of injuries.

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs Mitch Marner is having a stellar season. Does he have the team over a barrel with his next contract?