Marner opens up about threats at his family after final Toronto Maple Leafs game

It turns out that more might have been going on in Mitch Marner’s final few days with the Toronto Maple Leafs than the general public knew about.

In an extensive interview with TSN’s Mark Masters discussing his sign-and-trade to the Vegas Golden Knights , Marner opened up about the fears he faced about his family’s safety following the Leafs’ elimination from the playoffs at the hands of the eventual Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

“[I was] devastated at [being eliminated], and the thought of it also being my last Maple Leafs game at home. And then I get a phone call, probably five minutes after, I think it was my wife’s father, called me and goes, ‘I just want to let you know we’ve got people sending us screenshots of a guy posting our address online, saying that if people wa