"Looked upon as Gods here". The lack of humility is astounding. Mitch, you are only a hockey player, who once again, cowered in the playoffs when it mattered most.

Nobody and I mean nobody is looking at you like a God, Mitch

Cringe. Why would you say that to the press, wtf.

He thinks he is looked at as a “God” here???! Yikes.

Too bad the interviewer didn’t ask why he’s so terrified in the playoffs.

What?? Please just leave.

The little kids see you as "a god" Mitch. To teens and adults, you're seen as the reason why Leafs are giving end-of-season press today instead of playing Florida.

What an awful comment, looked upon like gods? Bro get some more media training.

Turnover God

This guy is still immature and delusional. I have been watching and loving the Leafs since 71 as a boy. Never once have I thought of any player as a God.

Gods of losing in the first round

He is the man responsible for Boston’s winning goal

Who looks at this goofball like a god

Entitled much? He’s got to go. His attitude is a major problem for this team

Nobody is above the game ! Nobody is above their team ! Nobody is above everyone else ! Mitches problems and issues will follow him everywhere he goes . The sooner this cancer is gone the better for our Maple Leaf team , the fans and the team mates in the dressing room ! Time to move on !!!!!!!!

Hey Mitch , you won the Most Invisible Man Award in the series , now get on your high horse and ride out of town.

Marner: "Cause we are great players"---more like highest paid players who suxs

It's too bad. Mitch could of went down as one of the greatest Leafs ever. If he was more humble, and took a home town discount last contract his perception in the market would of been so more positive. Even pre game walks to the dressing room, with the cameras running, if he toned down his style of clothes ( hats and bling) would of went a long way. Like I said, it's too bad.

You're not a God, Mitch. Christ, who let's this guy in front of a camera?

Trade him

Mitch throwing both gloves onto the ground ended his tenure in Toronto. Such an immature baby.

"we`re great players" at 10 million per year great players should get more than 3 measley points in a 7 game series mr. god.

Should have kept Kadri

Ship his godly ass out. We need a Playoff beast like Draisaitl

gods? haha jeez man

Mitch is lucky he is not playing in Montreal, with that salary, his attitude and lack of production when it matters he would be begging to leave the city. The organization has to listen to their fans, they are sick of Marner and want him gone.

I long ago left the Church of Mitch

Marner is a magician on the ice, he disappears at playoff time..lol

This interview makes me want to throw up and I don’t care about the Leafs at all. Good god man!

Holy hes a clown

This guy is worth probably worth 7-8 mil he's not worth Kucherov money. Nylander is worth every penny. He shows up in the playoffs when needed. If they resign Marner for more than Kuch I'm not watching this team. There's no way they'll have cap space to bring in better players.

He loves this town for the fans and their deep passion for hockey. Sadly, no fans love him and he doesn’t realize that.

Please trade this clown. Even if we "lose" the trade it's better than just having him walk in free agency for nothing.

I just had to laugh when he said they were looked upon as gods by the leaf fan base. You talk about being so full of himself. He is a god only in his mind because I look at him as a lazy coward who is too afraid of taking or giving a hit. He was pathetic with regard to the winning goal in OT by Pastranak. He made no attempt whatsoever to catch Pasta before he could get to the net. He came rolling in after Pasta had scored and was already on his way to celebrate. Mitch Mariner has and never will be the player Knies is going to be. I admire Knies’ intensity he brings to the game, his skill level for being so young and he isn’t afraid to mix it up with anyone in an attempt to make a scoring play. Knies is going to be a star in the NHL and that is a fact. Enough of this we can get it done with these four core players. They couldn’t win a cup if the opposition never put a goaltender in their net and gave the leafs’ goaltender a sheet of plywood to stop the puck. 53% of the salary cap gone to these four players who only give 10% in the playoffs.

He is not the guy who is taking Leafs to promise land. He seems to be the problem, especially how much he is payed.

This just in... Mitch got his truck stolen again while watching Kung Fu Panda 4.

I don't see how he would not waive his NM clause. When an organization and fan base no longer want you why would you stay.

"Why do you think the Core 4 deserves another chance? Mitch: Ummm,because we're great players." There's your problem right there - he doesn't feel he has to prove anything. He is already "great"....Even Gretzky never considered himself a great player until he won a championship...I wasn't sold on Leafs fans saying he has to go, but listening to him here, I think he has to go.

Twit. He should have just said, “I need to get better.”

trade him immediately

I love these yearly exit interviews by the leafs 😂😂

Wow! Who says gods? I'd say losers. What have they done?

When he said God, Leafs fans heard Dog.

GODS?!??! 😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

This core is talented as individuals. This core will NEVER win a cup together. Until the players come to that reality all is lost.

Treliving better ask him for 10 teams. Leafs really need the cap space. Lots of holes and lots of work to come.

3 minutes of questions? That’s the extent of questioning after failing to live up to (his salary’s) standards?

See ya Mitch. Enjoy Utah.

"It's hard to win the Stanley Cup, it's seven games . . . " no Mitch, the FIRST ROUND is seven games. Good teams have another 1.5 months to go to Stanley.

Gods !!! LMFAO

Just my opinion, but I think Marner needs to get away from the toxic environment in Toronto. He could probably benefit a great deal, just like Hyman did, by moving and learning how to play hockey the right way. Maybe depending on where he went?

Imagine having a team of domi's, Knies and Bert's. We only need a couple scorers which are already under contract. Add in a number 1 D, a goalie, and a couple spots up for grabs for development and we've got a team.

Mitch reminds me of the character Squeak Scolari from the movie, "BASEketball"😂

Umm u suck in the playoffs. Umm u should waive your stupid clause and ummm hit the road.

Wow thinks he’s looked at as a God jeez guy needs a one way ticket , too complacent needs to be gone send him to Utah

What an arrogant person.

I can't believe Jughead said that!

We're Gods. We're great players? Gone in the first round 7 times in the last 8 playoffs? The stunning lack of self awareness and humility is mind boggling. Great people don't brag about being great. They just are. Their actions speak for themselves. Personally I think the Leaf jerseys next year should carry a shoulder patch of Carlton bear getting the Hiemlich maneuver from Harold Ballard. It stays on until you win the cup.

Mitch, you’re a good player but Gods win championships. You and your buds have won 1 round in 8 years. Show some humility and take ownership of your lack of godliness in the playoffs

This guy has some serious issues , chip on his shoulder and just can’t handle the pressure playing here in TO. He should tell his dad thanks , a lot of underlying issues with him and the sad part is he may need to be moved to become the player he can be , too bad he would of been one of the greatest leafs of all time just needs to grow up

He is not Him. Marner doesn’t represent Maple Leafs culture.

Marner is a great player, and he understands how hard it is to win, but he’s just not built for the playoffs. He needs to go to another team that has a lotta big dudes that can give him space, so he can actually work his magic in the postseason. Toronto Playoffs just don’t mix with Marner.

Might be the single most hated person in the city. He's going full Kanye😂

Gods??? If you we’re people would fear you no one fears you in the playoffs

"It's ONLY gonna make us better." Uh, no......"better" is NOT the "only" bi-product of LOSING year after year after year after year after year after year after year after year.........

All out war out there ahhahahahahah this guy still listens to his daddy

The weak link

Great player, just not built for the playoffs. He is more suited for the all stars competition.

nice softball type questions. Anyone going to make him accountable?

Leafs aren’t posting his exit interview? Just sportsnet? 🤨

The one time we need Steve Simmon’s

Time to move on from mitch ...smh

Hes never been in the moment.....come on man

Amazing that he calls upon the fact that they've been in this position before (losing in the first round) to suggest that anyone should have faith in their ability to get beyond the first round. It's Charlie Brown football logic.

Yo did he just call himself a god

Ummmm obviously you are gone...

The way this starts is hilarious

Hey Mitch, if you haven't grown a pair by now, YOU NEVER WILL!!

I am tired of watching overpaid losers for almost 60 years The Leafs need to do what Vancouver has done Change the losing culture They have to find a coach like Rick Tocchet

You can’t teach heart

Trade him for Noah Dobson.

I'm beginning to feel like a Golf God Golf God...

Yall need to chill. Mitch was at fult in goal but not due to lack of effort. He played hard in every position pp pk 5 on 5. Wasnt the best player in the team but he was still a superstar. Boston is a good team and will force errors. Still time for change. Love ya Mitch but You are last of big boys to sign so makes sense your the change to the core 4

"I'm a God". - Phil Connors, Groundhog Day

If only they had the stubbornness to be winners on the ice the way they have the stubbornness to not admit they are losers during year-end media availability

Nahhhhh the leaf team that wins a cup will be "godlike". Your half assed playoff performance was so ass its unforgettable, thats about as close to "gods" as yall will ever come.

if he is a god , pasta is his godfather daddy zeus

Bruins fan here. Gotta say was impressed with most of the Leafs this series but understand the constant disappointment. That being said, Marner is your classic very talented yet Uber soft player who frankly doesn’t seem to care all that much about losing. Hard part about trading him (outside of the NTC) is he is viewed as soft in the rest of the league so you won’t get anywhere near equal value. Pretty clear that he is not a “winner”.

Sounds like he's gonna waive bye bye

This man needs the boot. Unfortunately no one would take on his huge contract. That lack of backcheck on the OT goal tells you alot you need to know.

Spoiled rich kid that had everything handed to him is a God? Gtfoh

i hope they trade him

Why does Marner got to be so whiney about everything. That demeanour shows on the ice and bench. “The Stanley cup is the hardest trophy to win for a reason”… good attempt to excuse the trend of many years passed that is a lack of compete in the post season, and an undeniable hunger to win and excel. Great players rise up when the stakes are high. Imagine Hyman was in Toronto in place of Marner at half the cap hit. Though the leafs mismanagement probably would have buried Hyman in the minors or on the 4th line. Or if the leafs had better scouting and would have held onto Verhaeghe.

Ok it's official. The Leafs are now known as The Toronto Gods

Using your whole salary cap on 4 players is a failed experiment, time to move on

He is way too cozy and complacent… it’s as if he believes losing in the playoffs is just an inevitable natural fact of life. It’s like he goes into autopilot during the finals, and his autopilot has been conditioned to accept that winning the cup is simply not meant to be… I don’t think Mitch is a bad guy, and he’s obviously not a bad player - that’s what makes this so difficult, but I think his subconscious expects to lose at this point and I think the only way to factory reset him is to start over with a new team. When you start believing that you’re “a God” in your city, but you routinely fall short of “God-like” results, it’s time to ship out… if he wasn’t receiving such an insane salary it wouldn’t matter as much, but 8 figure salaries should come with 8 points per series (at least).

I don’t think in any case in history has a person who regards themselves as a “god” turned out well.

The last 3 games were close. Everybody just needs to calm down a bit, stop blame. Why don't you show your beef by not buying merchandise, cable TV, and going out to sports bars. Stop hangout when games are played. But you can't cause you got nothing better to do that's why.

Alexandre Daigle 2.0

Sixteen games for the cup Mitch. Had you guys gotten to the conference finals a couple of times, maybe a cup final, then you can use the, it's not easy excuse. That's what you're not getting. The fans are upset about the lack of production that's lead to only three out of sixteen wins needed for the last eight years