Quoting: ChiHawk
Marner is not a strong 2 way player. Maybe on a weak Leafs forward group who struggles with two way play but to consider Marner a 2 way player in the context of someone like Saad is just incorrect. Marner is a great dynamic player and better then saad no question, but he is not really a 2 way player. Next to the Hawks, I watch the Leafs a fair amount (20 games a year) and would never consider Marner a 2 way guy.
just because he isnt a 2 way forward doesnt mean he doesnt have a a good defensive game, his d game isnt as noticeable becuase of how good he is offensively, like for matthews for example, people are the first to say hes terrible defensively and only cares about scoring but his stats and if you watch him say otherwise, and not say he is this amazing defensive center but he isnt bad by any means at all, their offense outweighs theyre d while saad is the other way around