Quoting: Capitalfail67
it baffles me that some "fans" HATED Marner but absolutely love Matthews. imo Marner and MAtthews are equal talents but they are treated WAY different but not my pig not my farm
I think some people just hate nice things. To be completely fair, it happens in every fan base, the difference is just that groups like the Leafs and Habs dwarf the fan bases of most other teams on here, so the Brian Burke/Don Cherry/TSN panel lovers are just far more vocal than everyone else.
With Marner, I think Marner gets a lot of flack because of the way the contract negotiations went (Same with Nylander, who, IMO is absolutely excellent, and also worth every penny). The immediate comparison is always with the Bruins-"Why do they have Pasta, Bergeron and Marchand for $19 mil, when we have Matthews, Marner and Nylander for $28ish?". Or, with a team in an income tax-less state. The salary cap really ruined a lot of fans, and turned us from hockey fans into cap analysts. Nobody should have to care about what a player makes-It's funny, but I always think back to 1997, when Joe Sakic made $17 (17!!!!) million dollars. Nobody said he wasn't worth it when he scored at below a point per game pace that year for the first time since his rookie year, because he was absolutely worth it.