{"id":185149,"date":"2025-08-29T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185149\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:37:09","slug":"mitch-marner-opens-up-about-threats-security-concerns-while-with-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185149\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch Marner opens up about threats, security concerns while with Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitch Marner is opening up about some of the harassment he dealt with in his final months as a Toronto Maple Leafs player.<\/p>\n

In a sit-down with TSN\u2019s Mark Masters<\/a> at Hockey Canada\u2019s Olympic orientation camp on Thursday, Marner called his exit from Toronto after nine years \u201cbittersweet.\u201d The star winger signed an eight-year, $96 million contract with the Vegas Golden Knights on July 1 as part of a blockbuster sign-and-trade agreement after months of speculation around the pending unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n

In mid-May, the Leafs\u2019 second-round playoff exit against the eventual Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers led to Marner being targeted by Toronto fans on social media. He told TSN that wasn\u2019t the deciding factor for leaving, but that it was \u201ctough sometimes because it\u2019s everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marner explained that shortly after getting home after the Leafs\u2019 6-1 Game 7 loss at home, his father-in-law called to say there were fans posting the family\u2019s home address online.<\/p>\n

\u201c(He) goes: \u2018I just want to let you know we\u2019ve got people sending us screenshots of a guy posting your address online saying that if people want to come pay us a visit and say, you know, their goodbyes, in a quotation way, here\u2019s the address.\u2019 And it was a little tough, obviously,\u201d Marner said. \u201cI mean, we kind of dealt with it for the last two years in a way. The market\u2019s very passionate. They love the team. I mean, I know it. I was born and raised there. I\u2019ve been a part of the Leafs Nation for a long time. But, yeah, when your family\u2019s safety comes into question, especially having a new son, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t the only incident Marner dealt with in Toronto over the years, and it led to the family having full-time security posted at their home after the postseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had people throwing stuff in his yard,\u201d Marner\u2019s agent, Darren Ferris, told the 100% Hockey podcast<\/a> earlier this week. \u201cSomeone actually posted his address (on social media) once. We had to get it taken down with the help of Leafs security (staff). \u2026 And there was another occasion where there was a death threat, and we traced it to a kid in Oakville and the police went. People think they can hide behind social media, but it\u2019s easy to, even when you put up a fake name, it\u2019s easy to follow, it\u2019s easy to find out where it\u2019s coming from.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re always concerned. You can\u2019t just say, \u2018Ah, it\u2019s just social media.\u2019 Because if something happened, that would be the biggest regret you could ever have. So you\u2019ve got to take every one of those seriously. It\u2019s unfortunate. What happens is it builds up and it builds up. And you know they attack him, his family, his father. The misinformation out there, it\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferris added that his agency had hired former NHL security personnel with policing backgrounds to deal with these situations. \u201cThey do a lot of that for us to protect our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marner leaves Toronto as one of the most prolific offensive players in franchise history, as his 520 career assists and 741 career points rank fourth and fifth, respectively, among Leafs. Toronto made the playoffs in all nine of Marner\u2019s seasons after he was picked fourth overall in 2015, but the Leafs only advanced past the first round twice and never made the conference finals.<\/p>\n

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