Maple Leaf’s’ Marner tells’ bizarre ‘damage, hopeful for crosby

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Bypassing the thought.

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Any idea that Sidney Crosby would not be able to play for Canada at 4 Nations Face-off starting next week is not sitting well with Maple Leafs-Edkant Mitch Marner.

“It would suck, suck very certainly,” Marner told the media in Seattle on Thursday. “Really hope he’s fine. He is a big part of Canada every time they have been part of something like this. He is stapled by the head of everything. “

Crosby, who was named Captain of Canada last week, skated on his own Thursday after suffering a upper body injury in Pittsburgh Penguins’ match against New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan told journalists that Crosby’s solo skate was predicted and that Crosby is still being evaluated with an update to come on Friday.

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Marner will be Leafs’ lonely representative of wearing Canada’s colors and will go up against Leaf’s teammates Auston Matthews with the US and William Nylander with Sweden.

As for his own injury, one in his lower body who kept him out of Leafs’ 6-3 victory against Calgary on Tuesday, Marner called it “bizarre.”

He said it wasn’t something that came out of Leafs’ 4-3 victory in Edmonton against Oilers Saturday. Marner was back in the Leafs lineup against Kraken on Thursday.

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“Just a spasm thing,” Marner said. “Something locked on me for a day and a half, all day of the Calgary game it really started to get back to normal and (Wednesday) felt 100%. Just a weird little day.

“We had a good free day at Nordic Spa in Calgary (on Sunday). People think it might be how it (happened). I don’t know. It was weird. “

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Marner had a funny answer when asked if he has seen Netflix documentary American Manhunt: OJ Simpson, who was released recently.

Nylander told journalists he spent off-day on Wednesday in his hotel room in Seattle and watched the doctor because “everyone on the team sees it.”

Said Marner, “I saw it too. It was crazy. “

What did Marner learn?

“I don’t get how it didn’t … he is, I mean … I think everyone thinks about what I want to say,” Marner said. “The first time sees something similar. It was Bisarr. I was shocked at the end of it all. “

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