Friedman Weighs In as Marner Reaches the Final

Mitch Marner reaching his first Stanley Cup Final changes the whole tone of the conversation around his career. Elliotte Friedman reacting to it adds the kind of inside-room context that makes the moment feel bigger than one postseason run. The Cup Final is where reputations get rewritten, and Marner now has a chance to turn years of noise into something a lot more permanent.