Marner Credits Parents After Finally Reaching The Final

Mitch Marner is talking about the people who kept him steady through the roughest Toronto stretches, and that says plenty about how long this climb has been. Minutes after reaching a career-first Stanley Cup Final, he is framing the journey less like a victory lap and more like survival. That is not unusual for a player who has lived under a microscope in this market, where the applause and the judgment usually arrive together.