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Mitch Marner (Getty Images) Mitch Marner\u2019s departure from the Toronto Maple Leafs has been described as \u201cbittersweet,\u201d but behind the scenes, the star winger was facing challenges far more serious than trade speculation. In a candid interview, Marner revealed that his family dealt with threats and harassment during his final stretch with the Leafs, incidents that eventually led to full-time security at his home.<\/p>\n
Mitch Marner opens up about harassment and family safety concerns<\/p>\n
Speaking with TSN\u2019s Mark Masters at Hockey Canada\u2019s Olympic orientation camp, Mitch Marner described the weight of the situation after the Leafs\u2019 Game 7 loss to the Florida Panthers in May.\u201c(My father-in-law) 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.<\/p>\n
Marner opens up about ‘bittersweet’ departure from Leafs<\/p>\n
The winger admitted that such moments tested his love for his hometown market, saying, \u201cWhen your family\u2019s safety comes into question, especially having a new son, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Agent details troubling history of threats against Mitch Marner<\/p>\n
Marner\u2019s agent, Darren Ferris, revealed to the 100% Hockey podcast that this wasn\u2019t the first time the family had been targeted. \u201cWe had people throwing stuff in his yard\u2026 someone actually posted his address (on social media) once. \u2026 And there was another occasion where there was a death threat, and we traced it to a kid in Oakville.\u201dFerris explained that the agency hired former NHL<\/a> security staff with policing backgrounds to ensure Marner\u2019s safety.Also Read: Maple Leafs scramble to replace Mitch Marner as Pierre McGuire predicts Auston Matthews and Matthew Knies pairing<\/a>Despite the turbulence, Marner leaves Toronto with an impressive legacy: 741 career points and nine straight playoff appearances. Now signed to an eight-year, $96 million deal with the Vegas Golden Knights, Marner begins a new chapter, hoping his family can enjoy hockey without living under constant threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mitch Marner (Getty Images) Mitch Marner\u2019s departure from the Toronto Maple Leafs has been described as \u201cbittersweet,\u201d but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,29927,77383,77382,77384,6505,575,53099,85,2370,55589,7529],"class_list":["post-107941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-death-threat","tag-family-safety","tag-hockey-security","tag-marner","tag-mitch-marner","tag-nhl","tag-professional-hockey","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs","tag-tsn","tag-vegas-golden-knights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}