The Toronto Maple Leafs lost one of the biggest names to move teams this NHL offseason. Mitch Marner is on the Vegas Golden Knights , and Toronto has exited the Core Four era. But three of those players are still with the Leafs, including William Nylander . Nylander spoke with Mike Zeisberger of NHL.com about Marner's focus on the Maple Leafs during the playoffs, and the rumors that swirled about his playoff focus instead being trained on unrestricted free agency.

“Not sure where that stuff comes from, but I don’t think he was ever thinking of leaving ahead of time,” Nylander told Zeisberger. “I actually asked him during the season, and he said he was concentrating on Toronto. I didn’t want to press him on that and let him be because it was obviously on his mind, but his play was f

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