CALGARY -- For Mitch Marner , it was always family first.

That's why the 28-year-old forward, who is from Markham, Ontario, made the difficult decision to approve a sign-and-trade from the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Vegas Golden Knights on July 1. He did it with his wife and newborn son in mind.

“It’s going to be a new life. I’m really excited for it,” Marner said on Thursday from Hockey Canada's 2025 National Teams Orientation Camp. “Having the newborn now, my wife and I are very social, we like going out for dinners, we like being out with our friends, we like being around our teammates. It was tough to do that in Toronto.

“We’re looking for a new chapter, a new peaceful way of life sort of way, and we're going to enjoy watching our son grow up outside more, too. We’ll have to brin

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