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Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews is looking forward to moving past questions about former teammate Mitch Marner.

For most of preseason, Auston Matthews has been fielding Mitch Marner questions. Most of them are invitations to be wistful about an era just ended. That’s what being a Leafs fan is – turning your disappointment and rage into nostalgia.

Matthews can’t bring himself to play along. All it would take is a funny, little story about Marner. Maybe he doesn’t have any funny, little stories. Instead, Matthews prefers a tight smile and a warning.

“You got two more weeks and then we’re done with these questions,” was his most recent shot directly into the bows.

Ten years in, and Matthews still doesn’t get Toronto.

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