“It was bizarre,” Marner said Thursday morning, ahead of his return to action in Seattle. “I felt great after the (Edmonton) game. The next day, too. And then it just kind of sprung upon (the) following day. It was crazy.”
An unspecified spasm that popped up after the Toronto Maple Leafs spent an Albertan off-day at a Nordic spa sidelined Marner from practice and a game in Calgary.
“Something locked up on me for a day and a half,” said the team’s leading scorer, who has only missed one game. “Throughout the day of that Calgary game, I started really getting back to normal, and then yesterday felt 100 per cent.”
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