'This Came In As I Was Getting Into The Uber': How the Maple Leafs' Players Chose What to Wear to NHL's All-Star Weekend Red Carpet
All four of Marner, Nylander, Matthews, and Rielly walked the red carpet before the All-Star player draft.
William Nylander and Mitch Marner arrived to the NHL All-Star red carpet in style on Thursday.
Two of the four Maple Leafs rolled up wearing completely different outfits. Nylander came in a full suit with a tank top underneath while Marner stood on the red carpet wearing a checkered jacket and black jeans.
Both players, who are full of style, say their looks came together quite quickly.
"Well, my outfit, this came in as I was getting into the Uber on the way to come here," Nylander said with a grin. "So, it was pretty chaotic but I mean, nothing really planned, I just got a new suit."
Marner, however, had a bit of an idea of what he was going to wear a few days before walking the red carpet.
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"I noticed last year that it was more of a casual fit kind of thing and kind of wear what you want. So for this year, I tried to change things up a little bit. I met a stylist in Greece last year and, I'll shout him out, Joey Saturday, Mr. Saturday, that's what this coat is.
"He messaged me a couple days ago and just said, 'We got some stuff if you want to try some stuff on and see if you like it and wear for the All-Star game and just the weekend.' I said, 'Yeah, I'll take a look at it for sure.'"
Even Auston Matthews and Morgan Rielly showed up in style, with Toronto's leading goalscorer going casual while the defenseman opted to go with a suit.
If there's anything certain, it's that some of the Maple Leafs' biggest players hope that they'll be able to show more personality with what they wear in the future.
"I tried to switch it up from a suit and try to go more personality wise," Marner said. "Hopefully the league kind of gets that and wants us to do that very soon, and let us be our own people and wear what we want."
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