His usage ranged from very suspect -- "we got a lot of gators in this locker room" -- to excellent -- "I wish I saw a gator [in Florida]. We don't have gators in Toronto."
Total number of gators used: Seven.
Marner did miss one easy opportunity by not saying "Later, gators" to the media as he ended his session, but the joke wasn't over for the Maple Leafs social media team.
On Sunday, the day after Marner's interview, the team shared some video of a stagnant-yet-still-terrifying-looking gator somewhere in a swamp.