At this point, I don't think there are many players in the entire league that I would trade Nylander for. He has "special" qualities. If he can become more responsible defensively, look out.
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kule41
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oh right, he did forgot to mention that. He seems like the kind of player that is confident in his abilities and i think he has to be like that to make skill plays.
BertCorbeau
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And they've been climbing themselves out of the hole they dug in the first couple months of the season with a strong December/January .. 7-1-2 in their last 10
Things are looking up
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I think he has been pretty good defensively besides that play where he didnt get it out right away in the defensive zone.
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Not gonna be able to cut east west across the blue line at high speed in the NHL like he just tried to without getting killed.
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Agreed but don't think its a glaring weakness. He seems to know his positioning well at least on the wing.
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Seems like every guy with any offensive ability is doomed these days if he doesn't have NHL selke level defense at 18.
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I've noticed that the a lot of the people who jump all over a young player for not being amazing defensively tend to love Bozak. Talk about cognitive dissonance.
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Maybe that's why we see the best picks in the NHL as 18 - 19 year olds.
When is the last time the Leafs had a 18/19 year old impactful NHL player?
That would be spectacular.
Oh no, not another one....
I guess this applies when he has the puck as well. If you don't go into the dirty areas in the NHL, it's difficult to score goals.. Unless your Phil Kessel, but then you just become a complete defensive liability. As we have already started to see, once the Leafs move away from that run and gun style, Kessels point totals seem to have gone down.. Although, the entire team hasn't scored I suppose.
Just saying, Nylander will not be able to do end to end rushes in the NHL consistently. Going to need to be willing to get into the blue paint to score goals. Not being a complete liability in his own end would also be nice. Right now in the NHL seems to me that he would be below average defensively.
But don't get me wrong. I really like the player. Just hope the Leafs develop him the right way and instill good habits, because the skill level is obvious.
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Wow the production of this broadcast is hilariously bad. Can't believe they cut out 20 seconds of the play to show canned footage of the guy who scored posing. It's like the producers have never watched a game of hockey before.
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your link is showing a feed of the scoreboard soo its not an actually broadcast feed.
Score is 0-2
EDIT: THAT "LEAFS FAN" ...SMH
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Nope, they were giving away a Habs jersey to the loudest fan. Some guy with a leafs jersey won and put the Habs jersey on over the leafs jersey
Nope, they were giving away a Habs jersey to the loudest fan. Some guy with a leafs jersey won and put the Habs jersey on over the leafs jersey
Not trying to sound like a dick...BUT. who the hell does that?? why not just accept the jersey and leave it at that. Guy is a Marlies/Leafs fan and puts on a Habs/Bulldogs jersey cause he won it...
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From what I've seen of Brown, i would be surprised if he wasnt in the NHL in a few years. He is a hard working player that is willing to do it all. Honestly, seems like a guy you would give a letter too.
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