Vinegar Strokes
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So calm and patient with the puck on his stick in the offensive zone. Always seems to be making the best play possible.
Incredible player.
Incredible player.
C William Nylander (2014, 8th, TOR) IX
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He's excellent. So poised with the puck and I don't think I've ever seen him panic in a tight situation. Definitely better overall than matthews so far this season. Seems him and matthews are becoming really close buddies because they are always chatting and laughing on the bench.
TheDoldrums
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Keep Sorokin Me Babe
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stokes84
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He does look like the best forward from the class at the moment, with Draisaitl right there too. As a Sabres fan, watching players surpass Reinhart feels like a gut punch.
Even if he's not moved to centre, the Leafs have the makings of a very good first line with:
Hyman / JVR - Matthews - Nylander
Matthews and Nylander can both be PPG forwards in the next couple of years; with Hyman or JVR putting up respectable numbers as well.
Hyman / JVR - Matthews - Nylander
Matthews and Nylander can both be PPG forwards in the next couple of years; with Hyman or JVR putting up respectable numbers as well.
Still way too early imo. I really like Bennetts game and would consider the two similar in value.
Well, I have a feeling that the other Nylander will surpass a bunch of forwards in his draft class.
WTFMAN99
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I'm sure Babcock was pleased with Nylander on that 3rd goal.
Either block it or get out of the way.
Either block it or get out of the way.
Umm, don't be so down. Sam Reinhart is a great player as well, it's not like you took Virtanen, Fleury, or MDC over Nylander.
Reinhart is a really smart player. The kind of player you win games with.
AINEC*
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Lol but seriously. There was a guy who used to come in here saying the leafs should have drafted Ritchie etc .
Dont even think he was a leaf fan, just didn't like Nylander
I was never more hyped for a Leafs prospect than I was for him after the WJC in 2014/2015. When we picked him, I was good but not ecstatic. Everywhere he went, he flourished. SHL, WJC, AHL, and now the NHL. Just watching him play, you see the poise, the shot, and skills. He is a beast. I said at this time last year, I would keep him over Marner, and stand by that. Don't feel like digging up old posts, but they're there. His game is better suited for the NHL. Not to knock Mitch tho, King Joff is just that good.
He is going to be the 2nd or 3rd best player overall from that 2014 draft class. Better than the Sam's, better than Ehlers, better than Larkin.
Ekblad
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Leafs got another star Swede. We should count our blessings every night for getting him 8th.
He is going to be the 2nd or 3rd best player overall from that 2014 draft class. Better than the Sam's, better than Ehlers, better than Larkin.
Ekblad
King Joffrey / Drai
Leafs got another star Swede. We should count our blessings every night for getting him 8th.
67Cup
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I agre with that point. It's far too early to get down on Reinhart, especially after a very solid if not spectacular season last year. It's also too early to anoint Nylander as best forward in his draft class. In the Leafs board debates about Andersen, sigh, I've said it is too early to rate him negatively. To be consistent at all, I ought to agree it is too early to rate Nylander so positively.
But he certainly is promising!
Yep, way too early but it's hard not to like what we see from Nylander. Produced at every level and now just starting where he left off last year. The Leafs badly needed to get this pick right and they knocked it out of the park (we didn't know Marner or Matthews were going to be Leafs). We got a top three talent picking 8th overall. Ever since we picked Schenn, we haven't really ****ed up a top draft selection.
It would not have been hard for the Leafs to pick Ritchie (remember Carlyle was coach at the time and he loves grit over skill and Nonis was GM at the time). Glad Shanny cleaned house and got rid of the scouts we had before and got Hunter in charge.
Even Babcock said today that Nylander is way better than he thought he was. I'm glad he didn't play much last season when JvR was injured or he would have taken us out of last place.
Saw that guys rants, so I'm tracking it down. He and a bunch of others also latched on to the Filatov/Nylander comparable. I\m pretty sure it is the guy now known as FrozenJagrt you are thinking of. I would hope he's changed his mind.
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=87154021&highlight=filatov+nylander#post87154021
But at least he's a passionate Leafs fan, everyone gets things wrong, it is not as bad as so-called neutral's or opposing fans who ran with the Filatov comparable.
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=89935287&postcount=733
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=88628485&postcount=74
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=90936685&postcount=650
I think Nylander can emerge as the best forward of the 2014 draft, and live up to his billing as the most offensively skilled. He seems to of removed much of the fear about his projected floor with his performance post draft. Nylander, Larkin, Bennett, Reinhart, Ehlers, and Larkin are impressive. People also seem to forget about Pasternak and Fabbri who have shown they also belong in the disucssion. Will be interesting to see what guys like Ritchie, Virtanen, Vrana, McCann and Fiala can do this year too.
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Drai is pretty good as well. Most of the people with the Filatov comparison are unsurprisingly Habs and Sens fans. These threads do get awful quiet when they do well. Only Leaf posters.
Last year, Willy was a bust because he couldn't make our roster out of camp even though it was by design.
He's got the puck all the time so he doesn't have to worry too much about being in his own zone. Everyone can be better defensively.
