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Obviously Nylander is not on the same level as Ovechkin. I knew exactly where you would go with this post as I typed it out. Lazy again.Compaing Nylander to Alex Ovechkin is probably one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard anyone try to defend. See yourself out.
Nylander is absolutely a floater and he’s been called out on it multiple times on multiple syndicated national broadcasts of playoff games. Alex Ovechkin has the benefit of being a generational player and the team, to their credit, built a winner around him. William Nylander is not a generational player, his resume pales in comparison to Ovechkin’s, he’s never won shit, and his contract demands are about to prevent the Leafs from building a competitive roster. Nylander is not a player you acquire unless you’ve assembled a championship roster without him and he’s the final piece. He is absolutely not a winner and the Leafs will not win while trying, in vain, to cover his faults.
Nylander was ranked #11 for takeaways in the 2022-2023 season. NHL Player Statistics -Advanced Stats
Again, he has his warts and gets lost in the defensive end time to time, but is not a floater. Yes, he hasn't won shit. Neither has many many really good players.
His contract demands are normal, he falls in at a 9 - 9.5M player long term pretty easily. I agree that he's not your franchise player on a winning team, but could easily be the #2, #3 guy.