Auston Matthews got off to the fastest start in the league last year. He was an unstoppable monster until he got hurt. That was with Kappy as his RW. Then he came back, cooled off, and everyone said well he needs Nylander. And Nylander needs him. However, since then, at no point ever has Auston Matthews looked like the guy who started last year.
This year we have had Nylander stapled to Matthews since the start. Matthews is not having a good year. Nylander is not having a good year. So, where are all the posters now saying we need to shake things up and separate them? That's what they said when Kappy was on RW and production stalled?
Nylander is doing jack for Matthews right now and vice versa. Let's put Nylander with our best center IE Tavares. Tavares is a better playmaker than Matthews is and Willie needs that given his atrocious shooting. Willie likes tt carry the puck a lot on the outside and feed guys and Tavares is better suited for that than Matty who also wants to carry it.