William Nylander appreciation thread

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Lol. "What?" Nah. Doesn't work, Sport. Having read some of your latest Johnny-on-the-spot comments against Nylander, you're welcome to your bias. I've got zero interest in going back and forth with that type of zeal.
 
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He is not a 100p guy he could be a 1ppg guy. Its like the brain on a player are part of the player... At his salary he is good enough overall.
 
This just makes so much sense.

Kerfoot-Matthews-marner
Bunting-Tavares-Nylander
Engvall-Karmpf-Mikheyev
Simmonds-Spezza-Blackwell
Not a fan of Kerfoot on either of the top 2 lines myself . Not the greatest in the corners or defensively and not a very productive puck hound . Mikheyev should be that guy but for some reason he doesn't seem to mesh well on those lines . I actually really liked Roberson on the Tavares line but it was pretty limited viewing . Think myself i would of gave it a lot more time to both gel and let Robertson get up to NHL speed .
 
Not a fan of Kerfoot on either of the top 2 lines myself . Not the greatest in the corners or defensively and not a very productive puck hound . Mikheyev should be that guy but for some reason he doesn't seem to mesh well on those lines . I actually really liked Roberson on the Tavares line but it was pretty limited viewing . Think myself i would of gave it a lot more time to both gel and let Robertson get up to NHL speed .
Robertson had a few good shifts and did bring energy.
But he still looks overwhelmed in physical interactions.
 
I do. He doesn’t have 100 point will.
bingo. Also why he's paid sub 7m. As long as he plays to a 70+pt pace in the regular season and gives the full unleashed version in the playoffs, I'm stoked.
 
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Open for any change. We need to get the 2nd line going. Even if it makes the first line 5%worse the overall impact should be a lot better with a working 1st and 2nd line.
I don't really understand the resistance to change up the top 2 lines here. If the 1st takes a bit of a hit but the 2nd line has a better improvement the team itself is better off. I know lots of fans love the fact Marner piles up points and Matthews piles up goals and can win another rocket but those accomplishments without team success are empty to me.
Winning the cup should and must be the only thing that matters.

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Nylander lack of effort cost us the game. Send to the 3rd line and bench in the last few games. I would healthy scratch him to see if that lights a fire under him. Needs to watch Blackwell to see what a hard working player looks like. He will be on that line soon anyways.
 
poor Willie's this years scape goat , hopefully if they trade him it turns out better than letting the last one walk
 
sad to see Willy drop off like he has past month .. he has most overall tools on team hockey skill wise but he clearly showed a lack of team defense last night which cost team a goal against .. we need 3 lines in playoffs which can produce so better start trying to figure out what works now Keefer .. JT and Willy is not a good combo .. any idiot can see it is not working out at all
 
Willie's no-shows have gone on much longer than normal. Makes me wonder if there is some friction somewhere on the team.
This has been Nylander's game as far as I have seen him. He usually needs a kick to get going when he's in a rut and I think he'll do that soon. Usually, just from history between him and Keefe, Keefe will call him out...he'll mope and stink for a couple of games and then he'll be rejuvenated. Happened a lot during his tenure as a Marlie.

He's so damn talented, just need to make him minimize his days off that's all. It's hard not to pick on him though when he is not producing because his defensive game or gear isn't exactly the best.
 
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Willie is what he is, hot and cold. But at the end of the day he’s worth his cap hit, i’m getting tired of this player always being made an example out of. When there is a bigger problem on his line, bit of a cop out from Keefe honestly.

He can show some balls and maybe give the captain a kick in the *ss every now and then.
 
Willie is what he is, hot and cold. But at the end of the day he’s worth his cap hit, i’m getting tired of this player always being made an example out of. When there is a bigger problem on his line, bit of a cop out from Keefe honestly.

He can show some balls and maybe give the captain a kick in the *ss every now and then.
Remember when it was the bad man Babcock picking on him? Perhaps that’s instructive but who knows.
 
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Willie is what he is, hot and cold. But at the end of the day he’s worth his cap hit, i’m getting tired of this player always being made an example out of. When there is a bigger problem on his line, bit of a cop out from Keefe honestly.

He can show some balls and maybe give the captain a kick in the *ss every now and then.

I feel like Tavares' struggles really had a cooling effect on Nylander's breakout season which is now regressing into a normal up and down year for him. When Nylander has his "B" effort game, it's just completely ugly and attracts scorn from the coach.
 

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