William Nylander Discussion Thread

[saffronleaf]

lol they gave the goal to Kase :S oh well couple apples for Willy tn

 

[Gabriel426]

Imagine if he pulls a MacKinnon-like development. Nathan skyrocketed in his 5th full season.
Willy is somewhere there when you count the games he played

Been saying that it could happen since last playoffs.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Nylander is a point per game now, but he's honestly playing even better than that. He's really just scratching the surface

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Please give us Nylander.

You can have Dahlin.

Sincerely / Buffalo

 

[Gabriel426]

Lol come on. I love Nylander but MacKinnon at 18 was better than Willy will ever be

And Willy at 19-21 was much better than Mack st 19-21.
At one time, Mack was moved to RW bc he could not cut it as a C.

Won’t it be nice if Willie turns into Mack 2.0?

 

[saffronleaf]

Keefe in the post game presser says Nylander still has more to give

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Please give us Nylander.

You can have Dahlin.

Sincerely / Buffalo

You didn't say which one

We'll get Alex from Chicago and then flip him to you

 

[PatrikBerglund]

You didn't say which one

We'll get Alex from Chicago and then flip him to you

Damnit, I screwed up!

 

[stickty111]

Keefe in the post game presser says Nylander still has more to give

Honestly I agree with him. He's already amazing but there is another level.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

8 so far

Back to 7.

nhl.com has Kase as the scorer. Nylander and Kerfoot with the assist.

 

[Gabriel426]

Keefe in the post game presser says Nylander still has more to give

Well, Keefe needs Willie to score a few inorder to secure WINs.

 

[Willchel Marlynder]

Keefe in the post game presser says Nylander still has more to give

I think he definitely does too, but damn Keefe's delivery is interesting. Sounds like he doesn't want to pump Nylander's tires too much to keep him from becoming complacent. The guy has played a huge part in Keefe escaping a very uncomfortable hot seat.

 

[horner]

That's the Nylander I have been waiting for.
Great one timer.
The intermission interviews showed how much he was working , he was out of breath and sweating . Keep up the great work.

 

[ACC1224]

That's the Nylander I have been waiting for.
Great one timer.
The intermission interviews showed how much he was working , he was out of breath and sweating . Keep up the great work.

Seemed like he was being a bit of a dick to Masters there.

He played well though

 

[Tomas W]

Here's the Canadian forward William Nylander, seemingly happy hugging the swedish net minder Henrik Lundqvist at the
2017 world championship-
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A confusing moment for the hockey world, and a lot of unanswered questions of what happened that day still remains. Noone seem to have an answer, and I've been told odds are we aren't ever gonna find out.

Yep. He's both Canadian and Swedish citizen, but at national teams he represent Three Crowns! Sweden need him more, Canada got enough players just as good.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Nylander 7 goals
Pastrnak 4.

 

[ULF_55]

Seemed like he was being a bit of a dick to Masters there.

He played well though

How can someone be a dick to an announcer?

 

[Crosscrease14]

Lol come on. I love Nylander but MacKinnon at 18 was better than Willy will ever be

He's playing like a top 5 player in the league so far this year imo. He will probably come back to earth but that's not far off MacKinnon level.

Hope he keeps it up he's been the most exciting leaf by far.

 

[Aashir]

Lol come on. I love Nylander but MacKinnon at 18 was better than Willy will ever be

Thankfully 19 year old Mackinnon wasn’t

 

[NoName]

My personal (imaginary) goal for him is to produce 1 point for every $100k of his contract. He is off to a good start.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Another team leading effort by Willy last night .. and another strong cameo by Soup .. it is getting to be a familiar thing this year pretty much every night .. I can't wait to see how Leafs handle his contract renewal .. when he walks into GM's office and says look I am better then JT and Mitch and I am leading team pretty much every night .. and he is dead on right .. this is what happens when you way way way overpay a kid like Mitch .. although Mitch played harder last night than normal

 

[saffronleaf]

I think he definitely does too, but damn Keefe's delivery is interesting. Sounds like he doesn't want to pump Nylander's tires too much to keep him from becoming complacent. The guy has played a huge part in Keefe escaping a very uncomfortable hot seat.

right? it stood out to me as a bit unusual. but yea, I agree, he has another gear.

 

[Nylanderthal]

How the heck did this thread got into a debate between MM and Backstorm being HOF and about the Canadian status of Willie.

Because this forum over the past little bit has devolved quite a bit from what it was. Too many morons and people with ulterior motives when posting.

 

[mjlee]

Not to derail, but Nylander required a dispensation by the IIHF to play for Sweden. Since he was born in Canada and grew up in Canada and the US and didn't move to Sweden until he was 14, apart for summer vacations, formally he didn't have enough of a connection to qualify as a Swedish national player.

Another example is Alex Steen who was born and lived most of his life in Winnipeg but still played for the Swedish national team and regards himself as a Swede. NHL brats are a special kind when it comes to nationality.

 

[Menzinger]

Not to derail, but Nylander required a dispensation by the IIHF to play for Sweden. Since he was born in Canada and grew up in Canada and the US and didn't move to Sweden until he was 14, apart for summer vacations, formally he didn't have enough of a connection to qualify as a Swedish national player.

Another example is Alex Steen who was born and lived most of his life in Winnipeg but still played for the Swedish national team and regards himself as a Swede. NHL brats are a special kind when it comes to nationality.

Thanks for sharing that, very interesting