William Nylander has reached superstar status

[Canucks LB]

I always knew Nylander was a star, put up very impressive numbers throughout his career.

But this season I truly believe that Nylander has taken another step, not just offensively, but defensively as well.

25 points and 16 games is extremely impressive on top of it.

He seems pretty special, and a lot of people might think this is a hot take( or not) but I believe this year he has been the best Toronto Maple Leaf, going toe to toe with Matthews as the best player on the team, And truly reached superstar status for the first time in his career.

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[eviohh26]

Watching the Leafs in the playoffs I've always liked him the most. He is a gooder.

 

[Frosty415]

He's definitely underrated compared to the rest of the core.

 

[LemonSauceD]

He’s quite easily the best player on the Leafs. Has been for quite some time now.

 

[Oleksiak]

Has his tourist visa to enter his own zone finally been approved?

 

[Canucks LB]

Watching the Leafs in the playoffs I've always liked him the most. He is a gooder.

I feel like he has really truly taken another step this year, one thing, I really like about him, he seems to always be in a dangerous position, either he creates chances from them, or he takes away them

 

[BrendanGaunce4Selke]

can the leafs afford to sign him?

 

[LastOne2100]

He seems pretty special, and a lot of people might think this is a hot take, but I believe this year he has been the best Toronto Maple Leafs.

Not even a bit of a hot take.

He's been the best Leaf and it hasn't been that close.

He continues to take forward steps year after year.

 

[93gilmour93]

 

[Phil Kessels Hot Dog]

Its almost like this is a contract year

 

[Canucks LB]

Not even a bit of a hot take.

He's been the best Leaf and it hasn't been that close.

He continues to take forward steps year after year.

Yeah, maybe it’s not a hot take, maybe the bigger hot take is that he’s the best Toronto Maple Leaf period.

Either way, he’s been awesome

 

[JKG33]

Watching the Leafs in the playoffs I've always liked him the most. He is a gooder.

I did too, until he had the puck in the O-zone for a scoring chance in OT and just gave the puck away to avoid a Gudas hit.

He's just like Matthews and Marner

 

[Canucks LB]

I did too, until he had the puck in the O-zone for a scoring chance in OT and just gave the puck away to avoid a Gudas hit.

He's just like Matthews and Marner

I don’t think so, I feel like he has more silent snarl than both of them.

Other than one playoffs really, he seems to have elevated his game in challenging moments.

 

[abo9]

Just in time for a fat juicy contract!
But he seriously looks the best in the playoffs too (vs other Toronto stars), so who knows, maybe he'll perform to be worth the contract

 

[JKG33]

I don’t think so, I feel like he has more silent snarl than both of them.

Other than one playoffs really, he seems to have elevated his game in challenging moments.

Up until that point I agreed with you about Nylander, but that moment really stuck with me and encompassed the last 6ish years of being a Leafs fan.

I've said it about all of them, it doesn't matter how many regular season points they put up. If they keep disappearing in the playoffs its irrelevant. For Nylander to truly up his game in the challenging moments, he needs to not be ducking out from hits in OT

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Very good player, but IMHO a minor quibble that a "star" means one is known by local sport fans generally and perhaps even by the fans of a sport league generally, while by contrast a "superstar" is somebody known nationally, if not internationally, by average folks who may not even follow any sports at all, e.g., Shaquille O'Neal, Patrick Mahomes, etc.

A good rule of thumb is whether somebody has been in an insurance commercial or appeared in network commercials for non-sports timeslots, If not, at best they are a mere star.

Of course, somebody could be a "superstar" to you subjectively, and there is nothing wrong with that if it makes you happier.

 

[BostonBob]

Watching the Leafs in the playoffs I've always liked him the most. He is a gooder.

Yeah those 5 or 6 games sure can tell you a lot.

 

[Cats2TheCup]

I’ve always said that he’s the only guy on the Leafs who I felt threatened by when he had the puck on his stick in the series against the Panthers last year.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Yes he’s the best player on the team and they should give him the biggest contract too, please give him the biggest contract

 

[namttebih]

Its almost like this is a contract year

Just like last year...oh never mind.

 

[njdevils1982]

can the leafs afford to sign him?

Its almost like this is a contract year

i hope he takes them to the cleaners

 

[HawksDub89]

Gonna look really good in red next year next to Bedard.

(Maybe lol)

 

[The90]

Has his tourist visa to enter his own zone finally been approved?

He can float as much as he wants if he puts up these kind of numbers.

Very good player, but IMHO a minor quibble that a "star" means one is known by local sport fans generally and perhaps even by the fans of a sport league generally, while by contrast a "superstar" is somebody known nationally, if not internationally, by average folks who may not even follow any sports at all, e.g., Shaquille O'Neal, Patrick Mahomes, etc.

A good rule of thumb is whether somebody has been in an insurance commercial or appeared in network commercials for non-sports timeslots, If not, at best they are a mere star.

Of course, somebody could be a "superstar" to you subjectively, and there is nothing wrong with that if it makes you happier.

This is your own quibble because you don’t want to give him his flowers for whatever reason

 

[Amadeus]

Silly smooth sniper. Love watching him and having him here! Nothing phases the dude.

 

[AvatarAang]

Always nice to see fans of other teams hyping up leaf players when they need a new contract

Everyone wants to see Nylander get overpaid or leave Toronto. It’s a win-win situations for the trolls.

Canucks fans are praying that Nylander signs with their team so they can add another star forward that just so happens to be from Sweden