William Nylander has reached superstar status

[Pablo El Perro]

Slow it down. Nylander is a great player having a great start to the year, and I've always liked his game, but I'm not sure he's reached whatever status.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

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

Oh, I'll just wait until he hits "generational" for that.

 

[The90]

Oh, I'll just wait until he hits "generational" for that.

Then you’d just say he’s not generational? Almost like you have a pedantic agenda

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Oh, I'll just wait until he hits "generational" for that.

Is Generational better than Superstar?

 

[The Crypto Guy]

So, how do they afford him?

 

[Pablo El Perro]

So, how do they afford him?

Bertuzzi walks, cap is there. Might cause other issues.

 

[eviohh26]

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

We are trolling by giving props to a very good player? I don't think its that deep. .
And There is no way in hell we could afford him if we tried. We got our own swede to resign

 

[The90]

Is Generational better than Superstar?

It depends how many people ‘know’ him

 

[Strangle]

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

This is the entire reason threads exist to pump Nylanders tires.

HF always has ulterior motives when it comes to the leafs lol

If HF is complimenting a leaf player, it’s because they still want to do their best to try and hurt the team.

Nylander has been fantastic, but so have all of the Leafs homegrown/drafted players. Tavares is still ppg+ even.

What we really need is one more homegrown talent to reach star status … and that’s gotta be Woll

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Is Generational better than Superstar?

Dunno.You'd have to ask a Canadian. Or an
Uzbek.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

So, how do they afford him?

Klingberg gone, Brodie expiring.
Maybe one of Bertuzzi/Domi, both of which have looked really good recently.

 

[malcb33]

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

Not that I disagree with this at all, but Nylander is also the most motivated out of the core players which is likely due to his contract status.

He's a very good player, but I wonder if the way he's playing now is the "new normal" or his I want the bag motivation?

 

[Incognito]

Slow it down. Nylander is a great player having a great start to the year, and I've always liked his game, but I'm not sure he's reached whatever status.

As a Leafs fan, I have to agree with this. I think it's a bit premature to bestow the superstar title upon him. I love the guy, but his career bests before the start of this season are 40 goals and 87 points. Great numbers for sure, but not what I'd call superstar production. I both think and hope that Nylander is taking that next step in his career development, but I still want to see him do it over a more extended period of time before I get too excited and confident that this is his new normal level of play.

 

[Bobby9]

Leafs should keep him over Marner.

 

[MacMacandBarbie]

To think Nylander's light will ever shine half as bright as Matthews is wishful thinking. Are you his agent? He is a superstar, I wouldnt recognize him if I tripped over him.

 

[Brookbank]

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.

Remember in 2019 when he had 7 goals in 54 games ?

Here's what will happen. He will stay on the heater he is on an get some insane contract. Then he will have an off year again. I don't totally buy this idea that players try harder in contract years and then drop off when it kicks in. Sometimes its just luck. But this will happen to Nylander in spades.

 

[MacMacandBarbie]

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

Haha let’s start talking about his defensive aspects like it’s super important for wingers. He’s a two way beast that should get 13x8!

 

[Empoleon8771]

Shocking: a guy in a contract year is having an insane year.

I really like Nylander as a player for sure, but anyone who buys the hype on him now is going to regret it in the future. He's this year's Bo Horvat.

 

[Brookbank]

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

He will be just like the rest of them once he gets his super mega deal.

I just was wondering, what happened to the PED policy in the NHL.. He's got water retention written all over him

 

[AuraSphere]

Shocking: a guy in a contract year is having an insane year.

I really like Nylander as a player for sure, but anyone who buys the hype on him now is going to regret it in the future. He's this year's Bo Horvat.

I don't even know how you can seriously say this - Nylander's been outperforming his current contract year 2 onwards. He's been the best leaf in the last few playoffs - I think he's the least I'm worried about.

I'm more worried bout Marner/Matthews contracts than Nylander. I hated the Matthews contract the minute it was signed

Nylander has hit the stage in his career where everytime he's on the ice - I think we're going to score and somethings going to happen. I don't even get this feeling with Matthews/Marner anymore

 

[A1LeafNation]

This sounds like the huberdeau for Hart talk...we know how that turned out.

Let's see it for a couple years first.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I don't even know how you can seriously say this - Nylander's been outperforming his current contract year 2 onwards. He's been the best leaf in the last few playoffs - I think he's the least I'm worried about.

I'm more worried bout Marner/Matthews contracts than Nylander. I hated the Matthews contract the minute it was signed

Nylander has hit the stage in his career where everytime he's on the ice - I think we're going to score and somethings going to happen. I don't even get this feeling with Matthews/Marner anymore

I meant that as in "good player super overperforms in contract year". It's the same thing that happened to Horvat in Vancouver last year, when he was a good top-6 center and then put up a 50 goal pace in his contract year. Huberdeau did the same thing as well, he was a good PPG 1st liner and then put up 115 point in his contract year.

Is Nylander good? Of course he is, he's firmly a top line, PPG play driving winger IMO. Is he the 100+ point player that I bet he finishes at this year? Of course not, and any team that pays him like that is going to regret it.

 

[johan f]

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.

Superstar is a grading of player level. Not level of celebrity.

 

[Oliewud]

deserves big money

12+

 

[Brookbank]

Shocking: a guy in a contract year is having an insane year.

I really like Nylander as a player for sure, but anyone who buys the hype on him now is going to regret it in the future. He's this year's Bo Horvat.

I agree that Nylander will have some off years under his new contract. Most likely the first year. Like is 7 goals in 54 games run.

But Nylander has 31 , 34 and 40 goal campaigns under is belt. Nylander is a true top line scorer. Horvat is a 2nd line player on an average team. And even that he doesn't do very well because he isn't a checker. The Horvat deal is special bad.