Player Discussion William Nylander

[thewave]

Mo should be stripped of his A and have it given to Nylander

 

[thewave]

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At this point I 100% believe he is on a mission to bring this city a cup. I think he wants to be the guy. He is paid, treated like a king and loves it here.

More importantly. I actually believe he will be a part of what finally gets that done.

 

[ToneDog]

He's gone from the outhouse to the penthouse since he signed after "holding out" for two months and coming in out of shape. Hopefully he can keep up the 52 goal pace he is on and puts up close to 100 points.

 

[thewave]

He's gone from the outhouse to the penthouse since he signed after "holding out" for two months and coming in out of shape. Hopefully he can keep up the 52 goal pace he is on and puts up close to 100 points.

I want him to get a rocket. I think that would be awesome. Two rocket winners on the same team. Maybe another fancy team related silver trophy as well.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Another good game offensively by Willy last night. He’s on his way to having a big goal scoring season.

 

[Jojalu]

Another good game offensively by Willy last night. He’s on his way to having a big goal scoring season.

It seems crazy to me that if he hits 40 again this year that he will become the 5th Leaf in history to have 3 40 goal seasons.

 

[BraveCanadian]

It seems crazy to me that if he hits 40 again this year that he will become the 5th Leaf in history to have 3 40 goal seasons.

In the old days when the Leafs were good they had shorter seasons and/or low scoring environments. Then we had the long suffering Ballard era so it has only been relatively recently that there was much of an opportunity for a handful of star Leafs players to do stuff.

All of Matthews, Marner and Nylander will be high on various Leafs records if they continue to play in TO.

 

[ToneDog]

It seems crazy to me that if he hits 40 again this year that he will become the 5th Leaf in history to have 3 40 goal seasons.

Regular season warriors but they have never competed like Sittler, Salming, McDonald, Sundin, Clarke, Gilmour, and Roberts in the playoffs. Playoff warriors.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Regular season warriors but they have never competed like Sittler, Salming, McDonald, Sundin, Clarke, Gilmour, and Roberts in the playoffs. Playoff warriors.

Never thought Sundin fit with the others listed but ya, the current crop of stars is likely the most talented group the Leafs have ever had at one time. They just don’t lay it out there.

The entire core 4 has been a huge disappointment in the playoffs.

 

[notDatsyuk]

He's gone from the outhouse to the penthouse since he signed after "holding out" for two months and coming in out of shape. Hopefully he can keep up the 52 goal pace he is on and puts up close to 100 points.

If people could finish his setups better he'd be on pace for a lot more than 100 points.

Not bad for a lazy second liner.

 

[notDatsyuk]

Regular season warriors but they have never competed like Sittler, Salming, McDonald, Sundin, Clarke, Gilmour, and Roberts in the playoffs. Playoff warriors.

Willy's easily the best of the current crop, but we'll below those, at least so far.

 

[ToneDog]

I want him to get a rocket. I think that would be awesome. Two rocket winners on the same team. Maybe another fancy team related silver trophy as well.

Why is there a trophy for goals and not one for assists? Maybe we can campaign for one and call it the Beliveau, Ratelle, Oates or Jumbo? Better yet, the Johnny Hockey (RIP).

 

[thewave]

Why is there a trophy for goals and not one for assists? Maybe we can campaign for one and call it the Beliveau, Ratelle, Oates or Jumbo? Better yet, the Johnny Hockey (RIP).

Seems the old guard never thought an assist was worth it. I actually wouldn't be opposed to an award. I mean, they are important.

 

[Confucius]

Seems the old guard never thought an assist was worth it. I actually wouldn't be opposed to an award. I mean, they are important.

McDavid really wanted that 100th assist, seemed like he was always declining to shoot when he got to the mid nineties.

 

[ToneDog]

McDavid really wanted that 100th assist, seemed like he was always declining to shoot when he got to the mid nineties.

The way I see it if you are not a goal scorer and you want to be one of the top 5 paid players in the game, you have to lead the league in something. Has Mitch ever led the league in assists or come close to 100 assists? How about an Art Ross?

No Mitch Marner. His highest was 69. There's that number again.

 

[thewave]

The way I see it if you are not a goal scorer and you want to be one of the top 5 paid players in the game, you have to lead the league in something. Has Mitch ever led the league in assists or come close to 100 assists? How about an Art Ross?

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No Mitch Marner. His highest was 69. There's that number again.

Exactly. He just isn't in that range of player but wants the money. He demands the money. There is no way out of this other than letting them play the POs and see how it goes. Base an offer on what happens there.

 

[Leafidelity]

Regular season warriors but they have never competed like Sittler, Salming, McDonald, Sundin, Clarke, Gilmour, and Roberts in the playoffs. Playoff warriors.

That's a lot of "playoff warriors" with no Leafs cups to show

 

[ToneDog]

That's a lot of "playoff warriors" with no Leafs cups to show

True but if our core competed like those guys, they might have more than 1 series win in 9 attempts.