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William Nylander

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/848935509439238145
www.twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/848935509439238145
 
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It is interesting to look at that draft and try to order the top players according to their current value.  Are the top three players these guys:

Draisaitl (77pts ... but plays with McDavid)
Ekblad (... tough to compare but I hear he's good!)
Pastrnak (34g, 70pts)

Perhaps then Ehlers and Nylander, who seem roughly equal?

 
princedpw said:
It is interesting to look at that draft and try to order the top players according to their current value.  Are the top three players these guys:

Draisaitl (77pts ... but plays with McDavid)
Ekblad (... tough to compare but I hear he's good!)
Pastrnak (34g, 70pts)

Perhaps then Ehlers and Nylander, who seem roughly equal?
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Try going by Points per Game and it'll look pretty clear.
Primary points would be even clearer. At least for forwards.
 
https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/856884742582652930
www.twitter.com/myregularface/status/856884742582652930
https://twitter.com/Hana15x/status/856334050520424452
www.twitter.com/Hana15x/status/856334050520424452

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/capitals/william-nylander-was-raised-by-the-capitals-now-hes-trying-to-eliminate-them/2017/04/16/615c8b00-22ce-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html

Note to TSN: this is how you do a Nylander article.
 
So next year do you move Nylander up the middle or do you wait for another season? Does it depend entirely on what you can get for Bozak on the trade market?

Not that the Leafs remaining forward prospects are guaranteed all-stars but you probably need to have Leipsic and maybe Rychel in the NHL next year.  Kapanen really shouldn't be playing on the 4th line and Soshnikov likely slots back into the lineup next year.

Trade Bozak + JVR.

Kapanen - Matthews - Hyman
Marner - Nylander - Brown
Soshnikov - Kadri - Komarov
Leipsic - ??? - Martin
Rychel

It's not perfect and someone can probably do it better.

I'd also like to take this moment to point out that Andreas Johnsson finished the year with 27 points (10G, 17A) in his final 32 games of the AHL season.  Hopefully that's a sign that the rust of his concussion is gone and that he is adjusting well to the North American ice.  Another full season and hopefully he ends up being a nice steal.
 
We were talking about this in the general thread, but here is the Nylander-specific point made by Babcock at today's presser:

When you go to the whiteboard this summer, how much change are you expecting, and do you see William Nylander maybe being a center next year?

Babcock: No, Willy is not going to be a center next year, and there will be changes.
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Addendum to the Nylander comments about him centering:

You were asked about Nylander playing center today and you said that won?t happen next year. If it?s not going to happen next year, how do you envision that transition working out in the future, getting Nylander to the center of the ice?

Babcock: What happened already is suddenly in the playoffs he took the right-hand draws and Matty look the left-hand draws. He was good in the faceoff circle. We didn't let that happen at the start. He just graduated into doing that. The way we?re set up right now, with the three centers, I don't need a center right now to get him the amount of minutes he needs to get. He's got better opportunity to play the amount of minutes he needs in offensive situations playing on the wall, at least through next year.
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herman said:
Addendum to the Nylander comments about him centering:

You were asked about Nylander playing center today and you said that won?t happen next year. If it?s not going to happen next year, how do you envision that transition working out in the future, getting Nylander to the center of the ice?

Babcock: What happened already is suddenly in the playoffs he took the right-hand draws and Matty look the left-hand draws. He was good in the faceoff circle. We didn't let that happen at the start. He just graduated into doing that. The way we?re set up right now, with the three centers, I don't need a center right now to get him the amount of minutes he needs to get. He's got better opportunity to play the amount of minutes he needs in offensive situations playing on the wall, at least through next year.
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Yeah, that's a more appropriate response. As long as the team is set up as it currently is, Nylander won't be playing centre.

Nylander went 14 for 24 (58%) in faceoffs during the playoffs. Good the the 2nd best winning percentage among Leafs. Boyle was #1 at 62%, while Kadri and Bozak were both at 52%.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
Addendum to the Nylander comments about him centering:

You were asked about Nylander playing center today and you said that won?t happen next year. If it?s not going to happen next year, how do you envision that transition working out in the future, getting Nylander to the center of the ice?

Babcock: What happened already is suddenly in the playoffs he took the right-hand draws and Matty look the left-hand draws. He was good in the faceoff circle. We didn't let that happen at the start. He just graduated into doing that. The way we?re set up right now, with the three centers, I don't need a center right now to get him the amount of minutes he needs to get. He's got better opportunity to play the amount of minutes he needs in offensive situations playing on the wall, at least through next year.
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Yeah, that's a more appropriate response. As long as the team is set up as it currently is, Nylander won't be playing centre.

Nylander went 14 for 24 (58%) in faceoffs during the playoffs. Good the the 2nd best winning percentage among Leafs. Boyle was #1 at 62%, while Kadri and Bozak were both at 52%.
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Assuming that Bozak is gone, and you have room for Nylander at center, does Kadri then get his minutes cut if Nylander becomes the 2nd center behind Matthews? 
 
Zee said:
CarltonTheBear said:
herman said:
Addendum to the Nylander comments about him centering:

You were asked about Nylander playing center today and you said that won?t happen next year. If it?s not going to happen next year, how do you envision that transition working out in the future, getting Nylander to the center of the ice?

Babcock: What happened already is suddenly in the playoffs he took the right-hand draws and Matty look the left-hand draws. He was good in the faceoff circle. We didn't let that happen at the start. He just graduated into doing that. The way we?re set up right now, with the three centers, I don't need a center right now to get him the amount of minutes he needs to get. He's got better opportunity to play the amount of minutes he needs in offensive situations playing on the wall, at least through next year.
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Yeah, that's a more appropriate response. As long as the team is set up as it currently is, Nylander won't be playing centre.

Nylander went 14 for 24 (58%) in faceoffs during the playoffs. Good the the 2nd best winning percentage among Leafs. Boyle was #1 at 62%, while Kadri and Bozak were both at 52%.
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Assuming that Bozak is gone, and you have room for Nylander at center, does Kadri then get his minutes cut if Nylander becomes the 2nd center behind Matthews?
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I would assume that Kadri would still be going head-to-head against the oppositions top line, so probably not.  My guess is Matthews would get Bozak's minutes, and Nylander would then get Matthews' minutes.
 
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