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Nik the Trik said:That's funny I remember it pretty differently. I remember Virtanen being the consensus guy to Vancouver with the question being which of Ehlers/Nylander/Ritchie the Leafs would go with.
Nik the Trik said:That's funny I remember it pretty differently. I remember Virtanen being the consensus guy to Vancouver with the question being which of Ehlers/Nylander/Ritchie the Leafs would go with.
Nik the Trik said:That's funny I remember it pretty differently. I remember Virtanen being the consensus guy to Vancouver with the question being which of Ehlers/Nylander/Ritchie the Leafs would go with.
Zee said:Dave Nonis's greatest day in retrospect.
bustaheims said:That was the moment it was clear to me that things would be different under Shanahan. If he wasn't brought in as president, I'm not convinced the Leafs would have drafted Nylander.
CarltonTheBear said:bustaheims said:That was the moment it was clear to me that things would be different under Shanahan. If he wasn't brought in as president, I'm not convinced the Leafs would have drafted Nylander.
Especially since it seems like Shanahan's personal insight may have erased some or all of the criticisms that some scouts had about Nylander's character.
Shanahan intends to provide as much help as possible to Nonis and Co., even on days like the draft when, he admitted, many of the kids chosen had already finished their seasons by the time he took the Leafs top job this spring.
Nevertheless, he became particularly useful given slick Swedish forward William Nylander was one of the scouting staff?s top targets at eighth overall.
Shanahan and Nylander p?re played the 2006-07 season together on the New York Rangers, are of a similar age and get along very well, meaning the Leafs had some unique insight into their potential pick?s background and upbringing.
By the time the draft weekend came around, Shanahan felt he had such a good grasp on William Nylander?s personality and promise that he found the fact some were questioning his character in the lead-up to Friday humorous.
More importantly, those scouting reports were potentially beneficial to the Leafs, who wanted him to slip to their pick.
?I knew it wasn?t true,? Shanahan said. ?I did a lot of homework on him.
?I called players that I played with in Detroit that had played with William over in Sweden. ? To be honest with you, I did it a while ago.
?Everybody I talked to, people whose opinions I really respect, guys who are in dressing rooms, couldn?t say enough about the kid.?
Nonis, who was placed in the uncomfortable position of having a new boss looking over his shoulder back in April, admitted he was glad to have the added intel.
Yesterday morning, Dave Feschuk and Steve Simmons met on the radio to talk hockey, and the subject of William Nylander came up. Their take below thanks to the transcribing of Platinum Seat Ghosts:
Simmons: "on the nights where William Nylander has tried hard, I've been impressed"
Feschuk: "well that's not often"
? Platinum Seat Ghosts (@3rdPeriodSuits) November 22, 2016
There are a lot of reasons why this is ridiculous. He's just a rookie, he's been really good already, his usage hasn't been ideal, it's ignorant and toxic.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:They should trade Nylander for help on defense articles/sports radio segments coming at you in 3...2...1......
freer said:WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:They should trade Nylander for help on defense articles/sports radio segments coming at you in 3...2...1......
Well that would be the stupid thing I ever heard.
princedpw said:freer said:WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:They should trade Nylander for help on defense articles/sports radio segments coming at you in 3...2...1......
Well that would be the stupid thing I ever heard.
Why? If they could get a defenseman of comparable value, it might improve the team,no?