Toronto fans overvalue their players like few others. I have no doubt that thinking that Nylander is worth Ekholm and Valimaki, is actually coming from an honest place. It's just that the value is so overwrought.
Nylander is an RFA holdout, who believes that we is worth over 7M, in a vacuum. That is a number that would be put on a player who has been proven to drive the play, with consistency. He wants Tarasenko money, but is not anywhere near that much of a force. He does not stir the drink.
So, he is a proven 60 point player, who overvalues his worth, is a holdout, and will take time to get into shape and learn a new system.
Either he signs at his worth, which is around 6M, and stays in Toronto, or Toronto fans are going to be very underwhelmed with the return.
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