People are hilariously underrating Nylander everywhere. To quote Ian Tulloch,
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Originally Posted by Tulloch
There aren’t too many forwards who can lead their team in controlled zone exits, finish above the 95th percentile of controlled zone entries, score over 2.0 points per 60 at 5v5 and over 5.0 points per 60 at 5v4. In fact, there are six:
- Mathew Barzal
- Taylor Hall
- Patrick Kane
- Nikita Kucherov
- Evgeni Malkin
- William Nylander
When a team drafts a player of this calibre, they typically aren’t looking to trade him. There’s one obvious example in recent memory, and we all know how it turned out. |
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