C William Nylander (2014, 8th, TOR) V [Mod warning in OP]

[obey86]

Over PPG in the AHL as a teenager.

It's hilarious when people try to discredit him.

Please show me where he is over a PPG as a teenager in the AHL.

32 points in 37 games last year.
If we included playoffs, 35 points in 42 games.
If we included all seasons as a teenager in the AHL, 39 points in 45 games.

Unless you mean he has 4 points in 3 games this season alone? That's kinda silly, I mean, it's 3 games. Using that logic, Dylan Larkin is a PPG player in the NHL as a teenager. But that would be stupid to say.

Yes, he is a great prospect, I agree. But people discrediting him is about as funny as you making statistics up.

 

[hamzarocks]

Please show me where he is over a PPG as a teenager in the AHL.

32 points in 37 games last year.
If we included playoffs, 35 points in 42 games.
If we included all seasons as a teenager in the AHL, 39 points in 45 games.

Unless you mean he has 4 points in 3 games this season alone? That's kinda silly, I mean, it's 3 games. Using that logic, Dylan Larkin is a PPG player in the NHL as a teenager. But that would be stupid to say.

Yes, he is a great prospect, I agree. But people discrediting him is about as funny as you making statistics up.

well he know has 5 pts in 4 games.

 

[NylanderBros]

Please show me where he is over a PPG as a teenager in the AHL.

32 points in 37 games last year.
If we included playoffs, 35 points in 42 games.
If we included all seasons as a teenager in the AHL, 39 points in 45 games.

Unless you mean he has 4 points in 3 games this season alone? That's kinda silly, I mean, it's 3 games. Using that logic, Dylan Larkin is a PPG player in the NHL as a teenager. But that would be stupid to say.

Yes, he is a great prospect, I agree. But people discrediting him is about as funny as you making statistics up.

5 points in 4 games this season as a 19 year old. That makes him a ppg teenager..

 

[Rebuilt]

5 points in 4 games this season as a 19 year old. That makes him a ppg teenager..

Yeah but he aint playing against REAL MEN in the NHL so it pales compared to Larkin.

Leafs might as well trade Nylander and cut their losses.

 

[KGL]

Please show me where he is over a PPG as a teenager in the AHL.

32 points in 37 games last year.
If we included playoffs, 35 points in 42 games.
If we included all seasons as a teenager in the AHL, 39 points in 45 games.

Unless you mean he has 4 points in 3 games this season alone? That's kinda silly, I mean, it's 3 games. Using that logic, Dylan Larkin is a PPG player in the NHL as a teenager. But that would be stupid to say.

Yes, he is a great prospect, I agree. But people discrediting him is about as funny as you making statistics up.

Just because it's a small sample size doesn't mean he isn't doing it. Whether he keeps it up or not remains to be seen.

 

[obey86]

5 points in 4 games this season as a 19 year old. That makes him a ppg teenager..

Well no, he was a teenager last year too. So if we are including all of his teenager stats, he is not a PPG teenager.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

Yeah but he aint playing against REAL MEN in the NHL so it pales compared to Larkin.

Leafs might as well trade Nylander and cut their losses.

i see what you did there lol
nylander da bust,quick trade him while you still can

 

[Patmac40]

Well no, he was a teenager last year too. So if we are including all of his teenager stats, he is not a PPG teenager.

Jeez, nitpicky.

As a 19 year old he's a point per game. And yes, that even includes two playoff games in the days following his 19th birthday.

 

[GordieHoweHatTrick]

Well no, he was a teenager last year too. So if we are including all of his teenager stats, he is not a PPG teenager.

40 points in 46 games in the AHL. He'll be a teenager all season in the AHL and I'd wager he's PPG as a teenager when all is said and done.

 

[Jerkini]

Jiri Tlusty threw up some solid seasons in the AHL. He didn't amount to much in the NHL. AHL sometimes is just not a very good indicator. But having said that, i don't know too many players who struggled in the AHL and became bonafide NHL stars either. So it's a promising first step on his journey, but it doesn't guarantee anything.

 

[bobbyt 91*]

Please show me where he is over a PPG as a teenager in the AHL.

32 points in 37 games last year.
If we included playoffs, 35 points in 42 games.
If we included all seasons as a teenager in the AHL, 39 points in 45 games.

Unless you mean he has 4 points in 3 games this season alone? That's kinda silly, I mean, it's 3 games. Using that logic, Dylan Larkin is a PPG player in the NHL as a teenager. But that would be stupid to say.

Yes, he is a great prospect, I agree. But people discrediting him is about as funny as you making statistics up.

If you remove his 1st 5 games he is a ppg player

 

[Haatley]

If you remove his 1st 5 games he is a ppg player

Lol you cant just remove games. If you remove every game john scott was held pointless, he would be ppg too.

 

[mcpw]

Jiri Tlusty threw up some solid seasons in the AHL. He didn't amount to much in the NHL. AHL sometimes is just not a very good indicator. But having said that, i don't know too many players who struggled in the AHL and became bonafide NHL stars either. So it's a promising first step on his journey, but it doesn't guarantee anything.

That must have hurt.

 

[Kylie Sven Opossum]

Lol you cant just remove games. If you remove every game john scott was held pointless, he would be ppg too.

lol nice. Of course you could just remove Scott's first five games and then see how he compares...

 

[bobbyt 91*]

Lol you cant just remove games. If you remove every game john scott was held pointless, he would be ppg too.

OK let me rephrase, lets give Nylander and L.D a 5 game grace period to adjust to the AHL. So with that in mind Nylander is a ppg player. So now lets see how L.D does after he adjusts

 

[WTFMAN99]

Good showing so far for him, hopefully he can keep it up!

 

[The Winter Soldier]

I think we all know Nylander is capable of putting points in the AHL. Really the debate of PPG or just under is just majoring in minor things.

The question is when and what Nylander will do in the NHL for me.

 

[Coaches Coroner]

Well no, he was a teenager last year too. So if we are including all of his teenager stats, he is not a PPG teenager.

He was referring to this season alone, which is technically correct. You're splitting hairs as much or more than he is. Funny.

 

[Semantics]

Well no, he was a teenager last year too. So if we are including all of his teenager stats, he is not a PPG teenager.

According to eliteprospects.com he has 423 points in 338 recorded games, which is 1.25 PPG. So yes, he is a PPG teenager.

 

[KGL]

According to eliteprospects.com he has 423 points in 338 recorded games, which is 1.25 PPG. So yes, he is a PPG teenager.

Just talking about in the AHL.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

According to eliteprospects.com he has 423 points in 338 recorded games, which is 1.25 PPG. So yes, he is a PPG teenager.

He was talking about the Marlies and his AHL stats.

Technically he is correct. Nylander has 40 points in 46 games which is just under a PPG. Not sure why everyone is jumping all over him for just correcting what PPG is.

Now as I said just above, PPG or just under PPG is majoring in minor things, since I think Nylander has proven he can produce at the AHL level. I don't need to see a 100 game sample(that word again sample size)to know this.

 

[obey86]

Jeez, nitpicky.

As a 19 year old he's a point per game. And yes, that even includes two playoff games in the days following his 19th birthday.

No one said "as a 19 year old".....he was still a teenager at age 18, he didn't just turn a teenager at age 19.

Honestly, I wouldn't have even said anything if he would have simply called Nylander a PPG player as a teenager in the AHL. But he said he was OVER a PPG as a teenager in the AHL which is going from a reasonable "Ok, he's not quite technically a PPG player but it's close enough we can call him a PPG player" to "He's actually UNDER a PPG as a teenager in the AHL but we're going to say he is OVER a PPG as a teenager in the AHL."

I see the first one as a reasonable statement and the second one as an obvious deception of the actual facts.

 

[Shwaguy*]

^^When someone goes to that level of nitpicking you know he has some inherent form of bias lol. Literally nobody else interpreted that post that way.

 

[Cor]

Jiri Tlusty threw up some solid seasons in the AHL. He didn't amount to much in the NHL. AHL sometimes is just not a very good indicator. But having said that, i don't know too many players who struggled in the AHL and became bonafide NHL stars either. So it's a promising first step on his journey, but it doesn't guarantee anything.

He put up crazy numbers in the SHL, and is now putting up crazy numbers in the AHL.

I think he'll have success.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

He put up crazy numbers in the SHL, and is now putting up crazy numbers in the AHL.

I think he'll have success.

I would not term the numbers he put up in either league as 'crazy'. They are respectable to good numbers. Let's not get too carried away. I think this was also the point of the poster. Nylander is a very good prospect, but Leafs fans do not have to prop him up. His play will hopefully do this. I say this as a level headed Leafs fan.