Willy Nylander vs Gaudreau
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GlitchMarner
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I'd rather just keep Nylander than have Gaudreau personally. Not to suggest Johnny isn't a major talent himself.
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Lol the polls have been taken over by Leaf fans.Gaudreau, AINEC...
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Thank you very much for this mature, well thought response. Close call but I'll stick with Willy. 3 years younger and has been an elite player since the calendar flipped to 2017 .
Gaudreau, AINEC...
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Willy is way bigger, stronger, faster, better shot and more skilled.
Gaudreau, AINEC...
But yeah, nice response.
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Gaudreau, AINEC...
Says the guy who thinks "Laine > Matthews AINEC". Forgive us if we don't put any stock into your awful evaluations.
Gaudreau, AINEC...
Lol.
Nylander easily. Not that he's easily better now but he likely will be.
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Googled Nylander's stats and found out his full name is William Andrew Michael Junior Nylander Altelius....lmao
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Willy is easily better than Frédérick Gaudreau. I'd like to throw a shoutout to OP for putting saying Willy. So I couldn't say Alex is better than Frédérick.
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Isaac Nootin
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What does Marner have to do with anything?
You don't hide your agenda very well.
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What is so easy about picking Gaudreau exactly? Nylander has better tools to work with and has become an elite level player earlier than Gaudreau did in his career. He's the second best player on a Stanley cup contender and he's only 21.
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Gaudreau is better than anything the Leafs have to offer not named Matthews.
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Marner is a leaf who was touted as better than Gaudreau by leafs fans, just like Nylander is in this thread.
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Nylander has yet to surpass the level of play we saw from Gaudreau as a 21 year old rookie. He's able to produce more offense with significantly less support. That's what makes it easy.
Yeah I doubt that. Nylander has him beat in nearly every skill except stickhandling and playmaking where he is dangerously close, and on top of that is bigger, faster and much stronger. Better defensively too.
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Then why is he unable to out produce him? Should be easy considering he plays with Auston Matthews.
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I beg your pardon? I would easily take Nylander from January to now over rookie Gaudreau. He's a possession monster who's been producing at an elite clip, has just as elite as an offensive toolkit as Gaudreau maybe even better, and is a zone entry machine. He's succeeding purely off of his own merit, not just riding Matthews coat tails.
Last season Nylander was basically a rookie and had the same amount of points in only 10 more games. This season Gaudreau has 1 more point after 8 games. Nylander is better defensively already, and three years younger, is much bigger and has a far better shot. I fully believe he's already a bit better than Gaudreau right now.
Nylander is one of the most effortless puck carriers in the league and his puck protection along the boards is elite. He has great hockey IQ and patience, and his wrist shot reminds me of Stamkos though obviously not as good. I would bet money on him becoming the better player if he isn't already.
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