Jyrki Lumme
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Feel free. It isn't going to happen.*screenshot*
Alrighty then.
Feel free. It isn't going to happen.*screenshot*
Alrighty then.
Oh come on.. Do you even watch the player?
The flaw isn't in his shot, it's his shot selection and offensive positioning. I haven't seen many offensively gifted players have so bad shot selection. I'm sure that if you gave him a breakaway on an empty net, he'd curl towards one of the faceoff circles and try to snipe it top corner. He's never going to be a great goalscorer unless he can improve on that.
That’s pretty great tbh. Here is another great shooter doing some magic.
The numbers I've seen comes from The Point, where he was third league-wide in individual scoring chances from the slot.Not sure what site you're using, but naturalstatrick has him at 2nd in SCF for the past month, but he drops all the way down to 30th in HDCF, which kind of mirrors what I said. He can create, but his "dirty area" creation needs work.
Agree with most of what you said but 100% agree with your last part about nylanders shot selection. Never seen a player aim pucks like him. It's something he needs to improve. He ends up quite often with the puck in the high slot and other dangerous areas. He just always goes high and often wide. Nylander in terms of raw power makes marners shot look like a joke. Marner can get nice goals becuase he can beat goalies with his accuracy. Nylander as a play maker will be 45-50 assists.This season has been weird for him. He was so far behind in the first while that it wasn't even funny, then he started to play better but nothing went in. After that he's had a longer stint at center flanked by Marleau and Brown, a duo that manages to kill even Matthews' numbers. Add that he gets no time on the top PP unit, and our second PP unit is abysmal, he basically produces only at even strength too. Now that he's been back with Matthews, he's been almost PPG.
I'm a big believer in Context Matter. Put a player with offensively challenged linemates, cut his ice time, keep him off the good PP units, and you'll see his numbers suffer. Willy has had very good even strength production for several seasons now. He had the highest (either P/60 or P1/60, don't remember) in the league on the PP in his first season. That's the only time he's been on an effective unit, so he should be able to produce well there too. With that in mind, it would surprise me if he wouldn't be around PPG if he had played a full season on the Matthews line and first PP. However, that won't happen as Marner occupies his spot. That's more a question of how much we get out of him rather than how good he is though.
The flaw isn't in his shot, it's his shot selection and offensive positioning. I haven't seen many offensively gifted players have so bad shot selection. I'm sure that if you gave him a breakaway on an empty net, he'd curl towards one of the faceoff circles and try to snipe it top corner. He's never going to be a great goalscorer unless he can improve on that.
Side note - Toronto was 20-8-0 before Nylander, but have won only half of the 50 games they've played since Nylander joined the lineup. I'm not for sure saying Nylander is at fault for that as I don't catch every leaf game, but for a team as talented as Toronto that's quite awful.
Nylander is known to be an incredibly hard worker off the ice. Constantly in the gym, constantly working on details in his game. Unless that's changed in the last few years, I don't think there's a reason to doubt his commitment to get better.Tough to say. I think he has the talent to improve. My question would be: why would he bother? His GM just gave him 45 million dollars after a couple 61pt seasons. That contract will expire and he'll be a UFA, almost guaranteed another big payday even if what he's shown so far is his level. Getting better is hard work, it is by no means a given no matter what your age. I'm no Crosby fan but you see the details in his game and you just know that guy puts in the time. Not sure if Willy is of the same stock.
Every NHLer today is.Nylander is known to be an incredibly hard worker off the ice. Constantly in the gym, constantly working on details in his game. Unless that's changed in the last few years, I don't think there's a reason to doubt his commitment to get better.
He was playing wing when he came back with kadri. Then center when kadri went down. Then back to wing on kadris line when kadri came back. And now he's on Matthews wing. Taking strong side draws.He's a good player, but was always incredibly overrated. Is he even playing center yet or does he still ride Auston Matthews coattails?