18leafsfan18
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Nylander is also a playmaker. Both of them produce primarily by assists. In fact, Marner is more prone to shoot rather than pass than Nylander is. Willy has been setting up shots at a higher rate than Marner*.
They are both pure playmakers. Judging either solely on goalscoring as some tried to with Nylander is just being willfully obtuse.
* Before this season. I have no idea how these 25 games have changed things.
This actually made me go check the stats, I didn't realize that Nylander had so many assists, seems like more of a shooter (Because he scores a lot of goals with amazing shot).
The biggest difference is that the 2 years leading to this contract negotiation for Nylander he had around 40 assists, where Marner is on pace for way more then that (this year).