GDT: NHL Global Series: Sweden 2023 | Nov 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th | Detroit, Minnesota, Ottawa, Toronto

[MoreMogilny]

What’s up with the Leafs wearing blue helmets with their away jerseys? It looks weird.

Teams can now wear opposite coloured helmets as long as it doesn’t conflict with the opposing team. I thought they looked pretty nice that way

 

[MCR74]

lol right. Not quite there.

at what point does McDavid ask for a trade out of Edmonton though. You just know he would love to come home to Toronto and play for his City.

Jackson or not, it's coming.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Nylander for McDavid + a 1st

Plus whatever we receive for taking on more cap. Maybe another 1st?

 

[Divine]

lol right. Not quite there.

at what point does McDavid ask for a trade out of Edmonton though. You just know he would love to come home to Toronto and play for his City.

Just following the Nylander hype on these boards

If only this year matters for contract negotiations, then only this year matters for trades

Nylander has nearly double the points of McDavid this year

 

[Leaf Fans]

Yes, but would he want to sign? Mind you, he'd be the highest paid player on their team.

Personally, I think he will re-sign with the Leafs. But, he might choose to become a Free Agents. By July 1, he will have earned that right.

 

[brentashton]

What’s up with the Leafs wearing blue helmets with their away jerseys? It looks weird.

I didn’t catch the entire diatribe, but the Announcers said it was a relaxation of an NHL rule around jersey and helmet colors- something to prevent Tampa Bay and Toronto (or other teams that share primary colors I guess) from both wearing blue buckets when they play each other. So TML got a reprieve on it for this game. Maybe perhaps so they had to bring less equipment over.

 

[JimmyApples]

Willy Nylander will get $11M easily as a UFA. Every GM in the NHL will be in on him.

Someone is going to make a big, big mistake.

 

[34]

Someone is going to make a big, big mistake.

How so? Please explain.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

I learned Swedish faster than Charlie learned Mandarin on his smart pills.

Tangent: ever notice how many Swedish people seem to speak perfect English and often without even an accent? Is it like a second language there or something? Or maybe there's something similar between the two languages that makes it easy to learn one or the other?

 

[JimmyApples]

How so? Please explain.

He’ll be a 28 year old playing wayyy above his head in a contract year.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

How so? Please explain.

Appears to be a mixture of anger, hatred and jealousy.

 

[Kranix]

Johansson's shift on the Nylander goal was one of the worst I've seen in a long time. What an embarrassing display in front of his home country.

 

[34]

He’ll be a 28 year old playing wayyy above his head in a contract year.

Way above? Willy scored 40 goals last season as well. Elite player.

He is still young and entering his prime.

 

[notbias]

Someone is going to make a big, big mistake.

"look at all of Ottawa's amazing contracts!"

Still can't even make the playoffs...

 

[MCR74]

"look at all of Ottawa's amazing contracts!"

Still can't even make the playoffs...

With playoff warrior signed at a bargain price no less.

 

[johan f]

Tangent: ever notice how many Swedish people seem to speak perfect English and often without even an accent? Is it like a second language there or something? Or maybe there's something similar between the two languages that makes it easy to learn one or the other?

Same language branch, the germanic.

 

[57special]

Way above? Willy scored 40 goals last season as well. Elite player.

He is still young and entering his prime.

Prime is between 22-26. Numerous studies have been done on this, and none of them have concluded that a player's prime starts when he is 28 yo.

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

This is a language issue. Little known fact, there is no word for 3rd in Swedish, they call it second 2nd period.

I hope this was educational and informative.

I want this to be real, is it real?

Makes me think of the condo I lived in that didn't have a 4th floor (I think) because it's an unlucky number to the Chinese?

Then I think about that John Malkovich movie but can't remember.

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

How so? Please explain.

Look at his profile picture. That's all the explanation you need.

 

[MCR74]

Look at his profile picture. That's all the explanation you need.

Fact is he'd kill for a Nylander on his team right now. The "amazing contracts" are still in the basement.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Way above? Willy scored 40 goals last season as well. Elite player.

He is still young and entering his prime.

Entering prime begins before 28

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

How so? Please explain.

I'm a Leafs fan who will explain.

Nylander is probably at his peak right now.

Is he worth $11m per?

That's up to you to decide how you feel about that.