Whole team should have been stapled to the bench along with Nylander. Only Kapanen had any right to be out there tbh.
The rules for Nylander are obviously different than the rest of the team. Nylander waves his stick at one guy and rides the pine for 20 minutes, while Kerfoot and Johnsson take a thousand penalties and get right back out there. Marner waves his stick at a guy and then plays half the OT. I want Nylander to be better too, but he gets treated differently than anyone. I hate it.
the rules are no different for Nylander, his Jekyll and Hyde play has gone on since he came to NA, he rarely ventures into the "tough area's," he almost never skates through checks nor wins one on ones.
Takes the boy wonder to the woodshed and then rewards him by making him look like a bigger fool with his play after being promised that he would not be traded. It will be interesting to see if Dubas dies on that hill.
Intentions are not promises
That will be the likely scenario
If ALL these players aren't playing up to par, why?
Maybe they just need a different voice....the swagger is completely gone.
I can tell you one thing, if there is a player who isn't leaving it all out on the ice, who only gives a half-assed effort on D occasionally, who the opposition know they never have to worry about his forecheck or even losing a puck to, then there's a problem. This guy bails on at least 4 pucks per game. I can tell you something else, when you have a guy like that on your team, you start to resent it if he get's more playing time then you
Marner had a much better game than Nylander did last night, nowhere near good enough, but better than fly by Willy did.
yep for sure Mitch needs to get it going and soon
We basing things off one game now?
nope, this crap has been part of Willy's game since we first became aware of him, both Dineen and Keefe demoted him and eventually both put him in the press box. He takes too many shifts off, he can be selfish with the puck. What makes most people shake their heads is that he can be a guy who can change a game, the question is why won't he use that ability.
Nylander is a much better player than he is given credit for. Remember, Nylander also played in the AHL where many a night players were taking runs at him on smaller ice. The difference was his coaches used him in all situations as a go to guy. Babcock does not play or treat him the same way. His confidence level has really been hurt, and the way you play is all about confidence.
Willy has lot's of confidence, what he doesn't seem to have is will!
