Re-visiting Cherry's Stance On Nylander

[GlitchMarner]

I remember many Leafs fans weren't thrilled with his anti-Nylander stance, but these days Nylander seems to be a popular target for criticism.

I think maybe some of us were so excited to have a player with Nylander's potential in the system after years of not having very many good or legit prospects that we were willing to overlook possible flaws - I mean, the guy did drop in his draft year.

I still think he is and will be a more valuable asset than Nick Ritchie. I expect him to bounce back and at least be a 60+ point winger, which is a good asset to have, especially if you can draft him eighth in a draft. But at this point, the question of whether or not you can win with this player as an important piece is worth trying to answer. I do think that if Nylander bounces back and then progresses as a player, at the very least he should be similar to Kessel in that you'll be able to win with him if you have good enough players around him.


Of course, I'm not saying Don is some sort of a genius or that he always makes great calls or tells it like it is. His boy Andersen f***ed up pretty royally in game seven and I doubt he calls him out on that. I also don't recall ever hearing this guy criticize David f***ing Clarkson.

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[steam whistle]

Leafs should not sign him

 

[Gallagbi]

Cherry is never right

 

[GlitchMarner]

Leafs should not sign him

He's already signed.

 

[BAM]

Cherry is an old, senile racist (towards Russians especially) that embodies the old boys club that festers throughout NHL. Outside of the actual game strategies everything he says should be taken with a grain of salt.

 

[Bomber0104]

Technically Nick Ritchie did outscore Nylander this year

 

[SoVi3t]

Talentless bum like his old man, going to float between 8 more teams before his career fizzles out.

 

[The CyNick]

Was gutless tonight

Grapes is almost always spot on

 

[steam whistle]

He's already signed.

I mean should not have signed him

 

[yubbers]

Predictable disaster.

 

[TMLS]

World would be a better place once Cherrys generation dies out. But Nylander is overpaid for sure, should have traded him on the first day he held out. His trade value would have been way higher back then too.

 

[Loosie]

The criticism is still incorrect.

 

[Antropovsky]

Nylanders trade value is lower now then when he was holding out.

I could be wrong, but Dubas could have sent a strong message as a young inexperienced gm by trading him at the time of the holdout. Can’t help but think “what would Lou have done”?

Time will tell if Dubas made the right choice.

 

[Morgs]

 

[stopclickbait]

Too soff needs to play like Wayne Simmonds and bring elite intangibles

 

[Morgs]

Too soff needs to play like Wayne Simmonds and bring elite intangibles

Ya, his lack of intangibles and soft swedish hair is clearly the reason we lost this series.

 

[Red Piller]

Cherry is an old, senile racist (towards Russians especially) that embodies the old boys club that festers throughout NHL. Outside of the actual game strategies everything he says should be taken with a grain of salt.

You don’t even know what racism means. Russian is not a race. Secondly you call a guy a racist and then be bigoted against old people. You seem very intelligent. Can you tell me what the difference is between lumping a race together and lumping old people together? I’ll wait for what I’m sure will be an insightful answer.

 

[Dreakmur]

World would be a better place once Cherrys generation dies out.

Not at all. Every following generation has gotten worse.

George Carlin nailed it years ago...

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Still better than Nick Ritchie!

 

[Martin Skoula]

Technically Nick Ritchie did outscore Nylander this year

Nylander had more points in his rookie year than Ritchie had in any 2 of his seasons combined.

 

[CelticDruid]

Delete

 

[Kurtz]

A different way to look at it would be that Nylander was 100% responsible for the goal he caused, whereas he was only partially responsible for goals scored.

The fact that his line was also impotent on the power play could be mentioned.

 

[Bomber0104]

Nylander had more points in his rookie year than Ritchie had in any 2 of his seasons combined.

I'm not really serious.

But damn wouldn't it be nice to have a power forward?

 

[authentic]

Not at all. Every following generation has gotten worse.

George Carlin nailed it years ago...

Okay now this is just as stupid.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Those people made Canada for people like you !! You ignorant fool.

No, their parents did.

I'm not really serious.

But damn wouldn't it be nice to have a power forward?

For sure, I just want a good one instead. Too bad nobody wants their kids playing like that anymore. Too expensive to trade for, too much mileage by the time they hit UFA.