Tribute William Nylander Discussion Thread: Ya Gotta Be Blessed Edition

[Confucius]

No more Big Willy, his game has grown, prefers you call him William

Always has, LOL. I remember during his contract dispute a poster who rarely posted before or after asked. Why do people call him Willy his name is William. I thought is this William's mom? I called him William for months after that. LOL!

 

[saffronleaf]

Always has, LOL. I remember during his contract dispute a poster who rarely posted before or after asked. Why do people call him Willy his name is William. I thought is this William's mom? I called him William for months after that. LOL!

LOL. I have no idea. Was just referencing an old Jay-Z song

 

[HamiltonNHL]

He's had an impressive year and very impressive playoff performance.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Most impact he's had in a playoff series to date and that's without Tavares centring his line.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Way to play Willy .. you can do more .. don't back away from Habs D men on hits and you will elevate to star status .. trust me it will work out better holding puck longer and making another play .. da big guy

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

Nice to see him do well.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Most impact he's had in a playoff series to date and that's without Tavares centring his line.

I had this same thought last night - he's doing this without Tavares. Impressive!

I said after game one that if this is playoff Willie going forward, that's huge for us. Now he's kept it up for two more games which really bodes well for the future.

 

[BertCorbeau]

I had this same thought last night - he's doing this without Tavares. Impressive!

I said after game one that if this is playoff Willie going forward, that's huge for us. Now he's kept it up for two more games which really bodes well for the future.

I mean the Habs aren't that good but they are physical and Nylander isn't shying away from those battles. And his hard work is paying off as he's creating space and using his speed to generate chances.

 

[Menzinger]

He needs to get more opportunities from coaches playing like this.

He's been the most dynamic player on the PP for a couple games in terms.of creating chances

 

[mydnyte]

I mean the Habs aren't that good but they are physical and Nylander isn't shying away from those battles. And his hard work is paying off as he's creating space and using his speed to generate chances.

i'm usually a Nylander fan, but, he is shying away from contact moreso than in the regular season. He did throw 1 check, but, has turned away from the puck more times than I like seeing to 'avoid' contact. though, i dont like that happening even once.
Personally, i'd be telling players to finish every check, and throw checks on the PK too. Players just feel like if they dangle on the PP they will never get touched, and they should be scared to hang onto the puck for more than a second or 2

 

[Jojalu]

i'm usually a Nylander fan, but, he is shying away from contact moreso than in the regular season. He did throw 1 check, but, has turned away from the puck more times than I like seeing to 'avoid' contact. though, i dont like that happening even once.
Personally, i'd be telling players to finish every check, and throw checks on the PK too. Players just feel like if they dangle on the PP they will never get touched, and they should be scared to hang onto the puck for more than a second or 2

This is not even close to true

 

[Caroline Says ll]

i'm usually a Nylander fan, but, he is shying away from contact moreso than in the regular season. He did throw 1 check, but, has turned away from the puck more times than I like seeing to 'avoid' contact. though, i dont like that happening even once.
Personally, i'd be telling players to finish every check, and throw checks on the PK too. Players just feel like if they dangle on the PP they will never get touched, and they should be scared to hang onto the puck for more than a second or 2

Nylander has literally been battling in cycles, retrieving pucks, stick checking, hitting and forechecking all series. These aren't the late "puck is already gone but I'm gonna hit you as you brace for it" hits that Montreal is doing which are essentially useless. He is engaging when the Montreal player has the puck to disrupt their possession.

He is never going to Hyman it out there, but a reason why the 2nd line has been good is they have been engaged and keeping possession and disrupting possession which him, Foligno, Kerfoot and Galch have all participated in.

 

[ruaware41]

He’s playing well and if I’m the coach I’m showing him game 2/1 footage. I think those were his best games. Let’s hope he keeps hitting skating and playing hard as hell

 

[al secord]

Has the media caught on yet?

 

[Swedish Gretzky]

He’s on a good contract.

 

[Wendelstache]

Keefe needs to put Nylander with Matthews and throw the Habs a different look.

An engaged Nylander is a beast and that's what we are witnessing.

 

[GBLeaf]

I think Willie likes the responsibility and to be 'the man'. It massages his ego.

Yeah, he's not Auston Matthews. But he likes to have the puck and be the one who is trusted. I think that's why we're seeing the elevation in his game without JT around.

 

[Menzinger]

 

[1specter]

Blows my f***ing mind that this king is still not playing PP1

 

[Kiwi]

I'm not sure if I'm more impressed by Nylander or horrified at how bad Montreal is offensively

 

[freshwind]

I'm not sure if I'm more impressed by Nylander or horrified at how bad Montreal is offensively

why not both LOL

 

[ruaware41]

William ‘look at me I’m the fuking superstar now’ Nylander Altelius

 

[HomelessPepper]

I freakin' man-love this guy.

 

[StatsNightHeroes]

Happy to see him silence the doubters.

He is doing a good job battling for pucks but continues to shy away from being the first guy to the puck. Think he makes up for it with his takeaways though

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

Need to get him more ice time. Just 14 minutes tonight.