being Rookie of the month doesn't mean the Leafs don't make the playoffs that year. that's very random. what about the months when the others won rookie of the month? No one is taking away that Nylander had a really good rookie year where he scored 60 points.
Marner did not get a "free pass" people were berating him and thinking Babcock was lying when he said he had Mono (or whatever other illness). he also had injuries. but believe me when I say he did not get a "free pass". he got his lumps.
Good for Nylander. this should impact the Leafs in regards to negotiations why?
Nylander got his pats on the back for that. don't make it sound like that got ignored.
You don't need to lie. People were extremely excited and happy that Nylander had 26 powerplay points his rookie year and set a record. No one said they didn't care. What hurt Nylander is that the second unit didn't do well - which he was basically the "Marner" of that unit if you want to argue that. Marner being the set up guy for the #1 unit - got the praise. if it were reverse - Marner would get flack. if Unit 2 was as efficient as #1, Nylander would get his.
Again. Wrong.
Matthews got his pound of flesh. Again. whatever 'free pass' you think he got, was probably contributed to the fact that he wasn't healthy - to which a tonne of people flat out said then he shouldn't have played. His advanced stats (which I don't usually cotton to), even showed that he was actually more efficient than it showed on the score sheet which is why a lot of AS people gave him the "free pass" but it wasn't like. "Oh matthews had a bad playoffs. it's okay though.". a tonne of people called him soft.
Was he injured? No. did his stats tell a different story? no.
what the hell does come in soft mean in regards to Marner. Marner takes hits, and goes into the corner. Marner made every line he was on better, even when he was struggling (do you not remember the 4th line stint?). Did Nylander do that? No. If Nylander did that are you honestly sitting there and saying that Nylander wouldn't be treated the same way.
What annoys a lot of people is that Will seems to not take hits or go into the corner - something that has been criticised by both Keefe and Babcock.. for years. He doesn't have to be Darcy Tucker or even marner, but you can't not do it.
again. a lie - you don't have to make stuff up, to justify your point.
Marner got pounded here when he had his bad playoffs - and that was after having the shoulder issue and the mono/whatever illness and people didn't believe Babcock/Shanahan when they said that's what it was. Mathews got pounded when he had a crap playoffs. Heck during that 13 game streak when he didn't have a goal there were points where people were saying that he needed to do other stuff and not be a candy a..... you know what. Nylander gets his flack for not being physical enough and being soft. but no one took away his play vs. Washington, and his accomplishments, so don't make it out like it's "poor Nylander, no one loves him."
yet. he hasn't. what you (and others) should accept that people don't have to like Nylander* or qualities about his game. that doesn't mean that what they do do well gets ignored or treated by a double standard (which you've made up for most of them i'll point out).People acknowledge it, and celebrated it. What a good chunk of people (who like him or not) don't want to do is have the team overpay for it. (and I am on the record saying that banana crazy numbers people cite for Marner is way off).
But don't make it out that Nylander does all these amazing things and he never gets credit it for it (which is a lie), and everyone else has rainbows shooting out of their butts (because that's also a lie). For the most part from where a lot of people are standing Nylander brings certain aspects to the team, but Marner and Matthews impacts the team more almost every shift - which is probably why it's seen as they get "passes" or can do no wrong. but they don't get passes, and there have been some dumbo stuff said about them.
*or anyone else.
