TSN: Chris Johnston on TSN OverDrive on pending UFAs William Nylander‘s contract quantity that retains going up.
** NHLRumors.com transcribing
Jeff O’Neill: “CJ in the case of William Nylander, I do know you’ve in all probability been requested this 100 instances in all probability as we speak however there’s weird takes. It’s a kind of issues the place it might probably go from one finish of the spectrum to a different, the place do you simply sort of lie on the ordeal?
Johnston: “Like what, like what’s going to occur subsequent with a contract you imply?
O’Neill: “Or simply all the pieces as a result of it simply sort of looks as if it’s blown up since Sweden and it’s like 17 nice video games. And it’s like the entire world appears to be simply fascinated on how a lot he deserves. How a lot he in the end will get? What’s he price? Is he higher than Marner? It’s simply created this lifetime of its personal.
Johnston: “Yeah, it’s humorous. I used to be really speaking to an agent this afternoon about one thing completely not associated to this, he’s like…”
O’Neill: “A rival agent?”
Johnston: “Effectively, it’s not his agent, and I’ll put it that means. It was not, our dialog was about one thing completely totally different. I imply, he goes, I can’t recover from how each hour there’s like a brand new replace on this man. Like simply, you already know, the minute-by-minute protection of Nylanders, you already know, contracts, what’s going to occur is, is sort of gone nuts.
And look, it’s a sort of an ideal storm, proper? I imply, we’ve all been by this sufficient. When you might have a frontline participant with an open query contractually, you already know, that tends to dominate our dialogue right here. After which on prime of that, you already know, Nylander goes out and places up factors and 17 straight video games. , he goes to Sweden, in all probability one time in his profession, he’s gonna play an NHL sport in Sweden. He has 5 factors and the 2 video games. He ends it with an extra time winner. Yeah, he’s doing discuss reveals in a tank prime over there.
Like, just like the man, it’s simply, it’s virtually like, the actual fact this has all come collectively, and you already know, even after we had been doing our hits again in mid September, proper, what was the query? Like, how was Nylander gonna deal with this contract yr? What’s, what’s the, what’s the dynamic? How’s this all gonna work out? And I imply, it’s a reasonably emphatic reply over the past six or seven weeks of what we’ve seen and so, you already know, I do suppose that, that’s, that’s why it’s risen to the extent and has.
, my sense is to that the Leafs and his brokers have been fairly lively and persevering with to debate a contract extension. I feel either side, they’ll have a whole lot of want to get that performed. I don’t know that, no a part of the sense of the an deadlock or something like that, and so they’re attempting to make it occur.
And so that you add it collectively and also you bash in that it’s Toronto, and it’s somebody who’s form of simply commanding the highlight up close to the league leaders in scoring, actually for the primary time in his profession, this deep right into a season. , on tempo for 50 targets and like 130 factors.
, it’s been a loopy few weeks. Now, simply if, if nothing occurs, contractually. , it in all probability goes to quiet down. I feel it’s truthful to imagine he’s not going to get a degree in all 82 video games this yr. Though you already know, I maintain saying that, he simply retains doing what he’s doing.
However you already know, you’re proper. It’s, it’s quite a bit however he’s making it you already know, I feel he’s exhibiting us why, one factor everyone knows concerning the man after watching him for eight years right here is that he’s, he’s the right sort of participant for a market like Toronto as a result of it looks as if the extra stress is on him, there’s extra focus is on him, you already know, he’s enjoying even higher.
I don’t suppose that any of this has fazed him. And that’s what you want, as a result of we’ve all seen gamers come by city which have had a whole lot of success elsewhere, and it doesn’t translate to a market like this, however I feel William virtually, virtually feels them to a level.”
