yea... just backread and saw that we were talking about Nylander.


I thought it was about Kozun.


Lou is wrong.
- Feeling Glucky?

Oh no, Kozun should make the team for sure.

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- mikeinbuffalo

Outside of Holland, that 2nd line looks like garbage.

Oh no, Kozun should make the team for sure.
- Fakepartofme

He'll make the team, probably on the 4th line.


Don't know how long he'll last in the NHL though.

Meh, I'm telling it like it is, I'm not going to sugar coat my assessment because he was a high pick, just about every prospect can skate fast, that is not a big deal anymore, he has not impressed all, plain and simple. I don't care if it is not a popular opinion, you can tell right away when a player is special, he isn't.
- LeafMan

And yet its the guys in the dressing room who says he has above average tools...much the same way they called Kadri mitts, magic, and the dream.

He's shown some signs of being above average.
He has great skating ability.

For now he should play in the AHL....but Im looking forward to seeing more from him as he improves down the road.
- Fakepartofme

He's 18... obviously he needs time to grow.



I can't believe people are writing him off already.

Oh no, Kozun should make the team for sure.
- Fakepartofme

Pretty sure he will, he's looked good.

He's 18... obviously he needs time to grow.



I can't believe people are writing him off already.
- Feeling Glucky?

Why?

No, I don't see what people hope and want to see in him, the fact is, he has not been very good at all, he has not shown anything that will make him a "special" player. Stop over valuing his play.
- LeafMan

Stop under valuing his play.
He's had some very good periods and some periods where he wasnt noticeable.
But he's had a decent first camp.

glucker will be pissed
- Pecafan Fan

Get your puck yet?

He's 18... obviously he needs time to grow.



I can't believe people are writing him off already.
- Feeling Glucky?

He should be fine.
Looking forward to seeing what he can do in the AHL.

If goes there.

He's 18... obviously he needs time to grow.



I can't believe people are writing him off already.
- Feeling Glucky?

Who's writing him off?

He's 18... obviously he needs time to grow.



I can't believe people are writing him off already.
- Feeling Glucky?

I don't think Lou is writing him off...well, maybe a couple statements of his seem to lean that way, I think Lou is just taking a hard line stance that the kid hasn't shown him anything as an NHLer. Which is fair. It's a really fine line between a Robbie Schremp/Rico Fata and a Nazem Kadri.

He should be fine.
Looking forward to seeing what he can do in the AHL.

If goes there.
- Fakepartofme

I'd prefer there over Europe needs to get used to a more physical game and put on some muscle.

Outside of Holland, that 2nd line looks like garbage.
- Fakepartofme

JVR-Santorelli-Nylander will be #2. Lupul-kadri-Leivo line 1.

Poor Holland. Goes from Komarov and Nylander to Ashton and Frattin on his wings

Pretty sure he will, he's looked good.
- Yeti1181

I think he's gonna struggle up there.




So I guess that means he should fit right in.

Meh, I'm telling it like it is, I'm not going to sugar coat my assessment because he was a high pick, just about every prospect can skate fast, that is not a big deal anymore, he has not impressed all, plain and simple. I don't care if it is not a popular opinion, you can tell right away when a player is special, he isn't.
- LeafMan

Well actually you are telling it how your opinion is....not how it is.

He's only 18....lets keep some perpective.

He's 18... obviously he needs time to grow.



I can't believe people are writing him off already.
- Feeling Glucky?

This is the Leafs man! He's gotta be Crosby or he's a bust.

(frank) sakes, Rielly got sent back his first camp too and nobody thinks of him as "average". Most can recognize that he was 18 goddamn years old.

JVR-Santorelli-Nylander will be #2. Lupul-kadri-Leivo line 1.

Poor Holland. Goes from Komarov and Nylander to Ashton and Frattin on his wings
- TheThrill

Oh sorry. my bad.

Polak and Gardiner could be a very good combo

I'd prefer there over Europe needs to get used to a more physical game and put on some muscle.
- Yeti1181

Same here.

Well actually you are telling it how your opinion is....not how it is.

He's only 18....lets keep some perpective.
- Fakepartofme

When Fake starts telling you're being to cynical, you've gone too far.

jk fake, sort of

Polak and Gardiner could be a very good combo
- Garnie

Polak has looked good to me so far...certainly makes me forget about whats-his-name.

Same here.
- Fakepartofme

Agreed. One year in Sweden then, barring an unreal camp next year, one year in the AHL. He comes in as a 20 year old.

Get your puck yet?
- Woderwick

not yet, no!

When Fake starts telling you're being to cynical, you've gone too far.

jk fake, sort of
- Yeti1181

LOL



Damn you!