As per TSN , Leafs are planning to extend Nylander.....I guess prelims are over.
- Alexzanki
With nearly every Nylander roomer, I repeated that the Leafs will keep him. They have all year to work out an extension, and if they can't agree, then the Leafs simply use him as a rental, make a run at the Cup, then let him walk as a UFA and gain $6.9M of cap space. Some of that might be used to extend guys like Bertuzzi, Domi, Klingberg, or address other needs via UFA. But there is no logical reason why they feel rushed to move him right now. The window to win a Cup is now. He's a top winger making a reasonable $6.9M.