Willy was skating well all night, had plenty of opportunities. Curious how much his WAR went up today?
- winsix

His WAR went up by a half dozen IKEA meatballs.

Queefs won, so did any of you go out and get "bent" tonight.

Queefs won, so did any of you go out and get "bent" tonight.
- Sir Edward Longsha

Hey Spazzo.

Willy was skating well all night, had plenty of opportunities. Curious how much his WAR went up today?
- winsix

WhoTF cares about WAR when you're the Molson Cup First Star, baby!!

His WAR went up by a half dozen IKEA meatballs.
- DrunkenCanuck

You sure have a way with words. I'm impressed.

that calgary goal was more of a bad play by Holl (for the 78th time this season, he's just standing in front of the net without really defending) as it were Nylander's fault.

Beautiful OT goal by Nylander, he needs to do that more often to be of value to this team. Unless he becomse a consistent 40+ goal/season scorer, he's not needed.

that calgary goal was more of a bad play by Holl (for the 78th time this season, he's just standing in front of the net without really defending) as it were Nylander's fault.

Beautiful OT goal by Nylander, he needs to do that more often to be of value to this team. Unless he becomse a consistent 40+ goal/season scorer, he's not needed.
- MaximusAurelius

Good to see that your humour is still intact

You can see the disgust on Babcock’s face thinking about how soft players have become.
- DrunkenCanuck

That's just his face.

didnt someone just ask the last time willy was one of the 3 stars?

didnt someone just ask the last time willy was one of the 3 stars?
- senstroll

GMs track that stuff pretty closely

GMs track that stuff pretty closely
- Canada Cup

found the problem

William Nylander gives simple post game analysis on his offensive success last night compared to recent games. “I shot the puck more”. Nylander had 6 shots on goal last night compared to 16 in his previous ten games (an average of 1.6 shots per game).

found the problem
- senstroll

Shoot more. Seems reasonable for a goal scorer.

Shoot more. Seems reasonable for a goal scorer.
- Aaron_85

98 goals in 353 nhl games (regular season + playoffs) does not constitute for a 'goal scorer' in my nhl definition book...



(hyman has 79 in 346 nhl games -- without the PP time; sure nobody calls Hyman a 'goal scorer')

Ah, Nylander haters. Soon he'll be tweeting a picture of the Cup at Ikea.

98 goals in 353 nhl games (regular season + playoffs) does not constitute for a 'goal scorer' in my nhl definition book...



(hyman has 79 in 346 nhl games -- without the PP time; sure nobody calls Hyman a 'goal scorer')
- MaximusAurelius

25% more goals than hyman. its close

last season and this, there is exactly 12 players who have scored more goals than Nylander.

Hyman also has 13 goals with no goalie in the net

25% more goals than hyman. its close

last season and this, there is exactly 12 players who have scored more goals than Nylander.

Hyman also has 13 goals with no goalie in the net
- senstroll

nice way of cherry picking the last 2 seasons.

there are quite a bit more natural goal scorers in the league than Willie the Floater.
Looking at the last 5 seasons, he's #93 on the goals scored. that's the exact same amount as Eberle -- a guy who is a great comparable for Nylander.

EDIT:
goals/60 (players with more than 50 games) Nylander is #32 last 2 seasons.
goals/60 - looking at last 5 seasons; he's not even in the top150 in NHL..

nice way of cherry picking the last 2 seasons.

there are quite a bit more natural goal scorers in the league than Willie the Floater.
Looking at the last 5 seasons, he's #93 on the goals scored. that's the exact same amount as Eberle -- a guy who is a great comparable for Nylander.
- MaximusAurelius

Talk about cherry picking stats, you're going off a sample period that includes his rookie season, sophomore season and a shortened season. Are you serious?

Ah, Nylander haters. Soon he'll be tweeting a picture of the Cup at Ikea.
- Zezel

Lol Canuck trolls, can't wait to play against the unibomber again.

nice way of cherry picking the last 2 seasons.

there are quite a bit more natural goal scorers in the league than Willie the Floater.
Looking at the last 5 seasons, he's #93 on the goals scored. that's the exact same amount as Eberle -- a guy who is a great comparable for Nylander.

EDIT:
goals/60 (players with more than 50 games) Nylander is #32 last 2 seasons.
goals/60 - looking at last 5 seasons; he's not even in the top150 in NHL..
- MaximusAurelius

huh, so he is really improving

imagine that, he is better at 23/24 than 19

also since he is being compared to Hyman (not sure why).. Hyman wasnt even a fulltime nhl'er until he was 24

Talk about cherry picking stats, you're going off a sample period that includes his rookie season, sophomore season and a shortened season. Are you serious?
- joel878

other players (matthews, pastrnak, kubalik, vrana etc. did have early seasons included as well).
2016-2017 wasn't his rookie season by the way -- and with 22goals 2nd best season as for # goals scored.
happy to take that 2016-2017 season out, but it will only mean he slides down even lower in that overview.
nylander just doesn't score a lot of goals for a player whose main asset should be goalscoring..

didnt someone just ask the last time willy was one of the 3 stars?
- senstroll

Yep it was Max. I would have posted had they actually shown the three stars on the feed

huh, so he is really improving

imagine that, he is better at 23/24 than 19

also since he is being compared to Hyman (not sure why).. Hyman wasnt even a fulltime nhl'er until he was 24
- senstroll

my point is that last season - 31 goals in 68 games - was the anomaly, not the other 5 seasons.
he's on a pace for 27goals/82games this season; not even 30 goals.

Best Movie Soundtrack ...

I vote for The Crow

I forgot about Simmons question to Ujiri about the increase in gun crime in Toronto. Wow... Simmons really is a piece of poop.
- Woderwick

I had to look that up and wow... just... what?

Thinly veiled racism from the biggest cringe master in Canadian sports media.

nice way of cherry picking the last 2 seasons.

there are quite a bit more natural goal scorers in the league than Willie the Floater.
Looking at the last 5 seasons, he's #93 on the goals scored. that's the exact same amount as Eberle -- a guy who is a great comparable for Nylander.

EDIT:
goals/60 (players with more than 50 games) Nylander is #32 last 2 seasons.
goals/60 - looking at last 5 seasons; he's not even in the top150 in NHL..
- MaximusAurelius

Jesus dude, I recognize the warts on Nylander's game, but this is ridiculous.