Welcome back to another episode of Back to Excited. Today, we discussed William Nylander for an hour straight.
In particular, we discuss:
- [1:46] The contract itself, and why it’s good value despite being higher than expected
- [7:00] The inevitable comparisons between Nylander and Mitch Marner
- [9:30] The idiocy of Brian Burke’s Nylander take
- [15:40] Whether this will impact the behaviour of Matthews/Marner in their negotiations
- [21:32] Why Lewis Gross comes out of this looking good
- [25:00] The comparison between Nylander and Nicklas Backstrom from ages 20 to 22, as well as the general level of player we think Nylander is
- [32:10] Which forward comes out of the Leafs lineup?