Though the Toronto Maple Leafs got a very good, team-friendly cap-hit after the negotiations were finished, they still faced criticism from some corners of the hockey world. These people believed the cap hit was too much for just a sixty point winger.
But William Nylander is so much more than that.
He’s a point per game player capable of winning a scoring title. His early career stats compare favorably to Taylor Hall. He performed excellently in last year’s playoffs, despite some people saying differently (those people apparently only look at point totals because otherwise they’d know that to play above 50% possession while facing the league’s best line, and still scoring three points in seven games, despite Matthews scoring only once on 30+ shots is actually impressive).