THE Maple Leafs of Toronto have a special player on your hands like William Nylander Continue to deliver great goals in great moments in the STANLEY Cup qualifiers.
However, the way some have spoken 1, one might think that Nylander would not appear in the playoffs for the Maple Leafs. As Mike Rupp of NHL NHL said before match 6 Against the senators, Nylander needed to show more than one instinct of killer in these closing situations, which makes him wonder if he can do so in the playoffs.
There are a few things, however, which jumped to me so that I am starting to question this, and I mean this, and I do not want to call Willie Nylander but the short -term goal against this body language, it is waterproof. He sting. And at some point, as this guy can manage this league, as if he could manage this league, ” Rupp said on the NHL network. “He is so talented, but he does not have this killer instinct. And we talked about Auston Matthews In these same situations of the game 7. And you go back and look at these figures, does not have this killer instinct. At some point, you must lead these guys in this situation. And that's my thing, I thought it was different. I have seen it be different in the past two years.
Now Rupp was referring to match 5 of this series against Ottawa. But to be just towards Nylander, the whole Maple Leafs team purified in match 5. However, Nylander had been the best player for the Maple Leafs in the playoffs dating from the moment when this “Core Four or Five” was set up.
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During the Stanley 2024 Cup qualifying series, Nylander scored three goals in the last two games in the series, including two in an elimination match in match 6 against Boston Bruins. He also scored the only goal of the Maple Leafs in match 7. Nylander could deliver for Toronto in the great moments even after missing the first three games in the series.
If you look at its numbers from the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs thanks to this current Maple Leafs race, Nylander is only improving. He delivered the goods for Toronto despite the team that has won only one series of playoffs until this year. During this period, playing in 62 playoffs, he recorded 56 points (26 goals and 30 assists). It's 0.90 points per game.
In eight playoffs with the Maple Leafs this season, Nylander has collected 13 points (six goals and seven assists). Nylander displays an average of 1.625 points per game and arrives in the great moments when his team needs a goal.
During the last three games, Nylander recorded five goals, including consecutive performances of two goals in match 6 against the senators, where the Maple Leafs qualified for the second round for the second time since 2004. He then had an effort of two goals against the Florida panthers in match 1, where the Maple Leafs were held to win 5-4.
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Nylander followed this with a magnificent goal on a nice pass from Max Pacioretty.
William Nylander scores his 26th career goal, tied in the 5th row in the history of the Maple Leafs pic.twitter.com/nijpwzuvmw
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As James Mirtle of Athletics noted On Sportsnet Radio in Toronto, “the last five post-saisons, Nylander is only the second for Nathan Mackinnon In goals per game in the playoffs. He has more goals (per match) than Draisaitl in the last five post-saisons. Now he has played fewer games, but Nylander has always scored a lot of goals in the playoffs. »»
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Thus, all the speeches on not having an instinct or not to deliver in the playoffs for the Toronto Maple Leafs are simply false. Even William Nylander's head coach, Craig Berubehas no words to describe his game in the playoffs. As Berube says, Nylander does not feel pressure.
I learned, oh, well, nothing happens to him. I mean, I think of something as he does not feel, the pressure and I can be wrong, but that's what I see. There is no scene too big for this guy, ” Berube told the media after-match after match 2. As if he is thriving on this kind of thing, in my opinion, and he is impatiently awaiting him, and he wants to be in all these critical situations. And when he feels something, he there. This goal is right, it is as high -end as possible, in my opinion, with the hands. He has a great competence with his hands. There are unreal hands, he has and his capacity on his skates and, just back and all that. He is a high -end player. He really is, I mean, and I don't think he feels pressure or something like that. He just plays and he doesn't want me to talk to him. So let it alone. I should probably leave him alone.
So say that William Nylander does not have a killer instinct would be false. Now we all know how television works. The way of making people talk is to create controversy. However, it is clear that Nylander likes the big scene of the playoffs for the Maple Leafs of Toronto and prosperous under the spotlight.
There is a reason why he signed a Eight year old extension To stay in a uniform Maple Leafs. It was built to play in Toronto during the great moments of the Stanley Cup qualifying series.
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