Quoting: MNBassman
Give me your honest assessment of Nylander’s current game, his floor, and his ceiling.
Hi Bassman. It's been so cool/cold don't know if the warm weather fish are ever to spawn this year.
Nylander: Nylander was dreadful last year. Lack of intensity, his shooting accuracy was way off. So to think what his game is going to be is really a dilemma even for his coaches.
He ceiling a 2nd, maybe even a 1st line winger. 30g 50a. HIs floor, just another guy on the third line..13, 20a., maybe his best time my be as PP specialist. His 6.96 is too high., unless he becomes near the player he should be. His 4.9m annual cash payout is probably about right.
Leaf need about 7m in cap space, so I've been a proponent of no cap returned to the Leaf trade. So I don't think the Leafs are going to get "playing" value for a good Nylander. But that's the price you pay when you overpay the current Nylander, your star Matthews and sign a 11m UFA Tavares.
Due to cap reasons the Leafs just can't wait for Nylander to play to his potential. So IMO the Leafs are auction this summer to trade Nylander. Greenway and a second might be the best offer the Leafs get. But if the offer was two seconds....I could see that also.
If possible get Nylander back from Sweden and have work under his NHL staff during the summer. Maybe the switch to centre, and those skills needed to work on as well as his shooting. Not that many Leaf fans agree with me and Nylander seems to be their golden boy. Not me, I don't think he will ever be star with the Leafs, he needs to a trade to shake him up, to man him up.