This is certainly not the best news for a team that is a little over 24 hours away from its opening game of the postseason. On Friday, Toronto Maple Leafs forwards William Nylander and Bobby McMann were noticeably absent from the team’s practice.
If you’re a hockey fan of a certain age, you’ve been instilled with the idea that the playoffs are a war of attrition, a battle between venerated foes.
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe hinted at the possibility of William Nylander returning to the lineup for tomorrow’s game, although he refrained from providing specific details regarding Nylander’s absence from practice on Friday.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander was held out of Friday’s practice for an undisclosed reason and his status for Saturday’s Game 1 against the Boston Bruins is unclear.
Either the Boston Bruins or Toronto Maple Leafs are going to cast off some bad postseason vibes in the first round of the NHL playoffs. For the other, yet another long summer awaits.
None of the first-round matchups in the Stanley Cup playoffs are garnering more pre-round hype than the beaut of a battle that will take place between the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Although he was on pace for 70 goals roughly two months ago when he was scoring every night, I’m not sure many believed he would actually be one goal shy of the historic milestone with two games to go in the season.
For the first three months of the 2023-24 NHL season, William Nylander was one of the top five players in the entire NHL. Lately, he’s hardly in the top five on his own team.
The new-look lineup the Toronto Maple Leafs have been icing recently has been one of the biggest topics in the stratosphere of late. When a month-long
William Nylander‘s journey with the Toronto Maple Leafs has been marked by growth and evolution, particularly in his recent breakout season. Despite facing speculation and trade talks from Maple Leafs fans in the past, Nylander has solidified his role as a key offensive force for the team.
When the Maple Leafs hosted the Capitals nearly two weeks ago, nobody would’ve thought that game would have had playoff implications, but Washington’s hot streak changed things.
Michael Eyssimont gets away with knocking William Nylander down in "one second later that's interference" style. Nick Robertson winning a board battle against Tanner Jeannot is not a thing I knew I'd enjoy as much as I just did.
A while back our editor in chief was so good to remind me that referencing song titles from the 80s in headlines that aren’t living on a prayer is generally a bad idea.
The Maple Leafs lost 6-3 to New Jersey in arguably their worst defensive performance of calendar 2024. William Nylander and Auston Matthews both tallied for an injury-riddled Leafs team, but their poor attention to detail and unfocused defensive effort allied with some subpar goaltending by Joseph Woll sunk their ship.
For the second and final time this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers play each other tonight. We’re entering the final stretch of games this regular season, and for both these teams, mathematically, there is something to play for in the remaining 14 + games.
William Nylander is happy to see his younger brother, Alex, find some success in the NHL. Following the Toronto Maple Leafs' 5-4 shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, William was asked if was happy to see Alex find what seems to be a permanent landing spot with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The NHL All-Star weekend festivities get going tonight with the Skills Competition. We hopped through the betting markets to find a few names worth backing.
As the current top point producer for the Toronto Maple Leafs, it makes sense that William Nylander was awarded an eight-year, $92 million contract extension last week.
Toronto was the only place he wanted to play and be.
The new debate (even though it isn’t really new at all) is whether a “top-heavy” team can contend for a championship in a salary-capped NHL. In Toronto, that debate has become a focal point for the Maple Leafs, particularly with William Nylander’s recent eight-year, $92 million deal.
It wasn’t just another Monday in the Center of the Hockey Universe as the Toronto Maple Leafs and forward William Nylander agreed to terms on an eight-year, $92 million contract extension, the largest value of any contract signed in Maple Leafs history.
In a historic move that will have some fans elated and others concerned, William Nylander has officially inked an eight-year, $92 million deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Now that the news is out and William Nylander has signed on with the Toronto Maple Leafs for eight seasons – with a complete no-move clause by the way – what are three takeaways from that signing?
General Manager Brad Treliving and the Toronto Maple Leafs confirmed their contract extension agreement with forward William Nylander earlier today, succeeding reports which noted that negotiations between the parties had begun to accelerate within the past week.
The Maple Leafs have officially completed talks on an eight-year, $11.5M average annual value extension with William Nylander.
William Nylander and the Toronto Maple Leafs are reportedly getting close to agreeing on a contract extension that could see the Swedish forward earning close to $12 million starting next season.
If a player was going to have a career year, it might as well be when they’re negotiating a new contract. Toronto Maple Leafs’ forward William Nylander is doing exactly that, scoring 19 goals and 32 assists for 51 points in 36 games so far in 2023-24.
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