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 good news for the summer is that the days won’t be filled with “will Auston Matthews and William Nylander reach free agency?” talk. No matter where
Building a contender at the NHL Trade Deadline isn’t as simple as checking off a shopping list of must-have ingredients for a Stanley Cup recipe. But what if it was?
It seems like we are once again on course for another battle between the “just watch the game” crowd and the crowd that really wants you to see charts about how great every offensive defencemen on a third pairing seems to be.
There is still a lot of hockey to play down the stretch. The Red Wings and Lightning now find themselves in a potential dogfight with the Flyers, the Islanders, and maybe even the Capitals when it comes to the wild card spots.
MONTREAL — A lower-body injury to Mitch Marner sustained in a 4-1 Toronto Maple Leafs loss to the Boston Bruins forced Sheldon Keefe to tinker with his lines on Saturday and he decided to move Tyler Bertuzzi back onto the top line alongside Auston Matthews and William Nylander.
For better or worse the trade deadline is now in the rearview mirror and while the results of the effort or lack thereof won’t fully be known until the after the last playoff game, the moves made by Brad Treliving and Co.
A special-teams deficit, a gift to the Bruins courtesy of William Nylander, and a bad goal on Joseph Woll sunk a tired Maple Leafs team in Boston, completing the season-series sweep (with two loser points for the Leafs) and marking the seventh-straight victory for the Bruins over Toronto.
When the Columbus Blue Jackets traded Emil Bemstrom to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Alexander Nylander and a conditional draft pick, it didn’t seem like a major game-changer.
The trade deadline is overrated. Contrary to popular belief, what Brad Treliving does or doesn’t do over the next few days is unlikely to change the course of this season —for better or for worse.
It’s long been said that Toronto is the self-appointed centre of the hockey universe. And the gravitational force of that status ensures that whenever anything of any significance happens in the sport, we’re only moments away from “But What Does This Mean for the Maple Leafs?”-type headlines.
Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe has taken a tough-love approach to William Nylander before. But it seemed like the star forward was past the whip cracking for a while.
It wasn’t the result the Toronto Maple Leafs were looking for on Tuesday night when their seven-game winning streak ended at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights.
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.
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.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have officially signed star forward William Nylander to a new, eight-year contract extension, bringing to an end one of the key storylines of the team’s season.
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?
The Toronto Maple Leafs and forward William Nylander have agreed to an eight-year contract extension worth $92 million. This carries an average annual value (AAV) of $11.5 million and a full no-movement clause (NMC).
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.
William Nylander is in the middle of a tour-de-force season, submitting galvanizing individual performances, displaying the sublime all-around skill that draws people to hockey in the first place.
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