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William Nylander Receives Controversial Ranking from the NHL
Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander is ready for a big season with the team, and months before the start of the season, the NHL is ranking wingers.
William Nylander is coming off one of the best seasons of his entire career, as he had 45 goals and an extra 39 assists, for 84 points.
Going into this season, Nylander is in an interesting position, as some fans are going to be hoping for him to keep up the pace and deliver an even bigger season.
For instance, there are some fans who think he can hit 50 goals and potentially win the Rocket Richard trophy, which is a tall task.
William Nylander gets ranked by the NHL
Recently, the NHL decided to do a Top 20 ranking of all of the wingers in the league, and as you can imagine, fans were wondering where someone like Nylander would land.
Well, today, we know for a fact that he ended up finishing in sixth position. He was sandwiched between Matthew Tkachuk and Mitch Marner.
Marner in fifth is certainly the right choice given the fact that he was able to score over 100 points last season for the first time.
Other wings who placed ahead of Nylander are Kirill Kaprizov, David Pastrnak, Nikita Kucherov, and Mikko Rantanen.
Ultimately, Nylander has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of here. He did what he needed to do, all things considered.
However, if you are a diehard Leafs fan, you may not be the biggest fan of the performance that Mitch Marner put up in the list.
He continues to haunt the team weeks after deciding to leave for the Las Vegas Golden Knights.
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