Strange play for sure. They always teach you to have your head on a swivel with the puck. Why Willy wouldn’t quickly look over his shoulder to see where that defender was is a mystery. Know all your options. Tells me he was in a pass first mode all the way.
ffviiftw
Yea this play confused the shit out of me
TheLeadingRole
Yeah he frustrated the shit out of me last night. Oh well, I smell a big game from him tomorrow though he usually bounces back from poor performances decently enough.
Mattewsmustache34
Bad sushi?
AxelTV
I don’t think he realized the defenseman blew his tire…. Albeit baffling…
plainnoob
This one was painful to watch. Although we have the benefit of the birds-eye view. Don’t think he saw the defenceman went down as other have pointed out
RootTips
In the arena it didn’t look as bad albeit unfortunate. It was loud as hell in there and it looked like he had no idea the dman even went down.
Jonesdeclectice
ITT: people seem to forget this isn’t CHEL – the players don’t just “know” when a player behind them falls down, they have to see it. I would be more interested to see the entire scene in context, this looks a bit too cherry picked for my liking.
ESF-hockeeyyy
Bunting scored shortly after this.
toedragrelease
I was screaming at my tv “GO TO THE NET”.. don’t think he knew the defender fell.
JonnyAlien23
Two things. First, we don’t know what he saw or could see in the moment. Second, he had just stopped up and lost all his speed while the trailing defenseman was still gliding towards him. I remember this play and this still frame doesn’t show the whole story. Within the next two or so frames, that defenseman closes the gap. It still would’ve resulted in a scoring chance, but he didn’t have the time and space to just walk it to the net for a 1 on 1 with Bob. This screenshot is misleading compared to what actually happened in real time.
EarlWolf47
Don’t think he realized the time and space he had
shindleria
He looked lost last night
Prestigious_Union_50
While Willie does appear frustrating at times, he commands the respect of the other team (his speed and finesse moves). He is simply not a player that is looking for contact and it will never be his game.
He is a decent value player for his production at his salary…not cheap but not overpaid. Now if you jack his salary up to $9-10 million, then we can have a longer conversation about his play.
He seems destined to go through spells where he looks indifferent and spells where every shot he takes looks like it will find the back of the net. Before this year, I didn’t really see his value…but I have been baffled multiple times seeing the opposition back off of him and realize he is a bigger threat than we give him credit for.
Put another way, I am fairly certain every other team would love to take him off our hands.
Intelligent_Chair901
Willy has gone without a goal in five straight and pointless in three. Bottom line is we need more from him.
EDIT: I also see that half this sub is flipping out that Keefe is considering re-uniting Marner and Matthews. Well I wonder why??? Nylander has been with Matthews the last three games and guess what? He isn’t producing!!! Nylander is always the wild card on this team. The other guys have all stepped up he needs to get his head out of his ass and start putting up some points. If he can’t produce with Matthews he isn’t doing any good on that line.
Menessy27
He doesn’t have eyes in the back of his head mate
Judge_Tredd
He didn’t realize he fell.
bravoleafs
Both parties arguing over Nylander’s game on this thread are correct. Nylander has been instrumental in moments and in other moments looks like he would rather be on a beach somewhere. Point is we need him to be all in all the time, he’s our X factor.
LairdOftheNorth
This probably wasn’t his best play…
ldnk
22 points in his last 21 playoff games.
Borkovski87
Nylander was our best forward last night by a mile. Why are y’all doing this.
Labull416
This fucking drove me nuts and it still does
AustichMavarlander
Yea this was annoying. Not sure whats uo with Willy, maybe he has an injury, hes carrying the puck just fine, zone entry god, but never looking to shoot anymore
winkNfart
was literally yelling at the tv at this play. what was he doing !?
CMDRShepardN7
Only a true keyboard warrior can make a post like this, as if they were in his position at that exact moment.
Sst1154
Personally not concerned about Nylander, more concerned about Marner. His play last night was crap. Passes were poor, to afraid to get hit, so all his plays are on the peripheral. Hopefully leave him with Tavares. Matthews should have the kid and Accari.
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Strange play for sure. They always teach you to have your head on a swivel with the puck. Why Willy wouldn’t quickly look over his shoulder to see where that defender was is a mystery. Know all your options. Tells me he was in a pass first mode all the way.
Yea this play confused the shit out of me
Yeah he frustrated the shit out of me last night. Oh well, I smell a big game from him tomorrow though he usually bounces back from poor performances decently enough.
Bad sushi?
I don’t think he realized the defenseman blew his tire…. Albeit baffling…
This one was painful to watch. Although we have the benefit of the birds-eye view. Don’t think he saw the defenceman went down as other have pointed out
In the arena it didn’t look as bad albeit unfortunate. It was loud as hell in there and it looked like he had no idea the dman even went down.
ITT: people seem to forget this isn’t CHEL – the players don’t just “know” when a player behind them falls down, they have to see it. I would be more interested to see the entire scene in context, this looks a bit too cherry picked for my liking.
Bunting scored shortly after this.
I was screaming at my tv “GO TO THE NET”.. don’t think he knew the defender fell.
Two things. First, we don’t know what he saw or could see in the moment. Second, he had just stopped up and lost all his speed while the trailing defenseman was still gliding towards him. I remember this play and this still frame doesn’t show the whole story. Within the next two or so frames, that defenseman closes the gap. It still would’ve resulted in a scoring chance, but he didn’t have the time and space to just walk it to the net for a 1 on 1 with Bob. This screenshot is misleading compared to what actually happened in real time.
Don’t think he realized the time and space he had
He looked lost last night
While Willie does appear frustrating at times, he commands the respect of the other team (his speed and finesse moves). He is simply not a player that is looking for contact and it will never be his game.
He is a decent value player for his production at his salary…not cheap but not overpaid. Now if you jack his salary up to $9-10 million, then we can have a longer conversation about his play.
He seems destined to go through spells where he looks indifferent and spells where every shot he takes looks like it will find the back of the net. Before this year, I didn’t really see his value…but I have been baffled multiple times seeing the opposition back off of him and realize he is a bigger threat than we give him credit for.
Put another way, I am fairly certain every other team would love to take him off our hands.
Willy has gone without a goal in five straight and pointless in three. Bottom line is we need more from him.
EDIT: I also see that half this sub is flipping out that Keefe is considering re-uniting Marner and Matthews. Well I wonder why??? Nylander has been with Matthews the last three games and guess what? He isn’t producing!!! Nylander is always the wild card on this team. The other guys have all stepped up he needs to get his head out of his ass and start putting up some points. If he can’t produce with Matthews he isn’t doing any good on that line.
He doesn’t have eyes in the back of his head mate
He didn’t realize he fell.
Both parties arguing over Nylander’s game on this thread are correct. Nylander has been instrumental in moments and in other moments looks like he would rather be on a beach somewhere. Point is we need him to be all in all the time, he’s our X factor.
This probably wasn’t his best play…
22 points in his last 21 playoff games.
Nylander was our best forward last night by a mile. Why are y’all doing this.
This fucking drove me nuts and it still does
Yea this was annoying. Not sure whats uo with Willy, maybe he has an injury, hes carrying the puck just fine, zone entry god, but never looking to shoot anymore
was literally yelling at the tv at this play. what was he doing !?
Only a true keyboard warrior can make a post like this, as if they were in his position at that exact moment.
Personally not concerned about Nylander, more concerned about Marner. His play last night was crap. Passes were poor, to afraid to get hit, so all his plays are on the peripheral. Hopefully leave him with Tavares. Matthews should have the kid and Accari.