Maple Leafs' William Nylander bashed in $11.5 million trade urging
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Everyone who covers the Toronto Maple Leafs is trying to figure out ways to improve the roster so that this nightmare 2025-26 season doesn't repeat itself next year.
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One analyst thinks that William Nylander is the biggest problem and needs to get his $11.5 million contract traded out of town.
This is what Sid Seixeiro said on his latest show:
“This is a problem. This guy makes no sense. And he cherry-picks and floats. That’s the teammate, that’s $11.5 million a year, that’s what this guy’s about. Runs off the ice, on the ice, give me my breakaway, and by the way, lately, not even scoring on those. Good job, Willy, Willy being Willy, Willy being Willy. There’s a lot of people in Leafs Nation who love to say the media ran this person out of town and that person out of town. Let me tell you something right now: if anyone one day blames me for running William Nylander out of town, it will be a badge of honor to me. And it will be the best thing to ever happen to this organization. This guy’s a clown, and I’ve had enough. He can’t even defend Matthews off the ice, take the fine and man up — that’s ridiculous."
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There's been a lot of bad noise after Auston Matthews had his season ended on a hit by Radko Gudas and didn't really have any protection given to him by his teammates. That's what Seixeiro is getting into a bit here.
He also just breaks down that Nylander's play style isn't always everyone's favorite.
Generally, the view has been that Nylander and Matthews are both safe and the Maple Leafs will look to build around them.
But if they wanted, maybe they can consider an alternative path where they build up their roster by dealing away one of the stars.
Clearly this analyst thinks Nylander should go. Whether the front office does it what really matters, though, and the offseason could be very telling.
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