With his Hollywood hair and his occasional shirtless Instagram post, William Nylander has never appeared to lack confidence. Which is part of the reason why, a year ago this week, Nylander was celebrating a life-changing financial victory. But with the threat of losing Nylander for the season looming, Toronto GM Kyle Dubas agreed to a player-friendly, front-loaded sweetheart of a deal. In the ensuing handful of months, Nylander returned the favour by playing like a player who wasn’t worth half of it. “I still think (Nylander) has other levels of his game he can get to,” Dubas said.

Source: thestar December 02, 2019 22:52 UTC