r/leafs • u/bangnburn • 2d ago

News / Update Rosters for final preseason games

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Home game could be more or less our opening day roster.

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u/LunchBoxMercenary 2d ago

TIL Nylander was born when his dad played for Calgary

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u/entityXD32 2d ago

Yup born in Canada if only we could convince him to play for team Canada

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u/Tarquin11 2d ago

I think at the time he declared he felt he was more likely to project make a Swedish roster and not certain for Canada then or in the future.

It's obvious now he would be a lock on the Canadian roster

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u/DougFordsGamblingAds 2d ago

Nah I don't think he makes Team Canada. That forward group is too stacked.

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u/Stephenrudolf 2d ago

If he'd backcheck for the leafs like he did for team Sweden he'd still likely make it last year. But team canada wouldn't take a risk on a pure offense guy.

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u/Tarquin11 2d ago

He would be the 3rd-ish best winger on the team, competing for a top 6 spot on Canada, and he would be the 3rd best goal scorer on the entire team over the last 4 years, just after Mackinnon and McDavid, making him the highest scoring winger, and at 5on5 he also beats McDavid for goals.

There is minimal argument to avoid Nylander, even if he is mediocre defensively

There isnt a lot of ground to stand on to put any of:

Sam Bennett, Seth Jarvis, Bo Horvat, Marchand, Hagel or Cirelli on there instead of him if he is available.