Quoting: rookescr96
Nuge had 104 points last year man. Even your boy Willy Ny had 87. Nuge had 17 more points than Nylander...
Without being talked about much, not sure how that makes you overrated
This:
https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask?q=how+many+even+strength+goals+did+ryan+nugent-hopkins+have+2022-23+regular+season
https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask?q=how+many+even+strength+goals+did+william+nylander+have+2022-23+regular+season
Hopkins primarily relies on PP (80% is from PP, making him a PP merchant), Nylander is way less so (roughly 60% is from the PP)
To add:
https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask?q=how+many+goals+did+ryan+nugent-hopkins+postseason+2022-23
https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask?q=how+many+goals+did+william+nylander+postseason+2022-23
Nylander had 4x playoff goals despite having 7 less opportunities:
https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask?q=how+many+power+plays+did+the+edmonton+oiler+have+in+postseason+2022-23
https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask?q=how+many+power+plays+did+the+toronto+maple+leafs+have+in+postseason+2022-23
And the Nuge is terrible defensively and was a stretch to take number 1 overall:
https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask?q=ryan+nugent-hopkins+career+plus+minus
https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/william-nylander-career-plus-minus
To cap it all off, Nuge isn't going to be hitting 100 points again unless the Oilers get bailed with the amount of PPs and the quality of the Pacific division remains s**t