Modifié 14 juill. 2023 à 17 h 39
Quoting: Fabi
I can't entirely agree with that, he had a good year in the minors and locked well in the top six with the short time he had. If he is good during camp I am sure he will get his spot in the top 6.
He will not. The Pens top six is set with Sid, Geno, Guentz, Rakell, Rust, and Smith. Nylander isn’t good enough to displace any of them. His presence on the team is to provide depth scoring in the bottom six, unless they decide to go with more of a shutdown bottom six. Problem is, Nylander also isn’t as good or useful as Eller, Acciari, or Nieto. So Nylander may well end up a healthy scratch or waived and sent down.
He’s a safe bet to clear waivers as he was placed on them more than once last season and no other team was interested, even teams desperate for scoring passed on him. Dubas didn’t re-sign Nylander, that was done by the interim GM after Hextall was fired. We don’t even know if Dubas has any interest in this player. Dubas has a history with guys like Johnsson, not with Nylander.