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3 reasons the Minnesota Wild shouldn’t consider William Nylander

By Luke Ryan

TORONTO, ON - NOVEMBER 8: Goalie Devan Dubnyk #40 of the Minnesota Wild is partially screened by William Nylander #29 of the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at the Air Canada Centre on November 8, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - NOVEMBER 8: Goalie Devan Dubnyk #40 of the Minnesota Wild is partially screened by William Nylander #29 of the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at the Air Canada Centre on November 8, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /
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TORONTO, ON - MARCH 3: Toronto Maple Leafs right wing William Nylander (39) tries to control the puck behind the Wild net as Minnesota Wild center Mikael Granlund (64) checks him. Toronto Maple Leafs V Minnesota Wild during 3rd period action in NHL regular season play at the Air Canada Centre. Leafs lose 2-1. Toronto Star/Rick Madonik (Rick Madonik/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON – MARCH 3: Toronto Maple Leafs right wing William Nylander (39) tries to control the puck behind the Wild net as Minnesota Wild center Mikael Granlund (64) checks him. Toronto Maple Leafs V Minnesota Wild during 3rd period action in NHL regular season play at the Air Canada Centre. Leafs lose 2-1. Toronto Star/Rick Madonik (Rick Madonik/Toronto Star via Getty Images) /

The Minnesota Wild are among several teams that have been mentioned time and again when it pertains to Toronto Maple Leafs contract hold-out, William Nylander.

The move itself makes some semblance of sense for the Minnesota Wild.
William Nylander is at least a higher-tier player, if not a border-line elite one.

He’s only 22 years old and has proven a capable center on occasion, but also a top-tier winger.

The Minnesota Wild lack players with his youth and skill set, as well as having a plethora of options on the blue-line, hence the rumours suggesting that they’re a good trading partner for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

New Wild General Manager, Paul Fenton has yet to make any huge impact moves and thus people are calling for one. For many, a young elite talent is exactly what is missing from an ageing Minnesota line-up.

Early signs this season had the Wild ranked poorly by pundits across the league, but the recent three game winning streak, book-ended by Saturday’s overtime win against the Tampa Bay Lightning suggest a slightly different narrative.

The team is finally finding its’ mojo as a team; no one player is standing head and shoulders above the rest.

Zach Parise and Jason Zucker are proving to be the stand-outs and that may be all the team really needs in terms of play-making.

Given all of that, we look at three reasons why considering William Nylander isn’t a good idea for the Minnesota Wild.

In fact, it’s a genuinely bad option when you look into it closely.

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