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William Nylander

#88

age28

posC

shotr

h6'0"

w203lbs

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$11,500,000$11.50M

Year 1 of 8

24/25

31/32

Expiry Status

UFA 2032 age 36

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick8

Year2014

Agent Lewis Gross

Birthdate May 1, 1996

Birthplace Calgary, Alberta

Nationality Sweden

UFA Year 2023

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $61,182,500

2024-25 Stats

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PIM2

EV TOI/GM

G60 0.00

P60 0.00

GF% 0.00

DFF% 0.00

REL DFF% 0.00

CF% 0.00

REL CF% 0.00

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2024-2032 Standard Contract

term8yrs

value$92,000,000$92.00M

cap hit$11,500,000$11.50M

William Nylander is currently signed to a 8-year contract with a cap hit of $11,500,000 per season. His contract expires at the end of the 2031-32 season, when Nylander is 36 years old.

Signed On Jan 8 2024

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 13.07%

Signing Status UFAage 28

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031-32	2032
Cap Hit	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	UFAage 36
AAV	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M
Base	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$10,000,000$10.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$10,500,000$10.50M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$8,000,000$8.00M
Total Salary	$13,500,000$13.50M	$13,500,000$13.50M	$12,500,000$12.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,000,000$11.00M	$11,000,000$11.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M
Minors Salary	$13,500,000$13.50M	$13,500,000$13.50M	$12,500,000$12.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,000,000$11.00M	$11,000,000$11.00M	$10,000,000$10.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out		Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

All Signing Bonuses paid on Aug 15

Career Stats By Contract

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	$11,500,000 $11.50M	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	0	0	0	2
2023-24	$6,962,366 $6.96M	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	58	98	24	1,166	49.60	52.80	0.20	50.70	-0.40	1.13	2.32	Playoffs	4	3	0	3	0
2022-23	$6,962,366 $6.96M	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	47	87	28	1,123	60.40	56.00	3.00	52.40	1.90	1.18	2.62	Playoffs	11	4	6	10	0
2021-22	$6,962,366 $6.96M	International	Sweden (all)	3	3	2	5	2
2021-22	$6,962,366 $6.96M	WC	Sweden	3	3	2	5	2
2021-22	$6,962,366 $6.96M	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	81	34	46	80	16	1,125	45.80	55.80	0.80	53.60		0.96	2.13	Playoffs	7	3	4	7	0
2020-21	$6,962,366 $6.96M	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	51	17	25	42	16	676	58.80	57.00	2.60	53.10	2.90	0.98	2.31	Playoffs	7	5	3	8	0
2019-20	$6,962,366 $6.96M	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	68	31	28	59	12	979	51.60	54.60	4.10	54.60	3.30	1.10	2.33	Playoffs	5	2	2	4	0
2018-19	$10,277,778 $10.28M	International	Sweden (all)	8	5	13	18	0
2018-19	$10,277,778 $10.28M	WC	Sweden	8	5	13	18	0
2018-19	$10,277,778 $10.28M	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	54	7	20	27	16	710	55.00	54.51	4.28	56.06	4.30	0.51	1.78	Playoffs	7	1	2	3	0
2017-18	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	20	41	61	10	1,136	62.28	48.97	-1.92	50.96	0.36	0.63	2.38	Playoffs	7	1	3	4	0
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	International	Sweden (all)	10	7	7	14	2
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	WC	Sweden	10	7	7	14	2
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	81	22	39	61	32	1,052	49.37	52.72	3.86	53.00	2.86	0.63	1.77	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	0
2015-16	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	22	6	7	13	4	279	52.94	45.60	-0.48	52.52	3.96	0.86	1.72
2015-16	$894,167 $894K	International-Jr	Sweden U20 (all)	2	1	1	2	0
2015-16	$894,167 $894K	WJC-20	Sweden U20	1	1	0	1	0
2015-16	$894,167 $894K	AHL	Toronto Marlies	38	18	27	45	10									Playoffs	14	7	4	11	0
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	AHL	Toronto Marlies	37	14	18	32	4									Playoffs	5	0	3	3	0
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	WJC-20	Sweden U20	7	3	7	10	0
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	International-Jr	Sweden U20 (all)	12	5	13	18	2
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	SHL	MoDo Hockey	21	8	12	20	6
2013-14	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Sweden U18	7	6	10	16	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	J18 Nationell	MoDo Hockey J18	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	4	3	4	7	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	HockeyAllsvenskan	Södertälje SK	17	11	8	19	6
2013-14	$0 $0K	J20 Nationell	MoDo Hockey J20	3	0	3	3	4									Playoffs	5	3	5	8	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	SHL	MoDo Hockey	22	1	6	7	6									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	HockeyAllsvenskan	Rögle BK	18	4	4	8	10
2013-14	$0 $0K	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Sweden U18	4	4	2	6	4
2013-14	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U18 (all)	15	12	15	27	6
2012-13	$0 $0K	HockeyAllsvenskan	Södertälje SK	10	2	1	3	4
2012-13	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Sweden U18	5	2	1	3	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U17 (all)	3	2	3	5	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	HockeyAllsvenskan	Södertälje SK	8	4	2	6	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	WHC-17	Sweden U17	6	2	8	10	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U18 (all)	10	4	2	6	4
2012-13	$0 $0K	J18 Region	Södertälje SK J18	1	2	1	3	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	J20 Nationell	Södertälje SK J20	27	15	28	43	14
2011-12	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U17 (all)	3	0	0	0	4
2011-12	$0 $0K	U16 SM	Södertälje SK U16	3	3	4	7	4
2011-12	$0 $0K	J20 Nationell	Södertälje SK J20	8	1	3	4	2									Playoffs	4	0	5	5	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	J18 Nationell	Södertälje SK J18	9	7	5	12	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Sweden U16 (all)	7	4	7	11	4
2011-12	$0 $0K	TV-Pucken	Stockholm	8	7	10	17	14
2011-12	$0 $0K	J18 Region	SDE HF J18	18	12	14	26	14
2010-11	$0 $0K	T1EHL 14U	Chicago Mission 14U AAA	29	34	27	61	8
2008-09	$0 $0K	QC Int PW	New York Jr. Rangers	4	5	3	8	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	AYHL 13U	Team Maryland 13U AAA	28	25	26	51	12
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Contract History

2018-2024 Standard Contract

term6yrs

value$45,089,608$45.09M

cap hit$7,514,935$7.51M

expiry 2024 UFA age 28

Signed On Dec 1 2018

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 12.93%

Signing Status RFAage 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$10,277,778$10.28M	$6,962,366$6.96M	$6,962,366$6.96M	$6,962,366$6.96M	$6,962,366$6.96M	$6,962,366$6.96M	UFAage 28
AAV	$10,277,778$10.28M	$6,962,366$6.96M	$6,962,366$6.96M	$6,962,366$6.96M	$6,962,366$6.96M	$6,962,366$6.96M
Base	$10,000,000$10.00M	$700,000$700K	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000$2.00M	$8,300,000$8.30M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Total Salary	$12,000,000$12.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Minors Salary	$12,000,000$12.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Clauses						M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

2023-24 10 Team No Trade

2014-2018 Entry Level Contract

term4yrs

value$3,607,501$3.61M

cap hit$901,875$902K

expiry 2018 RFA age 22

Signed On Aug 18 2014

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.34%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	RFAage 22
AAV	$1,775,000$1.78M	$1,744,167$1.74M	$1,744,167$1.74M	$1,744,167$1.74M
Base	-	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K	$850,000$850K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-
Total Salary	-	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$832,500$833K
Minors Salary	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

William Nylander Updates

Sep 27 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) avoided any serious injury with coach Craig Berube telling reporters Friday, "He'll be OK. He's fine. Nothing to worry about.", according to Mark Masters of TSN.

Sep 26 2024

Nylander sustained an undisclosed injury in the first period of Thursday's preseason game versus the Montreal Canadiens and won't return for precautionary reasons.

Sep 18 2024

Nylander will start training camp at center, reports Arun Srinivasan of The Leafs Nation.

May 4 2024

Nylander scored a goal on five shots, blocked three shots and added two hits in Saturday's 2-1 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 7.

May 2 2024

Nylander scored twice on five shots, added three hits and blocked two shots in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins in Game 6.

Apr 27 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) is likely to play in Saturday's Game 4 against the Boston Bruins, per Chris Johnston of The Athletic.

Apr 26 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) said "I don't know" when asked Friday if he was playing in Game 4 versus Boston on Saturday, Jonas Siegel of The Athletic reports.

Apr 24 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) is not on the ice for warmups, indicating he won't play in Game 3 versus the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, David Alter of The Hockey News reports.

Apr 24 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) hasn't officially been ruled out for Game 3 against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday after coach Sheldon Keefe told reporters "there's a chance" Nylander plays, Chris Johnston of The Athletic reports.

Apr 24 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) isn't expected to play in Game 3 versus the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, per Mark Masters of TSN.

Apr 23 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) is a possibility for Game 3 against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, Mark Masters of TSN reports.

Apr 22 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) will not suit up for Game 2 against the Boston Bruins on Monday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

Apr 22 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision against the Boston Bruins for Game 2 on Monday. Head coach Sheldon Keefe told reporters, "We'll see how he feels here the rest of the day here and make a decision," Chris Johnston of The Athletic reports.

Apr 20 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) won't play in Game 1 versus Boston on Saturday, per Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

Apr 20 2024

Nylander (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision Saturday in Game 1 versus Boston, Darren Dreger of TSN reports.

Jan 8 2024 | Toronto Maple Leafs

William Nylander

Standard | 8 yrs

$92,000,000

Cap Hit

$11,500,000

Lewis Gross | Sports Professional Management Inc.

Dec 1 2018 | Toronto Maple Leafs

William Nylander

Standard | 6 yrs

$45,089,608

Cap Hit

$7,514,935

Lewis Gross | Sports Professional Management Inc.

Aug 18 2014 | Toronto Maple Leafs

William Nylander

Entry Level | 4 yrs

$3,607,501

Cap Hit

$901,875

Lewis Gross | Sports Professional Management Inc.

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