Nylander inked an eight-year, $92 million contract extension with the Leafs back in January that carries an average annual value (AAV) of $11.5 million.
It’s no secret that Toronto Maple Leafs star William Nylander has become accustomed to being outdoors in the offseason. Just a couple of weeks ago, Nylander was seen as he captioned “somewhere” in a tropical location posing in various images before a lizard stole the show.
This time around, Nylander was pictured working out outdoors on a Monark Ergomedic Testing Bike in an Instagram story posted by brother Alex Nylander, captioned “Friday work done” with a handshake emoji.
The Nylander brothers are no strangers to posting on social media in the offseason, and it likely won’t be the final time we see the pair together. Alex, who is a restricted free agent coming off a one-year, $775,000 deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and William, who inked an eight-year, $92 million contract extension with the Leafs back in January, are seemingly already working towards preparations for the 2024-25 season.
The 28-year-old’s new contract with the Maple Leafs carries an average annual value (AAV) of $11.5 million a season and is set to kick in at the start of next year. Given the success the Swede had entering the year as a pending unrestricted free agent, scoring 40 goals and tallying 58 assists for a near 100-point season, the Leafs jumped at the opportunity to lock him into the organization for eight more years with a full no-movement clause throughout.
In the 2024 postseason, Nylander missed the first three games of the series with migraine issues before being reinserted back into the lineup in a big way, scoring significant goals in Games 6 and 7. In four appearances in the club’s opening-round series against the Boston Bruins, Nylander finished with three goals.
Fresh off a career year, he seems poised to follow the 2023-24 campaign up with another productive season – which he already appears to be striving for in the latter stages of June. As plenty of uncertainty continues to unravel in Toronto, one thing seems certain; Nylander is a major part of the organization’s future plans.
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