William Nylander was already well on the way to the most goals he’d ever scored in one regular season and the most goals by any player in the league not named Leon Draisaitl when he was asked how he felt it all was going.

William Nylander has become the most dangerous postseason goal scorer for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and he's done so right at the perfect time. The Maple Leafs hold a 2-0 series lead over the Florida Panthers after a 4–3 win in Game 2, thanks in part to Nylander’s continued surge.

Willy Styles is the nickname given to Toronto forward William Nylander by Joe Thornton when the two quarantined with a handful of other Maple Leafs teammates in a Toronto-area home in 2020 during the COVID pandemic. It suggested that Nylander marches to the beat of his own drum, something the eccentric Thornton would know all about.