As the William Nylander standoff continues, I thought I would gather opinion from NHL hockey executives and rival agents as to what they felt would be a fair deal for the 22-year-old restricted free agent.



As far as I can tell, the Nylander situation was status quo as of Thursday. That could obviously change with one phone call, but it appears that both sides remain very far apart.



While I believe the Leafs’ opening salvo was around $6-million over six years and the Nylander camp wanted something north of $8 million a year on a long-term deal, there’s some wiggle room from there, but the question remains, how much?



It’s imperative from the Leafs’ perspective, I believe, not to go much farther north of $6.5-million a year on a long-term deal because they believe every dollar spent above that begins to impact their flexibility on the contracts for Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner and to some degree, pending UFA Jake Gardiner. I think the...