William Nylander Draws Top Line Assignment for Sweden, Slotting In Next to Two Dynamic Forwards

With the 4 Nations Face-Off officially getting under way on Wednesday with Team Canada and Team Sweden kicking off the festivities, all eyes were on Mitch Marner on Monday, when he was announced as the top line right winger for Canada.

Marner was slotted in next to Connor McDavid and Sam Reinhart at Canada's first practice on Monday, which is a line that can do a little bit of everything, be it scoring, playmaking or defending.

We also found out that Team USA captain Auston Matthews would be slotting in behind Vegas Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel on the depth chart. Matthews will centre a very dangerous 2nd line for Team USA.

One that flew under the radar, though was the Leafs' leading goal scorer, William Nylander.

Nylander took to the ice with his Swedish teammates on Monday, playing on a line with centre Mika Zibanejad and winger Rickard Rakell, per Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

It was a little surprising to see Rakell playing ahead of Filip Forsberg for Team Sweden if I'm being entirely honest, but all in all, the forward group looks pretty well-balanced.

Nylander is almost certainly going to be the play driver on his line at the 4 Nations Face-Off, and Sweden will rely on the veteran winger heavily to produce, just as he's done all season long with the Leafs.

Recently, Leafs coach Craig Berube affirmed that he believes that Nylander has what it takes to win a Rocket Richard Trophy. For Sweden's sake, Nylander had better bring his A-game in the tournament, because the USA and Canada are absolutely stacked.