Chicago general manager Stan Bowman said Nylander has a chance to play on one of its top two lines.
"I expect him to be fighting for a spot on our team, for sure," Bowman said. "We don't hand out those jobs in the summer, but I think with his offensive talent and his skill level, it's certainly exciting to think what he can be when you put him with some of the players we have. If you look at our team last year, we have two pretty good pairs there between [forward Patrick] Kane and [center Jonathan] Toews, [center Dylan] Strome and [forward Alex] DeBrincat. One thing about Alex that's appealing, as well, is he can play left and right wing. Not every player can do that, but he has the skill level to play on the off wing. Looking at our top two lines, one line we're probably looking for a left wing, the other we're looking for a right winger. Those tandems may not stay in place, but the way we ended the year, it's probably something we're going to start with. So now it's a question of, who do we fill in around them, and I think Alex is a candidate. But it's still early to see where that's going to go."
