William Nylander has already emerged as one of the potential hottest Free Agents if he remains unsigned into the offseason, and it is looking like that may be the case. <h2>Leafs Tight Cap Situation Could Force Nylander to Test Free Agency</h2> The talk of the beginning of the Leafs season has been about how William Nylander is effectively playing himself out of a position on the Leafs roster, as he has scored at an incredible pace, already notching 38 points in 27 games played. With such a small amount of cap space, Nylander may be forced to test free agency this offseason, as pointed out by Sportsnet's Sam McKee. <q>«Well the thing that stuck out to me about this piece and it's like this seeing it laid out in front of me, was the Lewis Gross aspect of this maybe they just want to go to UFA.»</q> This puts GM Brad Treliving in a tricky position, as they don't want to risk losing Nylander for nothing, and may force him into a blockbuster trade involving Nylander should he think they aren't in a place to contend in the playoffs. <h2>Treliving Facing Tricky Situation with Marner Negotiation on the Horizon</h2> The flip side of this situation is that the Leafs are also going to be up for renegotiation with Mitch Marner shortly. If they do lose Nylander to free agency, then it will be a high-pressure situation to make sure they don't also lose Marner for nothing. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/mikeystephens81/status/1733583785969492233'> </a></blockquote></div> Clearly, Brad Treliving has his work cut out for him for the short term. As seen on <a href='https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/william-nylander-reportedly-has-one-foot-out-the-door-due-to-leafs-tough-dilemma' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Hockey Feed</a> - William Nylander reportedly has one foot out the door due to Leafs' tough dilemma