Report: William Nylander was wearing mic during bench argument

The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to never let the audio see the light of day, but NHL insider Chris Johnston notes that William Nylander was wearing a mic the night he returned to the Leafs lineup for Game 4 against the Boston Bruins. It just so happened to be the same game in which Nylander, Mitch Marner and Auston Matthews were seen arguing on the bench in a 3-1 loss.

“The interesting part about that bickering Julian, is that William Nylander was wearing a microphone on this night," Johnston said.

“I think it’s fair to assume given the sensitivity around that conversation that we’ll never hear that audio, but my goodness, what would that be worth if you could? I mean, you can read his lips enough that you have a pretty good idea of what he was saying, but wouldn’t you actually like to hear him say it? You might actually hear a little bit more about what else was being said back. I have a reasonable idea of what Nylander was saying but I don’t know exactly what precipitated it.”