Nyman (pronounced Newman) is a speedy offensive winger. His explosive acceleration is arguably his best asset and he is a shifty player that hard to hit or check the puck off his stick because of his quick hands and feet. His offensive skills are above average for the OHL and he makes plays and has an excellent sense of timing to jump on loose pucks and rebounds for second chance goals.

Nyman lacks size and strength and while he plays hard defensively and physically, he often is ineffective or loses puck battles, not due to lack of compete nut because he is just out gunned physically. — Peter Harling, Dobber Prospects

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Amazing vision that played before and after the arrival of top-notch talent to the Fronts. A 1999 birthday, he will benefit from a recent trend of re-entry players being taken earlier as opposed to being a throw-away pick late in the draft. Lyman is a typical Toronto-type player whose ability to make plays at high speed overshadows his small stature. He had two two-game and one three-game stretch where he was held pointless, showing remarkable consistency start to finish. — Sam Cosentino, Sportsnet

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Simply put, Nyman needs to add strength if he hopes to be effective in the future, and he’ll need to add several degrees of intensity. If he does that, there’s no further reason that he couldn’t become a productive middle six (or even top six) point producer at the NHL level. While the addition of muscle comes relatively easy, an increase in battle level and competitiveness could be harder to achieve. This is an area where chats with the player and his junior team staff would come in handy, to get a grip on his psychological readiness to improve in that sector. The feedback from those questions, for a player like Nyman, could mean the difference between getting picked in the third or fourth round, and not getting picked at all. — Jeremy Davis, Canucks Army

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