Speculation: All Purpose John Tavares Thread

[WSS11]

Figure with all the activity that will happen over the next week it needs its own thread.

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[Led Zappa]

 

[Celly4Celebrini]

 

[OffSydes]

 

[Friday]

One guy that knows a guy that does hockey stuff has an opinion about where Tavares is going. MUST TWEET itttt

 

[209]

What will it take to get this deal done? Isles already offered 8/88. TML rumored to using the one year $15M offer. Sharks can only go max of 7 yrs. I have no idea what it will take to get him in teal. 7 years at $12.6M/yr?? That matches Isles offer. But again, TML is his hometown team. Does Vegas have a chance here?? Dallas??

 

[one2gamble]

What will it take to get this deal done? Isles already offered 8/88. TML rumored to using the one year $15M offer. Sharks can only go max of 7 yrs. I have no idea what it will take to get him in teal. 7 years at $12.6M/yr?? That matches Isles offer. But again, TML is his hometown team. Does Vegas have a chance here?? Dallas??

nothing the Sharks can do but present what they have. Everyone's deals are going to be essentially the same unless someone goes stupid but Tav limited that by limiting his teams. Its up to him where he wants to play.

 

[Friday]

What will it take to get this deal done? Isles already offered 8/88. TML rumored to using the one year $15M offer. Sharks can only go max of 7 yrs. I have no idea what it will take to get him in teal. 7 years at $12.6M/yr?? That matches Isles offer. But again, TML is his hometown team. Does Vegas have a chance here?? Dallas??

Probably something gross like 7x12.5/13

 

[SjMilhouse]

I'm still thinking if Tavares decides to go to San Jose, a sign and trade to get the 8th year makes the most sense. Plus NYI can at least recoup some type of asset. Wonder what they'd want

 

[Friday]

I'm still thinking if Tavares decides to go to San Jose, a sign and trade to get the 8th year makes the most sense. Plus NYI can at least recoup some type of asset. Wonder what they'd want

Lou said he wouldnt do a sign and trade

 

[WSS11]

I'm still thinking if Tavares decides to go to San Jose, a sign and trade to get the 8th year makes the most sense. Plus NYI can at least recoup some type of asset. Wonder what they'd want

Agreed I think Lou will do that with whomever Tavares chooses should he leave. I read on one of the other threads DW tried to do that with Stamkos

 

[pappaf2]

In the slim chance that Lou would do a sign and trade, what is a reasonable compensation from the sharks to the isles?

 

[Kcoyote3]

In the slim chance that Lou would do a sign and trade, what is a reasonable compensation from the sharks to the isles?

Just give them Labanc, he's from NYC

 

[CrypTic]

nothing the Sharks can do but present what they have. Everyone's deals are going to be essentially the same unless someone goes stupid but Tav limited that by limiting his teams. Its up to him where he wants to play.

I agree with most of this but I doubt that he's limited the amount he'll get by not talking to every team. If rumors are true, he's already pretty close to the maximum amount he can get (20% of the cap) and I doubt that other teams are going to bid substantially more than the five main teams he's interviewing. His agent probably has a good idea of what teams would pay and if there was one that would pay substantially more, my guess is that they're either already on the list or that they're one of the teams that Tavares will talk to via phone. If there's some other team that would offer, e.g, 15M x 6 or 7 years, they just need to call his agent and I'm sure a phone interview would be arranged.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Just give them Labanc, he's from NYC

Or Tierney.

 

[Friday]

Hopefully some real news by tomorrow. Like " I hate the Leafs I would never..."

 

[SharksAddict]

What will it take to get this deal done? Isles already offered 8/88. TML rumored to using the one year $15M offer. Sharks can only go max of 7 yrs. I have no idea what it will take to get him in teal. 7 years at $12.6M/yr?? That matches Isles offer. But again, TML is his hometown team. Does Vegas have a chance here?? Dallas??

I don't think this will be a financial based decision for Tavares. Wherever he goes he will get at least $11M per likely. He doesn't strike me as the type of guy who is going to chase a few million extra over going somewhere he wants to be. It'll come down to fit and chance to win.

 

[Friday]

Kyle Dubas is only 31? Damn the Leafs have a young GM now

 

[pappaf2]

So apparently the isles are presenting after the leafs today. I find it so strange that they are doing are doing that. Besides for the fact that JT hand the isles have had plenty of time to work a deal it seems to me the isles should be going last to give JT their best and final after he is serenaded by the rest of the teams.

On another note, hfboards are caddywhompass as heck right now. I basically get signed out every time I navigate to a new page.

 

[rangerssharks414]

So apparently the isles are presenting after the leafs today. I find it so strange that they are doing are doing that. Besides for the fact that JT hand the isles have had plenty of time to work a deal it seems to me the isles should be going last to give JT their best and final after he is serenaded by the rest of the teams.

On another note, hfboards are caddywhompass as heck right now. I basically get signed out every time I navigate to a new page.

Try changing it to https before the colon.

Back on topic, I hope I get to brag to my Islanders fan friend the next time I see him.

 

[Maladroit]

Just give him $91 million over 7 years, we know much much these players like their numerology.

 

[CrypTic]

So apparently the isles are presenting after the leafs today. I find it so strange that they are doing are doing that. Besides for the fact that JT hand the isles have had plenty of time to work a deal it seems to me the isles should be going last to give JT their best and final after he is serenaded by the rest of the teams.

On another note, hfboards are caddywhompass as heck right now. I basically get signed out every time I navigate to a new page.

I thought the same thing. I'm sure that they'll work all the teams still in the running over at the end anyway (e.g., Boston is offering X, will you match?) but if he'd already tentatively decided on the Islanders, you'd think that he and his agent would want to give them the most time to match or counter-propose by presenting last. Maybe he's not as sold on the Islanders as I'd guessed. Either that or he thinks that they may offer something that he can use to get better offers from the other teams.

It seemed odd enough that the Islanders were there, but that makes sense if Tavares is leaning toward returning but isn't 100% happy with their offer. That way, the Islanders can know very quickly and can react.

I can't figure out why they'd have the Islanders go second, though.

 

[CJL182]

A Reasonably Accurate Guess at the John Tavares Sweepstakes

 

[Nighthock]

I'll be taking the Believe it when I see it approach on Tavares.

 

[TrappedInFullerton]

I'll be taking the Believe it when I see it approach on Tavares.

I'll be taking the 'Not getting my hopes up' approach so I can't be sad by not getting him.