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How are you feeling about Tavares these days?

hurdemz

hurdemz

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hamzarocks said:
He wont be ppg by years end. He is 3M overpaid in the reg season as a 75-80 pt guy

Playoffs he falls to a low end 2C player as a 55 pt guy

A lot to prove after 5 years of being the main reason this group has failed
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I can make up numbers too 🤨

Why is he the main reason they've failed for 5 years? Just because of his cap hit? Not the terrible goaltending or swiss cheese defence?

You're right... it's John Tavares' fault the leafs havnt won a cup. 🙄
 
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therealkoho

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He's healthy and he probably has changed his w/o return because he looks quicker and more fluid.

In the long run though I do not tend to criticize career-long point per game players, and adding to that thought I cant see why any body would. He goes out, gives max effort, completes checks, back checks rarely takes a shift or game off.
 
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nuck

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therealkoho said:
He's healthy and he probably has changed his w/o return because he looks quicker and more fluid.

In the long run though I do not tend to criticize career-long point per game players, and adding to that thought I cant see why any body would. He goes out, gives max effort, completes checks, back checks rarely takes a shift or game off.
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To me its more like what's the point? NMC and home town boy they fellated to get here so he's not going anywhere. Nothing new here. Its not like MLSE is watching this board for direction so maybe lets find a new whipping boy because everybody knows everybody's opinion of JT:)

I still blame some of his suck on Keefe but I have no proof other than his game seemed to go south pretty much as soon as SK came on board. Anyways I will pin my hopes on guys that can move the needle but aren't as much of the budget. And the $700k goalie.
 
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The Captain is looking strong so far this season. It really shows how hard he works in the off-season.
 
ponder

ponder

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Stephen said:
He's speed bursting every game like it's pre-2020. You wonder if he had offseason surgery to remove the lead weights from his feet or something. Well done JT.
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Agreed, he hasn’t looked this quick/mobile in about 3 years. Don’t know what he did this offseason, but it worked. Hope he can keep skating like this all season/playoffs, he’s a much better player when he’s moving like this.

He’s really driving the play consistently at ES the season, vs. the past couple years where he was more of an ES passenger who mostly only made a significant positive impact on the PP. Love to see it!
 
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ponder said:
Agreed, he hasn’t looked this quick/mobile in about 3 years. Don’t know what he did this offseason, but it worked. Hope he can keep skating like this all season/playoffs, he’s a much better player when he’s moving like this.

He’s really driving the play consistently at ES the season, vs. the past couple years where he was more of an ES passenger who mostly only made a significant positive impact on the PP. Love to see it!
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Maybe it took awhile for Nylander and Tavares to find chemistry. I noticed they pass to each other a lot better in all 3 zones.
 
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