Is John Tavares starting to slip?
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SmoggyTwinkles
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A SJ fan talking about rings cups and playoffs numbers is hilarious considering how you guys absolutely laid massive eggs with that good SJ team for like a decade hahahaha.
BraveCanadian
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There are lots of threads pointing out how poorly adjusting by average scoring across the board works.
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HockeyVirus
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Reality is, the demand for Tavares to be bad far exceeds the supply. People want this guy to fail for whatever reason. He's still elite.
But that has nothing to do with your original statement. You can't just spit your dummy out when someone replies to you and shout "yeah but 1967".
You should've just started with that and not fannied around.
MCR74
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Taveras has been good in reg season, underwelming in the playoffs like the other cast of characters. He has 24 pts in 38 gp with Toronto in playoffs, for an $11 million player, that’s not good.
DitchMarner
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He looks better this year than last. He's moving better. He doesn't look as slow or sluggish and seems to be handling the puck better.
I still don't want him back next year unless he signs a contract that pays him a lot less than his current deal. Hope TOR makes good use of the cap space that will be freed up when his contract expires.
I still don't want him back next year unless he signs a contract that pays him a lot less than his current deal. Hope TOR makes good use of the cap space that will be freed up when his contract expires.
Golden_Jet
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ViewsFromThe6ix
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This really isn't true. The NHL edge data shows he's roughly the same skating wise, if not slightly worse than last year: NHL EDGE Puck and Player Tracking Statistics - Skaters
Tavares has always been a slow player, he's still slow. Not sure why people focus on that so much. His IQ is still elite.
DitchMarner
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Fair enough. He seems to have more space and time when he's playing five on five compared to last year. Maybe the new system has something to do with that. I do think he's handling the puck better this year. He seemed to bobble it a lot last season.
The important thing is that he's playing and producing better at ES this season.
Golden_Jet
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How do they adjust for eras when ties were in regulation
vs ties in OT at 5 on 5,
4 on 4
and then to now at 3 on 3.
Back when the Leafs signed him I thought he would have declined much more in the final years of his deal. He’s still a legit number 1 center. He is the second most productive free agent signing of the cap era. Only Panarin put up more points after signing with a new team. Selanne is just a smidge behind him at 3.
