Maybe Tavares is the problem

[Antropovsky]

 

[notDatsyuk]

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I'm not sure what that is supposed to mean. If Matty is the player most likely to score a goal, why is he the one making the most passes?

I see that's 'passes completed'. So passes made but not successfully received aren't counted? Like a perfect pass that the receiver just missed, like JT did several times against Boston?

 

[darrylsittler27]

The Leafs made their choice and just signed his brother. Marner won't get NMC from To.

 

[mapleleaf979]

Leafs captain is an issue, an 11 million dollar player who is invisible in the playoffs. He cant skate, end result is, Tavares never has room to move. Dont make this complicated.

 

[Maple Leaf]

Should swap for a younger faster two way center
Trade Rielly if tanev experiment doesn't work

 

[Hellcat]

No, one player is not the problem. The failures are a sum of the parts.

 

[notDatsyuk]

No one player is not the problem. The failures are a sum of the parts.

Correct. Taraves, or more correctly his contract, is a problem, but certainly not 'the' problem, or even the biggest problem.

 

[Mess]

No one player is not the problem. The failures are a sum of the parts.

"You're only as strong as your weakest link".

Leafs are in Salary Cap Hell like no other team, and Tavares is one of the core 4 that consume > 1/2 the Salary Cap with 4 players in the top 12 highest contracts,

Leafs weakest link is lack of available cap space to build a deep team that can compete for the Cup, and Tavares in that respect is a big part of that problem.

Next year when his contract ends Leafs will start to get some breathing room.

 

[NVious]

No one player is not the problem. The failures are a sum of the parts.

The core as a whole have been bad in the playoffs, but Tavares has been atrocious (worst of the bunch and by far):
38 games
12 goals
24 points

An 11 million dollar captain putting up those numbers in his prime is unacceptable.

He ranks 43rd in g/60 in the playoffs, 63rd in p/60. Even with the most generous interpretation (taking away players who have less than 30 games), he ranks 58th in p/60, 39th in g/60. Basically a decent 2nd liner, not even close to captain 1st line 11 million material.

 

[666]

An 11 million dollar captain putting up those numbers in his prime is unacceptable.

His prime was at best 3 years ago.

 

[Its not your fault]

He did a very captain thing last night. He was watching a game at Peterborough Lakers Jr. And I guess between periods he signed a whole whack of autographs. 4 like over 50 kids.