Confirmed with Link: Tavares to Toronto (7 years, $11M AAV)

[Ropesman]

Gotta love all the incoming salt! "Yeah you got Johnny t but what about your goad awful blueline! LOL cant wait until you dont have the money to sign your young 3!"

If any of these posters paid any attention they would have seen the countless articles and posts about just how manageable it is for us to keep everyone. Will it be easy? No, not a chance we are going to be up against the cap for sure and likely have to see nice pieces like Kappy and AJ walk out the door, but you do that every single time if it means getting a top 10 player in the NHL.

We just added THE biggest FA in the last decade, excluding Stammer because he didn't actually make it to FA, and people are going to somehow chalk that up as a bad thing? I mean if I were a fan of one of the other 31 teams i would be salty to miss out on JT as well, but cmon guys seriously?

 

[Its not your fault]

I believed he would I am superstoked!

 

[Mitchy]

@luvdahattymatty you da real mvp

Induct Gramps into the HF Leafs Hall of Fame!

 

[FriedmansBaldSpot]

Anyone know what channel the presser at 4pm will be on?

 

[MJ65]

 

[Ruski]

Even with the rumours of this happening being true, I am still a bit shocked. GO LEAFS GO!!

 

[Crispy Crust]

We could have a bunch of placeholders on the wing and our offense would still be ridiculous. This team is going to be putting up some crooked offensive numbers this season.

 

[JSn0w93]

We did it guys! Oh and Mod Gramps.

 

[Tonka]

The biggest winner in all this is my sleep.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Do the signing bonuses count towards the cap any different than the salary? Or is it just he gets more money up front at the beginning of the year?

Yeah it is up front. Boom big lump sum haha

 

[Mitchy]

 

[Mr Knies Guy]

@luvdahattymatty you da real mvp

This man though.

Trying to decide who to award the breaker of the story to, Mirtle, MLHS, Pagnotta, Gramps

Ah, who gives a shit, this is a day of celebration and love for all here, except the DavePoulin loser, go jump in a lake bud, cool off

 

[Brown Dog]

Takes balls for Tavares to step up and take on this challenge. Love that we'll be going to battle with a guy who chose this opportunity when he could have easily taken the cowardly path like Stamkos.

 

[jrgtml67]

So what counts to cap all or just the salary? That's a creative contract by pridham cap genius

 

[LeafGrief]

I still can't believe it. I fear for my liver.

 

[BM14]

 

[TimPeel]

Maybe Gramps is Dean Blundell.

 

[connormcmuffin]

So Dubas statue on legends row?

 

[GrizzLeaf]

This is great friggen news!!!!!

So happy!

Go Leafs Go!!!

 

[weems]

Takes balls for Tavares to step up and take on this challenge. Love that we'll be going to battle with a guy who chose this opportunity when he could have easily taken the cowardly path like Stamkos.

Yep I give him major props especially considering it seems like most hockey players for whatever reason like to stay away from the huge limelight when you compare it to the other big sports.

 

[catgoldfish]

Welcome to my Toronto Maple Leafs Jonathan Tavares! Let’s win the Stanley Cup!

 

[MoreMogilny]

So what counts to cap all or just the salary? That's a creative contract by pridham cap genius

All of it counts

 

[McGuires Corndog]

Congratulations guys, you guys all deserve the turn around this franchise is experiencing right now after years of being a laughing stock. It’s now our turn to go through it.

If you guys can trade for Subban, I’d officially cross over.

Enjoy JT guys, genuinely happy for you guys.

 

[The Best Leafs Ever]

??? This group has accomplished nothing. The proof will be in the pudding and you can appreciate once/if they win anything of significance.

Teams who usually “win” in July don’t win in June.

Then all we have to do is to beat that belief, that’s challenging but fun at the same time. We have broken so many beliefs recently and now we have to break one more.

 

[LeafsFan89]

So what counts to cap all or just the salary? That's a creative contract by pridham cap genius

I just asked this. His salary is still 11M/year towards the salary cap.