Value of: Tavares to Toronto

[CodeE]

Not that an interview by Tavares today means anything either way since I wouldn't expect him to say anything else in public

Let it go.

 

[BayStreetBully]

Let it go.

Ok, I hope he stays with you.

 

[hamzarocks]

Can't this thread just die. Tavares isn't coming home. He's already there.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I caught the moment where you can see the collective hearts of Leafs fans being broken.

 

[Gavy]

I caught the moment where you can see the collective hearts of Leafs fans being broken.

All you'd have to do is look one post above you and realize how dumb your post was.

Maybe next time

 

[Trapper]

The whole point of the Leafs rebuild is so we can finally have our own core to grow (like we should have done a long time ago) and have the players you just don't get.

So the Duchene/Getzlaf/Stamkos/Tavares/Stastny whatever threads can end.

Take care of your own house if you want success.

 

[LetsGoIslanders]

The whole point of the Leafs rebuild is so we can finally have our own core to grow (like we should have done a long time ago) and have the players you just don't get.

So the Duchene/Getzlaf/Stamkos/Tavares/Stastny whatever threads can end.

Take care of your own house if you want success.

That is the idea, but Toronto fans want the easy way out every UFA year. It's like a running joke. I wanted Toronto to sign Stamkos. It would be so predictable. He'd put up 50 or 60 points while earning $10 million a year.

Auston Matthews as a base for the Leafs isn't good enough. Islanders fans were just happy they drafted Tavares instead of Duchene in his draft year.

Toronto isn't for every player. I think Tavares is happy that he can lead a semi-normal life on Long Island after being in the spotlight in the OHL. He's a private, quiet guy. He can go grocery shopping at Whole Foods with only one or two people recognizing him. He couldn't do that in Toronto.

 

[Moorpheus*]

I caught the moment where you can see the collective hearts of Leafs fans being broken.

He's given everything he's got to nyi....and what have they done for him? I smell a Lebron move to Toronto for 3-4 years, winning a cup then back to the long island for redemption

 

[MattMartin]

He's given everything he's got to nyi....and what have they done for him? I smell a Lebron move to Toronto for 3-4 years, winning a cup then back to the long island for redemption

I must agree. he will be the new Mats Sundin.

 

[eternalbedhead]

He's given everything he's got to nyi....and what have they done for him? I smell a Lebron move to Toronto for 3-4 years, winning a cup then back to the long island for redemption

Except you don't see this Lebron stuff happen very often in the NHL.... Players recognize that NHL squads are bigger, that depth is much more important, and it's more of a team sport. You don't see people, especially a team's captain, ditch the team to hop on the bandwagon of a riser. Stamkos was an exceptional case, and he was leaving a Cup contender. Tavares isn't going anywhere unless Garth Snow gets exceptionally high.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

He's given everything he's got to nyi....and what have they done for him? I smell a Lebron move to Toronto for 3-4 years, winning a cup then back to the long island for redemption

Yup, because Toronto is a Tavares away from becoming a super team, and the Islanders now are as bad as the Cavaliers were in 2009. The parallels are crazy!

 

[Mad Brills*]

Again, what is with the mystical ******** and obession some teams fans have with bringing a home town guy back? Does it matter where he's from. Get the best players possible.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

Again, what is with the mystical ******** and obession some teams fans have with bringing a home town guy back? Does it matter where he's from. Get the best players possible.

While I agree with what you're saying, Tavares would be one of the best players to get.

 

[Mad Brills*]

Tavares would be one of the best players to get.

Yup, but this even happens with non elite players like dave freaking bolland.

 

[Menzinger]

What interest do a rebuilding Leafs team (particularly one with Matthews on the prospect t pool) trade prime assets for an expensive vet?

 

[Mad Brills*]

none.

 

[2ndGenIslander]

I heard isles are already in talks with Austin Matthews to make him an RFA offer sheet in a couple years

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

I heard isles are already in talks with Austin Matthews to make him an RFA offer sheet in a couple years

Really? I heard Matthews is going to bolt for Arizona when he becomes an RFA. He doesn't really wanted to play in Toronto anyway, look at what happened with his ELC. After all, he grew up a huge Coyotes fan.

 

[Metroid]

Really? I heard Matthews is going to bolt for Arizona when he becomes an RFA. He doesn't really wanted to play in Toronto anyway, look at what happened with his ELC. After all, he grew up a huge Coyotes fan.

if they still have a team

 

[SI90]

The whole point of the Leafs rebuild is so we can finally have our own core to grow (like we should have done a long time ago) and have the players you just don't get.

So the Duchene/Getzlaf/Stamkos/Tavares/Stastny whatever threads can end.

Take care of your own house if you want success.

He's given everything he's got to nyi....and what have they done for him? I smell a Lebron move to Toronto for 3-4 years, winning a cup then back to the long island for redemption

A lebron move would be if he went to CHI. Tavares going to TOR would be the equivalent of lebron going to the Hornets.

 

[Gavy]

I must agree. he will be the new Mats Sundin.

Lmao how does this even make sense.
Sundin didn't go home to Sweden. Vancouver didn't win a cup and Sundin didn't come back to play in toronto.


You tried and I guess that's all that matters.

Some.of you Islanders fans seem pretty insecure. All it takes is a few bait posts to send you guys in a frenzy but you ignore the posts from Leaf fans saying Tavares will stay in long Island and that he likes it there etc.

 

[KingDeathMetal]

It would have to be Matthews+. Remember, this isn't just a hockey trade. Tavares is the face of the franchise, the savior. If they trade him, they need someone to fill that void, to appear in ads, to sell tickets with his face alone, etc. So it can't be Marner, Reilly, Nylander, etc. It has to be Matthews or no one, because Matthews has name value.

This is why the Isles would be crazy to even contemplate this trade in the first place, unless...

Unless he doesn't sign an extension this season. Not next season by trade deadline, but this year. If he is serious about wanting to be an Islander for life, then ask him to name his price, and get business done immediately. Isles can't take a chance that he leaves for nothing, and can't trade him at reduced value at the 2018 trade deadline. It would have to be now. And really, if that happens, unless the return includes a piece like Matthews, that franchise is sunk.

This was supposed to be era when the years of rebuilding finally paid off. Okposo and Neilson left, their D of the future, Reinhardt, was traded, Dal Colle is looking more and more like a bust, but they still have Tavares and were able to sign Ladd and draft Barzal, so things are still looking up. Tavares leaves or gets traded and the rebuild starts over? In addition to their continuing arena crisis? Forget it. They might as well relocate at that point.

This is why Snow has to offer Tavares a blank check ASAP. It's not just about hockey.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

Lmao how does this even make sense.
Sundin didn't go home to Sweden. Vancouver didn't win a cup and Sundin didn't come back to play in toronto.


You tried and I guess that's all that matters.

Some.of you Islanders fans seem pretty insecure. All it takes is a few bait posts to send you guys in a frenzy but you ignore the posts from Leaf fans saying Tavares will stay in long Island and that he likes it there etc.

I think what he's saying that even though the Leafs were never that great though Sundin's prime, he still stayed with the Leafs until the tail end of his career. Sundin only left for Vancouver as a 40 year old and his one last chance at a Stanley Cup. But for the high majority of his career, he chose to stay where he loved, which was Toronto (I bet he would have stayed in Quebec if the Nordiques traded Sakic instead, Sundin was clearly a loyal guy). Tavares will do the same thing with Long Island.

We're not insecure, nobody is really scared of losing Tavares except the Negative Nancy's. What we really hate is Maple Leafs fans who look down on us. There's no reason to do that. We're ignoring the Leafs fans who say he'll stay because it doesn't warrant a response. Do you want us to say thank you?

 

[CodeE]

Lmao how does this even make sense.
Sundin didn't go home to Sweden. Vancouver didn't win a cup and Sundin didn't come back to play in toronto.


You tried and I guess that's all that matters.

Some.of you Islanders fans seem pretty insecure. All it takes is a few bait posts to send you guys in a frenzy but you ignore the posts from Leaf fans saying Tavares will stay in long Island and that he likes it there etc.

Toronto fans acting like arrogant trolls = "They're just bait posts, relax"

Islander fans responding to arrogant trolls = "Wow you guys are so insecure, you should really calm down from this frenzy."

 

[MattMartin]

Lmao how does this even make sense.
Sundin didn't go home to Sweden. Vancouver didn't win a cup and Sundin didn't come back to play in toronto.


You tried and I guess that's all that matters.

Some.of you Islanders fans seem pretty insecure. All it takes is a few bait posts to send you guys in a frenzy but you ignore the posts from Leaf fans saying Tavares will stay in long Island and that he likes it there etc.

See below.

I think what he's saying that even though the Leafs were never that great though Sundin's prime, he still stayed with the Leafs until the tail end of his career. Sundin only left for Vancouver as a 40 year old and his one last chance at a Stanley Cup. But for the high majority of his career, he chose to stay where he loved, which was Toronto (I bet he would have stayed in Quebec if the Nordiques traded Sakic instead, Sundin was clearly a loyal guy). Tavares will do the same thing with Long Island.

We're not insecure, nobody is really scared of losing Tavares except the Negative Nancy's. What we really hate is Maple Leafs fans who look down on us. There's no reason to do that. We're ignoring the Leafs fans who say he'll stay because it doesn't warrant a response. Do you want us to say thank you?

Toronto fans acting like arrogant trolls = "They're just bait posts, relax"

Islander fans responding to arrogant trolls = "Wow you guys are so insecure, you should really calm down from this frenzy."