Signing him was the end of the Shanaplan. His contract raised everyone else’s salary demands and then they couldn’t afford to sign or trade for a top defenseman. Total inexperience of Shanahan and Dubas.
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Yes they remained the same because they inked JT
JVR/Boz had just left,,, getting a combined 12 million in the UFA market
he almost matched their combined totals from the season before
he saved the leafs last season
He took less to come to Toronto. Although I don’t think he’s worth it. It was Marner, Nylander and Matthews who got more than they should have as 22 year olds.
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F*ck cancer - RIP Fugu and Buffaloed
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What a gorgeous pass. This is vintage JT for me.
Duke Silver
Truce?
Duke Silver
Truce?
TheGreatOne11
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Trust me, he got text and calls from the boys in the league asking him to take a big chunk. He doesn't need it with all his endorsements, Crosby and Ovie set their own bar and taking less to win. McDavid is part of the NBA generation, seeing how much control they have and has helped out his fellow NHLers.
At what detriment to team building? We shall see.
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f***ing rifled that shot top left corner. No chance. What a pass by Matty to him on that goal.
Great play by Mitchy to spot JT on the GWG with a beauty feed, and JT just made an even better pass right in the wheelhouse for 34.
Game over. What a moment.
Mathew's look after scoring that goal reminds me of Marincin's look of disbelief after he scored in that one game.
MattySnipes
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I cant sleep.
The game ended....
4 hours ago.
The game ended....
4 hours ago.
Good to see JT step up there. We'll need that if this team wants to close out game 5.
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Really not getting the Tavares criticism. Dude works his ass off and has been the Leafs' 2nd best forward this series imo.
Baffles me as well. I get needing some goals, but the criticism seems forced
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Why is there this narrative that Crosby and Ovie took discounts when signing their contracts... I’m pretty sure their percentage of cap space they took up at the time of signing was similar to Mcdavids. As well as the fact that it was under a different CBA and those contract wouldn’t even be allowed now with how many years they signed for.
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Last night Tavares did what a captain should do is help his team after making a mistake himself when Toronto lost Game 3, because he was huge in them coming back to win.
Because they came into the league when the league was tossing around PPs like candy, especially to the teams with big stars they had to promote, and this resulted in people vastly overrating what Crosby and Ovechkin were prior to signing their post-ELC contracts.
It was actually more. Crosby was 17.30% x 5 years. Ovechkin was 18.96% x 13 years, on a now illegal contract that bought quite a few decline years. McDavid's pre-signing period also tends to be a bit overrated, but he actually took a discount (750k), and ended up at 16.67% x 8 years. Probably the best contract of the 3 at the time they were signed.
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What a blast by Kapanen too. Crazy how good of a one-timer he has on the right side as a right shot.
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Other than the optics it's the right call. Even if it's not on Matthews LW, I'd rather have Nylander at C when he's with Tavares. Let JT do what he's good at and crash the net. He could probably put on a bit more muscle if he doesn't have center skating duties too. The back half of his contract makes more sense as a power forward to hide his skating decline, think about how long Jagr was able to maintain that game after his skating was completely shot.
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