Did signing Tavares lead to the Leafs' downfall?

[Leafs87]

I brought this up last year. Everyone seemed to think no

 

[Metnut]

Tavares goes through coaches like Derek Jeter goes through women. Don't worry though, JT will always manage to get his stats and money.

 

[Trobler]

Hahaha! He just scored 47 goals his first season here and he dominated in your only playoff series win against Florida in 2016, like it was one of the most dominant and clutch playoff performances in recent times and I said as much while it was happening and I was far from an Islanders or Tavares fan at the time. I can't even make this stuff up the statistics speak for themselves.

His playoff performance was NOT that good lmaoooo

 

[IslesBro715]

Tough to watch a talent like Tavares waste away in TO.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Tavares "leadership"...

 

[Atas2000]

Having a fancy, young GM is nice for the media. A lot about the Leafs is about media.

Signing several players to fancy contracts and not building the team the smart way is way more than signing just one FA.

Maybe someone should tell the Leafs management signing a starter and some defencemen who can play defence is a thing.