Tribute John Tavares appreciation thread

[1specter]

51 games 51 points… he’s been doing that for the last 1,000 games.

Looks like his 2 Sons were having a blast, watching Dad get honoured like that.

Not sure if they showed this on TV, but at the game they gave his boys little silver mini sticks that they were playing with during anthems etc. It was quite adorable I must say.

 

[ACC1224]

Legend.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Tavares has a good chance at finishing top 40 all-time for goals. Needs 107 more goals, assuming only Stamkos stays ahead of him among active players not in the top 40

 

[Twine Tickler]

He's been everything I could have hoped for since coming to the Leafs TBH. Leads by example, and he is aging like a fine wine. Wouldn't surprise me to see him play at a high level for another 3-4 seasons. Congrats on 1K cap

 

[MAB1]

Surprised but glad he's ppg this far into the season in his 5th year of that contract. For a guy who can't really skate well in a league shifted toward that regard, it's still impressive that he can muster up his career averages.

 

[therealkoho]

What! I thought that with the way he had been playing he was retired? Oh well my bad.

Congrats JT "1000" is a great accomplishment glad you could do it in the B&W, now let's get back to work and add a SC to that resume.

GLG

 

[Gilmour1996]

Had a nightmare last night: John got hit hard in the game and got a concussion. Courtesy of Luke Schenn. Can't recall if Luke was wearing a Canucks jersey or some other team. Pretty weird because I never dream about hockey. Now Kyle has a really good reason to pick up Luke before we face Vancouver March 4 or before he's traded to some other team.

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

John Tavares is just one goal away from moving into 94th spot on all time goal scorers list, tied with Unger and MacLean.

Go JT Go.

 

[WillyC]

Two more goals for Captain Johnny Toronto… 53 games 53 points.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Two more goals for Captain Johnny Toronto… 53 games 53 points.

He also gets credit for the game winning goal when it was 1-0, since the final score was 3-0.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Two more goals for Captain Johnny Toronto… 53 games 53 points.

People will try to say he's the worst contract in the league

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[MAB1]

On pace for 36 goals and 82 points in year 5 of the contract. And he's the 4th best forward on the team. Fans should appreciate the amount of talent this roster has. Came a long way from the days of Grabovski, Bozak and Kadri comprising this team's top 6 centers.

 

[mjd1001]

On pace for 36 goals and 82 points in year 5 of the contract. And he's the 4th best forward on the team. Fans should appreciate the amount of talent this roster has. Came along way from the days of Grabovski, Bozak and Kadri comprising this team's top 6 centers.

After last year, I honestly thought he was starting that 'slow slide down' that comes with age, especially with his injuries. I thought he would still be a good/great player, but would have a step down. As said, he is on pace now for 36 goals and 82 points. I thought IF he played a full season this year he would be closer to the 25-30 goal, 70 point pace, and the odds were he wouldn't play a full season.

Obviously so far I am wrong, there are more than a handful of games the leafs won primarily because of his production this year.

 

[LeafsNation75]

After last year, I honestly thought he was starting that 'slow slide down' that comes with age, especially with his injuries. I thought he would still be a good/great player, but would have a step down. As said, he is on pace now for 36 goals and 82 points. I thought IF he played a full season this year he would be closer to the 25-30 goal, 70 point pace, and the odds were he wouldn't play a full season.

Obviously so far I am wrong, there are more than a handful of games the leafs won primarily because of his production this year.

On SteveDangle's most recent LFR video, he said how last season Tavares was coming off that scary concussion he had against Montreal in the 2021 playoffs. However, he still got 27 goals and 76 points in 79 games played.

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[WillyC]

55 games… 55 points.

 

[LeafsNation75]

55 games… 55 points.

 

[Its not your fault]

On pace for 36 goals and 82 points in year 5 of the contract. And he's the 4th best forward on the team. Fans should appreciate the amount of talent this roster has. Came a long way from the days of Grabovski, Bozak and Kadri comprising this team's top 6 centers.

So much this, it will be 50 years later and we will be wondering when we will see it again or if in our lifetime.

 

[LeafsNation75]

Tavares interview right after the game where he talks about Matthews returning and the impact it had.

 

[LeafsNation75]

I know it was only one game but what did you think of the line of Tavares-O'Reilly-Marner with Tavares being on Left Wing and not at Centre?

 

[WillyC]

I know it was only one game but what did you think of the line of Tavares-O'Reilly-Marner with Tavares being on Left Wing and not at Centre?

They need to run 3 centers and dominate like they have the strongest middle lineup in the NHL.

 

[Dekes For Days]

I know it was only one game but what did you think of the line of Tavares-O'Reilly-Marner with Tavares being on Left Wing and not at Centre?

I'm not a huge fan of Tavares on the wing, and I think it wastes his top tier faceoff ability. I hope it was just to ease O'Rielly in with no practice, and we mix things up.
If we're going to keep Tavares on the wing and O'Rielly in the top six, I'd probably rather just stack the top line and run:
Tavares-Matthews-Marner
Bunting-O'Rielly-Nylander

 

[MAB1]

Enough of this winger JT stuff. They need to get their lines in order so they can build chemistry before the playoffs.

Bunting-Tavares-Marner
Knies-Matthews-Nylander
Jarnkrok-ROR-Holmberg/Kerfoot replacement
Accari-Kampf-Engvall