Tavares always had a maddening habit of disappearing. It got better in time. I remember he disappeared for like 40 games as a rookie, then got hot near the end of the season. 2nd year it was like 30 games. Then got it down to 20, and now he usually disappears for 10 games. He’s gotten more consistent, but it can drive a fan crazy.
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It was always magnified by him trying to do way too much all the time. He's definitely bad captain material with his entirely internal mindset that comes off as robotic.
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I’m intentionally holding a grudge against him.
Don't see the connection between the two. The robotic comments are due to an IQ probably in the 90's. Do you remember the the TV show "My Name is Earl"? Tavares is Earl's brother Randy blessed with hockey skills.
Oh hell no. Way too much fun.
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Don't see the connection between the two. The robotic comments are due to an IQ probably in the 90's. Do you remember the the TV show "My Name is Earl"? Tavares is Earl's brother Randy blessed with hockey skills.
Oh hell no. Way too much fun.
In the 90s? I guess.
Probably more to do that he was groomed to be a PC robot since he was 12. You know, the same lines we used to use to defend him when he was here.I'm never going to root for this dude ever again because of how he handled leaving here. He f***ed us over and I hope he never wins. I'm just not going to make up shit about him and infer what he's thinking. These things can coexist.
Like I said, people around here can pretend that they weren't begging and praying for him to stay. We dodged a bullet because he's (1) not worth $11MM (2) not a good captain and (3) is declining heavily because of his skating versus the trajectory of the league. I'm not going to rewrite history and say that we weren't huge fans when he was here and that we didn't want him to stay. I'm an adult and I can admit that.
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Crosby could go on waivers and I don’t think any team could claim without immediately selling salary
I've seen some on Islestwitter saying we should pick him up. We have no place to play him. We have no cap space for him either.
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His game fell off the table pretty quickly.
Pageau is much better than him, and agree, The Isles have no room for him.
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He’s had a shitty start but he had a good year last year and he’s a beast on faceoffs.
His Cap hit is almost 6mil for another 3 years after this. I don’t see anyone claiming him unless and bad contract swap can be worked out.
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He's probably sharpening up his coaching skills for his return to the NHL. I don't know if he can while he is still being paid handsomely by the Leafs. Maybe he is biding his time, but he will be back. I know teams will look past that Marner incident, which was really 100% on Babcock. But coaches of his record, usually find a 2nd chance. It's funny, he was super complimentary to Lou and Hunter when he left, not surprisingly not so much to Dumbass and Shanahan.
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I absolutely enjoy his slide.I’m intentionally holding a grudge against him.
I need to be mature in my professional and family life.
Being a fan is a completely different animal.
I draw the line at wishing he gets hurt.
After all, that would allow the Leafs to put him on LTIR.
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Agreed, I took a quick look at some of the underlying numbers and Henrique's even-strength corsi and fenwick stats still appear inline with last season. His faceoff percentage is at almost 57%, a career high, and his shooting percentage is just a couple points under his career average.
What stands out is Henrique just appears to be getting unlucky right now and he is just NOT shooting the puck. He only has 22 shots in 16 games played. Not exactly a prolific shooter to begin with, that is one shot per game less than last season.
The other number that stands out is that for a player dominating faceoffs, his role in the defensive zone appears to have slipped from his prior usage.
Does anyone know if Henrique suffered some type of injury, presumably an upper-body injury like a shoulder, that would be hampering his shooting, strength along the boards and ability to win puck battles? One thing is that when a shoulder goes bad, it is very hard to fix or get right.
I agree with others that there simply isn't room for Henrique on the Isles, without moving out at least Ladd and probably someone like Hickey or Uncle Leo right now.
The Isles need to clear cap space for at least two seasons, not add, and then it would mean shifting someone like Brock back to wing or try Henrique on the wing.
If the Kraken really like Henrique, it would make sense for Seattle to potentially do a handshake deal with a team under the salary cap. Ask them to claim Henrique now and agree to make him the player they select in the expansion draft. That would be a win for both teams.
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With respect to Henrique, one team I could see possibly being interested is the Bruins. Krejci is a free agent after this season and 34 years old. I assume they have initiated extension talks with him and know the cost in terms of years and $$$.
If Krejci is asking for more than a season or two, they could claim Henrique now. I believe they have about $3.5 million in cap space, which would add to their forward depth this season, then let Krejci walk (or at least hurt his bargaining power with them) and get a little younger down the middle with Henrique.
Of course I bet Gorton and the Raggies are also calling Anaheim, desperately trying to flip DeAngelo+ for Henrique. Hopefully the Ducks don't bite unless they can extort a ton from the Rags. Really make it hurt.
Sure we will take the DeAngelo headache off your hands and give you a center you desperately need, but the starting point is something like Nils Lundvist+ or your (protected) 2021 first rounder or (unprotected) 2022 first rounder.
If Krejci is asking for more than a season or two, they could claim Henrique now. I believe they have about $3.5 million in cap space, which would add to their forward depth this season, then let Krejci walk (or at least hurt his bargaining power with them) and get a little younger down the middle with Henrique.
Of course I bet Gorton and the Raggies are also calling Anaheim, desperately trying to flip DeAngelo+ for Henrique. Hopefully the Ducks don't bite unless they can extort a ton from the Rags. Really make it hurt.
Sure we will take the DeAngelo headache off your hands and give you a center you desperately need, but the starting point is something like Nils Lundvist+ or your (protected) 2021 first rounder or (unprotected) 2022 first rounder.
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