Diamond Joe Quimby
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Is this still a hockey thread? Or an economics class?
Lmao
"Keep that educational BS outta here. If I wanted to learn, I woulda stayed in school."
Is this still a hockey thread? Or an economics class?
Let the leafs fans spam the thread. It'll be more fun when he goes somewhere else.For once I'm begging for one to be made honestly. It's necessary at this point
Agreed. We got reamed on the Kessel trade and it's insecure to argue otherwise.
Given what has transpired since then, I would 100% do the trade again, but it was bad value even under the extreme restrictions.
Let the leafs fans spam the thread. It'll be more fun when he goes somewhere else.
We're not spamming the thread it's not our fault we have a large fan base if you care to venture over to the Leafs board you'll see that over 90% of the fans feel he will re-sign with the Islanders. No real news has come out indicating he signing with any of the potential suitors. After all, this is a discussion board.Let the leafs fans spam the thread. It'll be more fun when he goes somewhere else.
Let the leafs fans spam the thread. It'll be more fun when he goes somewhere else.
You say that like islanders fans haven't already started to turn on himIf that happens
“ we’re better off without him”
“ it helps out our cap that we didn’t get him “
“ he’s overrated anyway “
If that happens
“ we’re better off without him”
“ it helps out our cap that we didn’t get him “
“ he’s overrated anyway “
You and @MattySnipes are wrong imo. You can't look at a trade in a vacuum and just say they lost because the assets maybe don't add up. I mean that's great and all, but the real world has context. And the context says the Leafs had an absolute ton working against them and did the best they probably could with the situation. Ultimately both teams got what they needed out of the deal.
Just to keep it brief the context included: Kessel have an NTC that only allowed him to be moved to 8 teams, only 1 of those teams being willing to trade for Kessel, huge contract, overwhelming negative press about Kessel, the fact that we were known to be dismantling our team starting with Kessel, rookie management Shanahan/Hunter/Dubas.
If that happens
“ we’re better off without him”
“ it helps out our cap that we didn’t get him “
“ he’s overrated anyway “
He wouldn't need to meet with those teams to avoid tampering charges. He could just sit at home during this period tell the Sharks he is signing and do it on July 1 and that would be that.I find it odd that sanjose was clearing so much cap space in advance of this process. My money is on tavares going to sanjose and he met with these teams to avoid tampering charges.
How does that saying go again "small thing amuse....."?Let the leafs fans spam the thread. It'll be more fun when he goes somewhere else.
Tavares is coming off what can only be described as an absolute sweet heart 6 year deal with the Islanders, a deal that made JT widely seen as the most underpaid star in the league. My God, David Clarkson earned more.
He signed for less than he was worth with no hassle whatsoever. He gave the Isles cap flexibility at the expense of his own financial well-being. He let the Isles buy valuable free agent years at an embarrassingly deep discount. He spoke about having faith in Charles Wang and Garth Snow to fulfil their pledge to build the team into a Stanley Cup contender.
Loyalty in the extreme, I’d say. If there’s something else the guy needed to do to show his devotion to the team, please tell me.
He was eligible to re-up with the Islanders a year ago. Where is a single press report that Tavares was actually offered a new deal? I can’t find any evidence that he turned down a single offer from the club. Does someone know for certain that the club even presented a genuine offer?
Last season, 108 NHL players earned a higher salary than Tavares, 37 of them centres.
That’s just not right.
The Islanders have had a year to fix that and reward Tavares for his loyalty and his financial sacrifice going forward, and the first story I’ve read about the team offering a new deal is less than a week ago from a General Manager who officially joined the team 30 days ago?
I cannot imagine another NHL team mishandling their star player so horribly.
Personally, I don’t care where he signs now but I do hope he is happy with the choice he makes. His story should serve as a cautionary tale to every young, loyal star who believes that his masters have the same ethical fabric he does.
I find it odd that sanjose was clearing so much cap space in advance of this process. My money is on tavares going to sanjose and he met with these teams to avoid tampering charges.
By going through this process he eliminates any suspicions and risk of chargesHe wouldn't need to meet with those teams to avoid tampering charges. He could just sit at home during this period tell the Sharks he is signing and do it on July 1 and that would be that.
This thread is just people complaining about Leafs fans and Leafs fans arguing back. It's both sides.I agree with him and I'm assuming that Boston, Tampa, NYI and San Jose fans feel the same way.
Bingo.
It's not that a Canadian being paid in USD makes 30% more. It's the price of goods and services, as a general rule, do not tend to keep pace with the exchange rate.
In my truck example, I save $4,000 CDN by buying my truck in Canada as opposed to converting my money and buying it in the US, at least today.
You mean the exact result the majority of us have predicted?
Everyone is quick to jump on us and claim we're gonna call Tavares crap or unneeded if we miss out. That's not gonna happen... well, not exactly anyway.
Tavares is definitely not crap, or overrated.
Tavares is however unneeded. We'll be fine if we miss out on him. People will just pretend that the majority of us havent already been saying that so they can troll us... Doesn't mean we don't want him though.
By going through this process he eliminates any suspicions and risk of charges
Or “we’re a better team with Barzal as 1C”If that happens
“ we’re better off without him”
“ it helps out our cap that we didn’t get him “
“ he’s overrated anyway “
My point is that he didn't need to go through this process to eliminate suspicion or risks because there would be none.By going through this process he eliminates any suspicions and risk of charges
I find it odd that sanjose was clearing so much cap space in advance of this process. My money is on tavares going to sanjose and he met with these teams to avoid tampering charges.