The All Encompassing "Heck yes, we signed Tavares" Thread

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BertCorbeau

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Continuation from the Tavares signing thread as it was pretty full.

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BayStreetBully

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I’m intrigued to see what type of legacy Tavares can carve out here. It would be so great if he could play equally as well for as long here, as he did in NY. Like Patrick Roy or Al MacInnis.

I still can’t believe we achieved the greatest UFA signing in a decade. This has the potential to rank up there with the UFA signings of Chara and Niedermayer, maybe even better.
 

Superstar

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Watching some awesome Matthews highlights...this one is an amazing tribute...and I had to slap myself because we have Tavares too! OMG, I'm still grinning about Tavares and Matthews as our centres!

 
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Cleetus

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Im still in shock we signed a player of his Caliber, I loved watching him on the Islanders since 09, its surreal to have a another 1st class Talent on this team! :naughty:
 

SeanAvery

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My brother and I went absolute nuts when we heard the news. We text each other almost at the same time and then couldn't stop talking about the Leafs future. It's a really exciting time for Leafs Nation. Lets go boyz, can't wait for the season to start!
 

JadedLeaf

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I'm still not really sure it hit me. I was on the way to a job site this morning with my boss and I talked about Tavares for a good half an hour. My boss isn't a hockey fan lol.
 
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Superstar

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Can someone post that gif of Matthews and marner trading komorov and Martin for tavares on nhl18? Can't find it.

Here you go... ;)

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Liminality

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Having Marner on his wing and opposition having to split their checkers or get burned by line 1A or line A1. It's gonna be filthy boys.
There are not many teams that can have two d pairings that can handle those lines. Should be fun to watch one of our two first lines take easier competition.
 
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MyBudJT

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That gif is great! Was it actually from that video, or was it editted in?
 

FlareKnight

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I'm going to give myself a moment of silliness.....Yes! We got Tavares!

This is pretty darn fun honestly. It may not fully hit me until we see him on the ice. What has happened to this team is something I wouldn't have bet on. We got: smart management, Nylander, Marner, Matthews, Babcock, Andersen, Tavares, etc. We got the right people and have assembled a talented squad that I'd never have believed we'd have a few years ago. When we were swimming in mediocrity it all just seemed so directionless.

Now we've got two franchise centers. This is just nuts. Back when were drafting Kadri, just looked up at the top of the draft and thought "it would have been nice to get that guy too." The job of building around this core group is there, but wow we've got an exciting group. Tavares just makes this a so much scarier team. Can't wait till the games get going and he nets that first goal as a Leaf. All becomes real then.
 
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