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John Tavares a Leaf in 2018?

It's hard to know what people if you're not on the inside. My best guess at odds of him signing in Toronto are I dunno. He may be thinking 0, 50/50, or 100. Or anywhere in between. And they may change by the 1st.
 
Bill_Berg said:
It's hard to know what people if you're not on the inside. My best guess at odds of him signing in Toronto are I dunno. He may be thinking 0, 50/50, or 100. Or anywhere in between. And they may change by the 1st.
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Just going by past experience with huge stars they rarely switch teams in UFA.  Not sure why, especially considering how bad the Islanders have been during his 8-9 seasons.  Kind of like when Nash was a UFA in Columbus, team was bad but he still stayed. Stamkos at least you could understand because Tampa was and is a contender.
 
If money is not the issue for Tavares, but rather,  winning a championship and finishing his career a winner, then he would give  serious consideration to a potential contender on the cusp of greatness such as the Leafs.

Now with Lamoriello and Trotz at the Islanders helm, and promising to build a success on the Island, it may just be enticing for Tavares to want to be a part of that, stay put, put down some roots, and enjoy the rest of his hockey years there.

I'm only hedging my bets that Johnny T. signing with the Leafs is 50/50 at best. A part of me wants to say it's sure fire, but hindsight doesn't jibe with it.
 
Zee said:
Just going by past experience with huge stars they rarely switch teams in UFA.  Not sure why, especially considering how bad the Islanders have been during his 8-9 seasons.  Kind of like when Nash was a UFA in Columbus, team was bad but he still stayed. Stamkos at least you could understand because Tampa was and is a contender.
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I guess the key to understanding this is getting that there are lots of factors that go into these decisions as opposed to thinking that how good the team you're signing with is the only factor.
 
Eklund (I know it did surprised me too), came up with a decent idea.

Leafs can sign him for a 1 year deal with tons of money and right after they can start to work on a deal to resign him for 8 years.

Sure they will have to deal with our Big 3 next season too but that could work. Nylander this season and they will work the magic for next season on a cup winning hangover.

If Lou was still the Leafs GM I would be confident that they would pull a move like that. Let's see what Divas Learned...
 
Kaberle15 said:
Eklund (I know it did surprised me too), came up with a decent idea.

Leafs can sign him for a 1 year deal with tons of money and right after they can start to work on a deal to resign him for 8 years.

Sure they will have to deal with our Big 3 next season too but that could work. Nylander this season and they will work the magic for next season on a cup winning hangover.

If Lou was still the Leafs GM I would be confident that they would pull a move like that. Let's see what Divas Learned...
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He can?t sign the 2nd deal until Jan 1. Very few players want to take the risk of long term injury, so this is a very rare thing to do (Hossa being the only exception I know of).
 
Kaberle15 said:
Eklund (I know it did surprised me too), came up with a decent idea.

Leafs can sign him for a 1 year deal with tons of money and right after they can start to work on a deal to resign him for 8 years.

Sure they will have to deal with our Big 3 next season too but that could work. Nylander this season and they will work the magic for next season on a cup winning hangover.

If Lou was still the Leafs GM I would be confident that they would pull a move like that. Let's see what Divas Learned...
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I believe Frank Seravalli proposed this kind of approach, Eklund is "borrowing". Also you can't talk about the deal like that or it's cap circumventing. You can sign him to a1 year deal but can't offer the standing 8 deal saying "don't worry Jan 1, we'll sign you *wink wink*
 
A) Eklund didn't come up with that idea. It's something that's been floated around for multiple players by multiple sources.

B) The possibility of it actually happening has been thoroughly discussed in this forum on a number of occasions - and it's widely accepted that it's extremely unlikely a player of Tavares' stature would go for the risk that comes with a one year deal.
 
princedpw said:
He can?t sign the 2nd deal until Jan 1. Very few players want to take the risk of long term injury, so this is a very rare thing to do (Hossa being the only exception I know of).
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Hossa also only did it because he thought he would win a Cup in Detroit, and then sign a long-term deal somewhere he wanted to be long-term. It wasn't a backdoor deal like is being suggested here.
 
Zee said:
So Matthews 1C, Tavares 2C Kadri 3C, looks pretty good to me
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Thanks for the bump of this thread, I forgot we started talking about this way back in 2016 LOL. Quoting my own post, can't believe it came to pass 2 years later.  :D
 
Zee said:
Zee said:
So Matthews 1C, Tavares 2C Kadri 3C, looks pretty good to me
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Thanks for the bump of this thread, I forgot we started talking about this way back in 2016 LOL. Quoting my own post, can't believe it came to pass 2 years later.  :D
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Good call!!
 
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