John Tavares is a Maple Leaf

[lamajama]

His teammates need to play a damn good game right from the faceoff and stomp the Isles. That will shut up those losers.

 

[herman]

Goddamnit, this was going to be my entire GDT on Thursday.

edit: NOBODY POST OR LOOK AT THE ENTIRE VIDEO UNTIL THURSDAY

Ok, sorry, it doesn't look like they're going to post the full 3:22 video on twitter, so there won't be a way to embed it into a post. So feel free to give their site the clicks they obviously desperately need and view it in its glorious entirety here: http://longisland.news12.com/story/40011194/dear-john

edit: omg they also have even longer, unedited versions of what all the fans said lower down.

https://twitter.com/adamzherman/status/1100457493501751297

Click dodge here. Not sure which version it is because I didn?t go to the original site.

 

[KGB]

Where do you even start with this?  Not only did these people say these things to a camera, with a straight face, but multiple other people took the time to edit this down and publish it without once thinking to themselves, "is this going to make anyone of us look good?"  Jesus wept.

 

[Zee]

Meh, I originally thought there might be serious issues during the first game back but I've come around the other side now and think it'll just be loud booing, maybe some jerseys tossed but nothing dangerous.  There's already a backlash against that idiotic video by other Islanders fans saying how it makes them look extremely foolish.  I think they'll get through the game and everyone will move on.

 

[Redleaf]

Goddamnit, this was going to be my entire GDT on Thursday.

edit: NOBODY POST OR LOOK AT THE ENTIRE VIDEO UNTIL THURSDAY

Lol.

NOBODY RESPOND TO THIS NEW THREAD I STARTED !!

Anyone been around this board long enough to remember a member posting something like this? It must have been close to 10 years ago now. Needless to say hilarity ensued!

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/berezin_goal/status/1100624603234398209

Tavares has 66 of the 140.

 

[Zee]

Leafs fans should still make a "Dear Leo" video complaining how he stabbed us in the heart for signing as a UFA in Long Island.  He was the chosen one.

 

[louisstamos]

Leafs fans should still make a "Dear Leo" video complaining how he stabbed us in the heart for signing as a UFA in Long Island.  He was the chosen one.

"You were an All-Star with the Leafs!"

 

[Zee]

Leafs fans should still make a "Dear Leo" video complaining how he stabbed us in the heart for signing as a UFA in Long Island.  He was the chosen one.

"You were an All-Star with the Leafs!"

Would make a hilarious parody video of that Islanders crap. Someone with ambition should do it complete with Leafs fan girl with blue and white lipstick and dartguy

 

[Frank E]

Goddamnit, this was going to be my entire GDT on Thursday.

edit: NOBODY POST OR LOOK AT THE ENTIRE VIDEO UNTIL THURSDAY

Lol.

NOBODY RESPOND TO THIS NEW THREAD I STARTED !!

Anyone been around this board long enough to remember a member posting something like this? It must have been close to 10 years ago now. Needless to say hilarity ensued!

I kind of remember that...does anyone with a way better memory than ours remember who that was?

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I kind of remember that...does anyone with a way better memory than ours remember who that was?

I don't remember the name, but it was a predictions thread with a bunch of out-there ones.

For some reason I also feel like it was the NOT SO MUCH guy.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Not a fan of Avery's but this video made me laugh. Warning, it's laced with profanities..enjoy.
https://www.barstoolsports.com/boston/sean-avery-goes-off-on-islanders-fans-for-their-antics-last-night

 

[Zee]

Not a fan of Avery's but this video made me laugh. Warning, it's laced with profanities..enjoy.
https://www.barstoolsports.com/boston/sean-avery-goes-off-on-islanders-fans-for-their-antics-last-night

I love the disgust in his voice

 

[OldTimeHockey]

If anything, Islander fans have proven that he completely made the right choice.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/TheFlintor/status/1101510461147807745
LOL I read it in his interview-answering voice. And "crucial" is definitely in JT's regular vocabulary ;D

 

[Guilt Trip]

I hope Leafs fans chant some good things tonight for JT.

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/TheFlintor/status/1101999636401680385
He said he had wanted to skate to center ice to salute the fans at Nassau but after the drowning out of the video tribute... just made it a couple steps.

 

[Peter D.]

Not going to lie...I thought leaving Tavares alone at the blue line for an ovation the other night was super cheesy. 

 

[Zee]

Not going to lie...I thought leaving Tavares alone at the blue line for an ovation the other night was super cheesy.

Yeah it was a bit over the top with all the JohnTavaresTO day stuff. If it was something that just happened organically with all the fans cheering him before the game that's one thing, but it seems setup and phony to "respond" to the Islanders game.  Ah well, this too shall pass.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I was fine with it. We might call Tavares a robot but there's no way being boo'd mercilessly by 13,000 people for 3 hours straight wouldn't have effected him negatively in some way. Especially given how the actual game went. I think the fact that they didn't even let up during the tribute video, which is usually always a huge moment for a returning player, would have hurt. Maybe it was cheesy but lots of cheesy gestures are still appreciated by the person it's directed to.