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Funny but I don't get Tavares, every time I watch the Islanders he is near invisible, but what do I know, I felt the same way about Gretzky. Perhaps some of these guys are so good they make what they do seem easy.Zee said:
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Highlander
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I have to admit the Leafs were so bad for so long that I stopped watching the game for a long time (about 12 years). For 5 of those I chose to live without a TV.
herman said:
It's actually amazing how little we've heard about it from the media so far.
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
Thankfully, that's largely due to the fact the Leafs don't have a glaring need for a 1st line C.
bustaheims said:
I mean it's not like that stopped the speculation with Stamkos last year. I just think we heard a heck of a lot more about him then we did about Tavares. And Tavares is a lot more likely to hit the open market (or at least he should be).
herman said:
The speculation started very early before Matthews sure but getting him didn't change anything. We still heard about Stamkos a lot throughout last years season. I guess playing Tampa more than we play the Islanders is a big part of that.
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
Maybe, but having Matthews for the last 2 years of his contract didn't hurt, either - especially once he established himself. The Stamkos speculation really started going into the 2nd last season of his last contract, but didn't really get going in earnest until closer to the end of that season/when he didn't sign an extension that summer. And, of course, while landing Matthews in the weeks leading up to Stamkos becoming a UFA changed the Leafs' position, the media had fully bought into the Stamkos to Toronto narrative, and they weren't going to back down in the home stretch.
bustaheims said:
I had a brain fart. For some reason I thought Stamkos signed his new deal just last summer, not two summers ago. Man time flies.
Bullfrog said:
Stamkos took a pretty big Stanley Cup/tax friendly contract from Tampa though. Toronto's offer to him was reportedly 7 years @ $10.5mil per. Tavares would definitely get offers like that too, if not more.
I was listening to prime time the other day and the question was asked 'name a prime time ufa who signed their mega deal with a new team since the last cba' and they couldn't name one. I can't think of one either. These stars all seem to be resigning with their own teams. And I'm not talking Marleau level ufas. I'm talking these 7-8 year mega deals for the top echelon of players.
Joe S. said:
Parise and Suter would be the more recent ones, and those were just before this current CBA. I really don't think there's anyone who can really be considered a superstar since then.