there isn’t any point, nobody going to take him for his cap hit and it makes no sense to retain any salary to trade him. He has also young kids, wife from Toronto, makes no sense for him.
drunkasaurusjr
Why is this news?
adwrx
Because it’s ridiculous to even think of doing that. He has one year left, let him finish the deal. no bad blood, maybe he comes back on a good deal as a winger
Unwise1
Why would they? Why would he? It’s pretty clear that this was ALWAYS gonna be the way. The push was supposed to have happened by now is the only problem. After next year he’s a much cheaper 3C. It’s a cap dump move which ain’t happening, not with this player.
phunsukhwandu
I see were just writing things for the sake of writing things this off season
Szwedo
Report: the Toronto Maple Leafs will continue to operate as an NHL franchise for the 2024-25 season
buddachickentml
Good.
931634
ok cuz JT is gonna come back at a reasonable rate and round out our bottom 6 next year ..
Sarge1387
Tavares isn’t the guy they want to unload anyways…they’re gonna keep him and have him do what Yzerman did in Detroit, 3rd line C after this contract is up for a 3×4. Still an effective net front guy, even if he’s lost a step
SteveBets
They haven’t talked about trading me neither tbh
Source: me
reggierock2010
Yeah I have zero expectation for them to move JT. Mitch is a different story lol
Scazzz
Has anyone talked to Glenn the night shift Janitor?
How is this news?
blind-amygdala
Of course they haven’t.
Dash_Rendar425
I’ve literally never even heard this mentioned.
There is zero reason to trade him.
Barilko-Landing
Nor should they. They won’t talk to him without a legitimate offer on the table, which I doubt they’ll ever get unless some really desperate circumstances come about.
It’s gonna cost them more to trade him than to just let him walk in my opinion, they should just try to get the most out of him for another year and see what happens afterwards.
luckylukiec
I don’t see keeping JT as a problem we have plenty of cap space if we move marner and even if we run it back with the core 4 maybe they perform differently under Berube if not then we walk away from Marner and JT end of season. Not the end of the world.
GritGrinder
This just in, there’s nothing to report!
TiredReader87
Of course they haven’t
toedragrelease
I hope no one in this sub actually expects a Tavares trade
VicVinegar88
He’s overpaid but he still can play 2C/3C. If they unloaded him with no retention, they’d still need to replace him. A 2C with similar production (20-30 goals, 60-70 points) isn’t gonna come cheap. So, maybe they can squeeze out a savings of maybe 3-4 mil on the cap for a season. But unloading him will probably cost a sweetener.
Retaining salary is a non-starter. Just makes the replacement math impossible.
That $11 MM cap hit would look good on LTIR if he just happened to need a spleen or appendix removed a few weeks before the trade deadline though…
remarkablewhitebored
So nothing happened, huh? This was never going to be an avenue that made sense…
Dazd_cnfsd
They also haven’t spoken to Marner about a trade
Media is horrible to the Leafs.
liquor-shits
Keep us updated daily thx
vanityfear
I haven’t spoke to John Tavares about possible trade either
Ravage1496
No shit, the Tavares trade conversation has been the dumbest thing to come out of the first round loss, if you have a brain you’d know he with his young family in his hometown is not waiving his full NTC, especially with one year left on the contract and a chance to resign for a massive discount and if anyone would be willing to take a massive and appropriate pay cut to stay here it’d be John.
McJoe77
There’s no chance Tavares waives his no move for any reason. And if the Leafs launch some sort of smear campaign to get him to waive or threaten to bench him something would be so unpopular, you risk alienating your entire team.
If he doesn’t sign an extremely team friendly deal next offseason, they’ll let him walk, and it’ll be fine.
world_citizen7
Based on most recent reports, Tavares is losing his court case with the CRA. Given the substantial amount of **$8 million** involved, which is significant even in light of his considerable earnings, it is reasonable to think he may want to compensate for that loss by being traded to a no tax state team such as **Florida, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas.** Furthermore he may not want to take a home town discount on his next deal to offset the financial impact of this case.
Given all of this, JT might be more open to a trade now than he may have been in the past; this line of reasoning is well within the bounds of informed speculation. He can still be a very valuable player for a team that needs a 2nd line center. Of course the Leafs may have to retain a few million on the deal which will make it more desirable for the receiving team but still allowing the Leafs substantial cap relief. This strategic approach could serve the interests of all parties involved (Leafs, JT, new team).
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there isn’t any point, nobody going to take him for his cap hit and it makes no sense to retain any salary to trade him. He has also young kids, wife from Toronto, makes no sense for him.
Why is this news?
Because it’s ridiculous to even think of doing that. He has one year left, let him finish the deal. no bad blood, maybe he comes back on a good deal as a winger
Why would they? Why would he? It’s pretty clear that this was ALWAYS gonna be the way. The push was supposed to have happened by now is the only problem. After next year he’s a much cheaper 3C. It’s a cap dump move which ain’t happening, not with this player.
I see were just writing things for the sake of writing things this off season
Report: the Toronto Maple Leafs will continue to operate as an NHL franchise for the 2024-25 season
Good.
ok cuz JT is gonna come back at a reasonable rate and round out our bottom 6 next year ..
Tavares isn’t the guy they want to unload anyways…they’re gonna keep him and have him do what Yzerman did in Detroit, 3rd line C after this contract is up for a 3×4. Still an effective net front guy, even if he’s lost a step
They haven’t talked about trading me neither tbh
Source: me
Yeah I have zero expectation for them to move JT. Mitch is a different story lol
Has anyone talked to Glenn the night shift Janitor?
How is this news?
Of course they haven’t.
I’ve literally never even heard this mentioned.
There is zero reason to trade him.
Nor should they. They won’t talk to him without a legitimate offer on the table, which I doubt they’ll ever get unless some really desperate circumstances come about.
It’s gonna cost them more to trade him than to just let him walk in my opinion, they should just try to get the most out of him for another year and see what happens afterwards.
I don’t see keeping JT as a problem we have plenty of cap space if we move marner and even if we run it back with the core 4 maybe they perform differently under Berube if not then we walk away from Marner and JT end of season. Not the end of the world.
This just in, there’s nothing to report!
Of course they haven’t
I hope no one in this sub actually expects a Tavares trade
He’s overpaid but he still can play 2C/3C. If they unloaded him with no retention, they’d still need to replace him. A 2C with similar production (20-30 goals, 60-70 points) isn’t gonna come cheap. So, maybe they can squeeze out a savings of maybe 3-4 mil on the cap for a season. But unloading him will probably cost a sweetener.
Retaining salary is a non-starter. Just makes the replacement math impossible.
That $11 MM cap hit would look good on LTIR if he just happened to need a spleen or appendix removed a few weeks before the trade deadline though…
So nothing happened, huh? This was never going to be an avenue that made sense…
They also haven’t spoken to Marner about a trade
Media is horrible to the Leafs.
Keep us updated daily thx
I haven’t spoke to John Tavares about possible trade either
No shit, the Tavares trade conversation has been the dumbest thing to come out of the first round loss, if you have a brain you’d know he with his young family in his hometown is not waiving his full NTC, especially with one year left on the contract and a chance to resign for a massive discount and if anyone would be willing to take a massive and appropriate pay cut to stay here it’d be John.
There’s no chance Tavares waives his no move for any reason. And if the Leafs launch some sort of smear campaign to get him to waive or threaten to bench him something would be so unpopular, you risk alienating your entire team.
If he doesn’t sign an extremely team friendly deal next offseason, they’ll let him walk, and it’ll be fine.
Based on most recent reports, Tavares is losing his court case with the CRA. Given the substantial amount of **$8 million** involved, which is significant even in light of his considerable earnings, it is reasonable to think he may want to compensate for that loss by being traded to a no tax state team such as **Florida, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas.** Furthermore he may not want to take a home town discount on his next deal to offset the financial impact of this case.
Given all of this, JT might be more open to a trade now than he may have been in the past; this line of reasoning is well within the bounds of informed speculation. He can still be a very valuable player for a team that needs a 2nd line center. Of course the Leafs may have to retain a few million on the deal which will make it more desirable for the receiving team but still allowing the Leafs substantial cap relief. This strategic approach could serve the interests of all parties involved (Leafs, JT, new team).