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Listening to one of the recent Bob McKenzie Bobcasts, he said that he is "not reporting" Tavares is leaving the Islanders, but all logical indications are telling him that Tavares is leaving the Islanders. He also said he doesn't think Montreal or Toronto will be anywhere near the top of his list - to the disappointment of many Canadians - but he thinks San Jose, St. Louis, and a few other teams in the West could be.
Not sure what kind of sauce the press and Habs fans are drinking to think JT would sign there. Talk about a tire fire...
The leafs can't sign him to any real term unless they sell off parts of the team to make the space for emerging RFA's.
Sharks do not have those problems.
Saint Louis doesn't strike me as the best place for JT but then again they have shown an ability to bring in top talent like Gretzky in the past. More recently Stastny. So I suppose that does make some sense.
its going to be an interesting offseason
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if JT goes, this team hits full bore rebuild - with a few decent pieces already in place. That Ladd contract becomes easier to swallow as there will be less impetus on competing for the next couple of years. Boychuk's contract is buy-out-able, or tradable if they eat a sizeable amount. Some good young D in the wings - Aho, Toews to go along with Pulock, Pelech... but man, Snow's genius moves & there have been a few are so overshadowed by his blundering mistakes. .
FWIW... I still think he resigns... if I remember correctly, there were lots of reports of Stamkos leaving TB and heading to Det, Buf, Tor
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Stamkos actually went through the whole free agent discussion period and had serious talks with other teams but he eventually figured out he wants to return to Tampa, and obviously their cheaper tax rates didn't hurt their case. Not sure that's going to happen if Tavares gets to free agency.
I think the difference between Stamkos signing with Tampa and Tavares signing with the Islanders is that one team showed more of a desire to win. I know Snow didn't walk into a good situation when he came on as GM but during his time there, they've made the playoffs like 4 times. Part of me really hopes to see JT walk as it would be entertaining to see what unfolds for the NYI, also, I have Ho Sang in my pool and would love for them to bring him up full time HAHA!
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he did walk into a shitty situation, but he's been there a decade and he's failed to put anything cohesive together. It's not entirely his fault. he really was just never fully qualified for the job.
I'm not sure why there has been such fierce loyalty to Snow, it really is time to move on from him. Keep him in the org. sure, just get him off negotiations.
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Interesting thought from Elliotte Friedman on 31 Thoughts the podcast - if Lou Lamoriello goes to the Islanders, does he take Mark Hunter with him?
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