Hey John Gatti are you happy now? The Face of the Franchise is now a Toronto Born Player. You don’t have to hate on Auston anymore we got the great Canadian Boy u wanted
Dghvd hfhhb thank you! Lol I'm a Canadian, & a Torontonian, & I could never understand why there was even the slightest undercurrent of the whole "Austin Matthews is US Born". Trust me, the vast majority of us Leafs fans don't care if they're Canadian, American, from Mars or are luminescent green lol we win with them, they're a Toronto Maple Leaf, period. Birthplace doesn't matter to me & none of my fellow Leafs fans.
SuperStrik9 there's actually fewer people calling it the skydome, (as badass as the name is) I'm seeing far less of skydome, and more of Rogers Centre in the recent times
seeing JT getting chocked up talking about the islanders,this man has so much passion for Hockey,so no matter what the circumstances for leaving the NYI,hes coming home.to where his family is, where his dream of playing hockey started in the first place. Extremely bold life changing decision that you've probably wanted your whole life,Maple leaf fans haven't been this excited about watching the Buds in god knows how long,you'll bring Class, competitivity,Grace to OUR team. this is the start to something really special for this organization and i can't wait to this all unfold in October#bleedblueandwhite
Michael Joseph there was rumors during the year that he was jealous that he was no longer THE guy and I now believe they are true!!! And it will be interesting to see how he does with the media and with how slow he is. When you watch 95% of barzals highlights, Tavares is nowhere to be seen until after the goal is scored, he couldn't keep up. He is slow and he had a major slump this season. He chose Toronto bc his wife wanted to live close to her mom. I feel he is going to end up regretting his decision because he is sooo private! His teammates are just as pissed off as the fans. If you wanna leave, fine but don't bullshit your fans, teammates, and organization. If he thinks he's gonna get a nice video tribute and cheering when he comes to Barclays he is sadly mistaken. It's gonna be brutal! And when he goes through his slumps every year and his constant turnovers, the Toronto fans and media are gonna be even more brutal!
I’m an Islanders fan and I can’t help but disagree with your point of view. I’m upset that he left but I understand why. He made promises to the old coach and the old GM. Now he’s supposed to start over again and make a promise to a team that’s kind of in disarray? We’ve been screwed ever since they shut down the Lighthouse Project. The Islanders will not be competitive until they have an arena to call home. He gave everything to our organization and after a while we let him down time and time again. I hope he honestly wins the cup because he deserves it. He joined the team that he grew up as a kid rooting for, and if things do go south over there, I’m sure the only place he’ll want to be traded is to the Islanders. You can tell that he wasn’t gutted over his decision and that he was really torn. I wish we had gotten something for him when we had the chance, but that flew out the window when we fired the coach and GM that he asked not to be traded. If he got traded he would have ended up on the Maple Leafs anyway, and he didn’t want to have to play for another organization for a year. You really can’t expect him to make those kinds of promises to a new staff. I for one will be cheering when he comes back.
melissa totino pretty sure tavares lead the team in points and plus let me get this straight he's jealous of barzal but he's gunna go play with 4 kids that are better then barzal I'm confused I'm pretty sure Tavares not jealous of barzal lol but if that makes you isles fans sleep better all the power to you. by the way TAVARES IS A LEAF GO LEAFS GO
PennyHardaway24 except on Defense lol score all the goals but cant play defense and wont win championships lol but congrats on JT maybe he will attract a high level dman or two
R C not salty bro JT is the shit and matthews and nylander and kadri and on and on and on but they could use a couple stud d men and then be really scary man
Michael brindisi Tell that to the Islander fans that he abandoned, saying he’d re-sign, insisted on not being traded because he wanted to re-sign, so the Islanders get nothing. He turned his back on the team and gave them nothing.
You are 100% wrong. Garth told him he wasn't being traded and Tavares was fine with that. Don't be salty. Isles had many years to put him in a position to win and never even tried. Now you can rebuild with lying Lou the dinosaur and that clown Trotz for the next 20 years.
This is from auston matthews' twitter dumbass.... "Welcome aboard @91Tavares ! Pumped to have you in the blue and white and now call you a teammate #goleafs" This narrative is fucking dumb
I don't understand why people say this. Centre Depth is a THNG. Crosby/Malkin and now Tavares/Matthews. Matthews is also only 21, He will end up being way better than Tavares in the next 2-3 years.
I wouldn’t expect a star player from a team to berate or openly disagree with a signing of a player with JT’s talent. However this was Matthews team and he’s one of the players who dragged this franchise from the bottom of the league to where it is now. Now all of a sudden a homegrown boy is going to come back and steal all of the spotlight and steal the captaincy? If I was in the position I would be pretty pissed and feel kind of betrayed if they gave him all of the credit. Look at what happened to Kyrie and LeBron. A star player took over a franchise while another star player was there fixing the damage from before, and then got no credit after the fact. What’s to stop Matthews from going out and joining the team he rooted for and being a legend/retired number there? Granted I am an Islanders fan and I’m absolutely gutted to JT go, and he did leave in a prettt bad fashion. I do however see that he’s joined the team that he’s wanted since he was a kid and you could tell that he meant everything he said, so I do hope he wins the cup with the Leafs, I really do. But I can’t help but comment on the fact that Matthew and Tavares will clash if things don’t go smoothly and the media starts pointing fingers. Who are they going to blame? The brand new generational talent signing or the young draft pick? It’s not hard to guess where it’s going to fall.
Today is the best day in my life. My leafs just signed Johnny T. Welcome home JT. You are a great player and you will help us to bring the Cup. You are great. Will be Captain soon.
This guys the real deal, even getting choked up a little talking about the Isle and what it means to him you can clearly see this was a very tough decision
OMG words cannot describe how big this is. This is history in the making. It was a new day when we drafted Matthews and now this? Simply unbelievable. It's been many hard long years my dear Leaf's nation... countless disappointments and false dreams... it would seem that the tides are turning and destiny is finally about to take hold. I can feel the excitement in the city, countless Leaf's fans are now rejoicing. Today is a day of days. We're not talking about 1 cup. Get ready for multiple cups. A dynasty is being assembled right before our eyes. Quite possibly the greatest chapters in Leaf's history are about to be written. A new era has begun. (I still can't believe it...!!)
Laughable you really think you will dominate in todays NHl with so much parity..Youll be lucky to get a shot at it and no way will you be a shoe in...way to much talent wake up and im not a piles fan and can tell you JT is not a generational player and in four years hell start to become slugo, ok maybe five but four seems about reasonable..Good luck with him but get real if you think your a shoe in for anything, not in this league today i dont care how loaded your lineup appears
Yeah at 21:33 he doesn't remember his old teammates name, that's a great class act, that's and asshole who is jealous of the attention barzal received this year
TavaresBlows sss was not going to win one in nyi anyways, at least he home now closer to fiance, family, friends and have an arena to call home and get to play with Matthews, Nylander, Marner, Kadri and have Anderson in net. Sucks nyi lost their franchise player but at least nyi have Lou, Trotz, Barzel, Lee, Eberle, Hosang
He could not remember it because it was a passive aggressive display of jealousy..learn Psychology and Im not an Isnalders fan but that is easy to see. The kid is awesome and won the calder..yeah jealousy is more like it
This is huge, wow!!! leafs have to get tougher now, need 2 tough wingers and 2 or 3 tough defencemen, Luke Schen is available for cheap, Lucic is available Oilers would have to take some contract can fight can check but cant skate that could be a problem, if you watched the finals how tough it was and checking the Leafs have to become like that.
Jesse M if Lucic could skate he would be perfect for the leafs, they really need some toughness esspecialy on the back end, im sure they trying to make something happen, you watched the finals all the checking almost perfect defence lots to do yet.
Even as a Rangers fan I got to say this guy totally disrespected his former team. He could have shown a bit more respect and allowed them to trade him..He really pissed on them lmao and sorry but that just wasnt nice and trust me we cant stand each others fanbases but to be honest this is the first time I can say I feel a bit for their fanbase, yeah its that bad of a move, that bad. Man is he in for it when they come to ny..I wont miss that game for sure. My god hes gonna suffer. I never seen isles fans so pissed lmfao
Hofer See the games changed man. Team's dont employ guys like Martin anymore, that takes up a place for a player with skill. Fighting in hky is dying away
Great movie by Toronto! All said and done this will going ahead cause teams to sign their players or trade them to get something for them before they are gone! The Islanders could have let him go early in the weeks before the trade deadline and they would have gotten 2 first rounders this year and next from anyone! Vancouver ended up with nothing for the Sedins and they are going to feel that loose for some time to come. But that's hockey. And yes 77 mill is allot. Toronto went for it and great for them.
Some advice to the leafs...do not put this guy out in 3 on 3 overtime or in a shootout...yes he has his strengths but he will cost u a game after regulation by breaking his stick or turning the puck over trying to do to much or being on the ice to long
Gardiner - the guy who gives the puck away more than any regular in the league - THAT Gardiner?!?! Yeah, to idiots. I can't take you serious after that Gardiner comment. The only quality guy they lost is JVR, and he was unidimensional. Bozak, Komorov, Gardiner represent a ton of salary and they are all garbage. Kadri is now expendable with Matthews and Tavares down the middle. Go learn hockey and then come back to debate.
It wasn't surprising at all that Tavares left the Islanders that organization is like a boat with holes in it! I'm hopeful for the team that they can be the fresh competition that the league needs.
Shes Canada's best female hockey player in history and now one of our Development coaches. He's making a mediocre joke about our D still not being up to snuff(Which it isn't.)
U can't deny the fact, with how the boys played last year , and now with the addition of tavares ... Can't say we aren't Legit contenders this year ! We will make teams wanna hate to see us in the playoffs
The last time the leafs won a cup my grandfather was 21, my dad has never seen one. Ive never seen one. Tavares, thank you for coming home and trying to change that. Go Leafs Go.
JVR, Bozak, Komorov, Polak and other cap constraints have left. NTM the cap has risen. Now we get Kapanen, Johnsson Dermott, Carrick among other prospects and after that Liljegren and whoever else. Maybe Holl, Rosen, Rasanen, Marincin, etc are ready now or later. We are good for 1-2 years. We just drafted a bunch of great kids, among them being Rasmus Sandin. Then Tavares pay drops by 7mil or so and we are still good. This is not a haphazard move.
Best Canada Day ever!! Welcome home JT🇨🇦👏👏
Leafs suck
“That kid who won the Calder” just scored a hat trick in his first game aganist you
This is going to be a rivalry for the ages
We deserve this!!!
Kawuma Male we really do!!!
why exactly?
Kawuma Male no u fucking dont
Kawuma Male no u dont
Deserve?
I hear Lebron just texted dubas to make some space😉
not wanted! we got JT
Shahabuddin Khan lol :| 😁
Hey John Gatti are you happy now? The Face of the Franchise is now a Toronto Born Player. You don’t have to hate on Auston anymore we got the great Canadian Boy u wanted
Dghvd hfhhb thank you! Lol I'm a Canadian, & a Torontonian, & I could never understand why there was even the slightest undercurrent of the whole "Austin Matthews is US Born". Trust me, the vast majority of us Leafs fans don't care if they're Canadian, American, from Mars or are luminescent green lol we win with them, they're a Toronto Maple Leaf, period. Birthplace doesn't matter to me & none of my fellow Leafs fans.
Dghvd hfhhb Auston is probably better tbh
Remember that time everyone loved Swedish man Mats Sundin?
Randomly came across this... it's June 2021. Lolz
I'm still smiling and so happy about this. Thanks for picking us John. Can't wait to see you hit the ice with the Buds.
Scotia Bank Arena is a horrible name
The Bank.
#BringbackACC
corporate assholes buying up the world, gotta put their names on everything
They could have made it Scotiabank Gardens, too many arenas these fuckers own with basically the same name lmao 😂😂
Austin Howie gardens would have been great. Nice homage to mlg
he said "Scotiabank Arena" :( i'm still calling it the ACC
extrasauce63 I feel like everyone trying there hardest to not fuck up
no like its actually called ScotiaBank Arena now :(
Call it The Bank.
Like the Rogers Centre will always be SkyDome, Scotiabank Arena will always be the ACC.
SuperStrik9 there's actually fewer people calling it the skydome, (as badass as the name is) I'm seeing far less of skydome, and more of Rogers Centre in the recent times
seeing JT getting chocked up talking about the islanders,this man has so much passion for Hockey,so no matter what the circumstances for leaving the NYI,hes coming home.to where his family is, where his dream of playing hockey started in the first place. Extremely bold life changing decision that you've probably wanted your whole life,Maple leaf fans haven't been this excited about watching the Buds in god knows how long,you'll bring Class, competitivity,Grace to OUR team. this is the start to something really special for this organization and i can't wait to this all unfold in October#bleedblueandwhite
This class act used the isles to his advantage...."the kid who won the calder"....His name is Barzal and he has more skill than you do....
As a Rangers fan to be honest I think he was jealous of barzel..how can he call him kid and not by his name, very disrespectful
Michael Joseph there was rumors during the year that he was jealous that he was no longer THE guy and I now believe they are true!!! And it will be interesting to see how he does with the media and with how slow he is. When you watch 95% of barzals highlights, Tavares is nowhere to be seen until after the goal is scored, he couldn't keep up. He is slow and he had a major slump this season. He chose Toronto bc his wife wanted to live close to her mom. I feel he is going to end up regretting his decision because he is sooo private! His teammates are just as pissed off as the fans. If you wanna leave, fine but don't bullshit your fans, teammates, and organization. If he thinks he's gonna get a nice video tribute and cheering when he comes to Barclays he is sadly mistaken. It's gonna be brutal! And when he goes through his slumps every year and his constant turnovers, the Toronto fans and media are gonna be even more brutal!
I’m an Islanders fan and I can’t help but disagree with your point of view. I’m upset that he left but I understand why. He made promises to the old coach and the old GM. Now he’s supposed to start over again and make a promise to a team that’s kind of in disarray? We’ve been screwed ever since they shut down the Lighthouse Project. The Islanders will not be competitive until they have an arena to call home. He gave everything to our organization and after a while we let him down time and time again. I hope he honestly wins the cup because he deserves it. He joined the team that he grew up as a kid rooting for, and if things do go south over there, I’m sure the only place he’ll want to be traded is to the Islanders. You can tell that he wasn’t gutted over his decision and that he was really torn. I wish we had gotten something for him when we had the chance, but that flew out the window when we fired the coach and GM that he asked not to be traded. If he got traded he would have ended up on the Maple Leafs anyway, and he didn’t want to have to play for another organization for a year. You really can’t expect him to make those kinds of promises to a new staff. I for one will be cheering when he comes back.
melissa totino pretty sure tavares lead the team in points and plus let me get this straight he's jealous of barzal but he's gunna go play with 4 kids that are better then barzal I'm confused I'm pretty sure Tavares not jealous of barzal lol but if that makes you isles fans sleep better all the power to you. by the way TAVARES IS A LEAF GO LEAFS GO
You can take a player out of Canada, but you can't take CANADA out of the Player!!!!!!!! Welcome home John and welcome to LEAFNATION!!!!!!!!!!!😎👌👍😏🌟🇨🇦
Matthews-Tavares combination is an absolutely fantastic notion. Two franchise centres who have the respect of this franchise and its fans.
somethings gotta give
Until they’re run out of town.
As an Islander fan how many playoff series has he won to Anders Lee as captain and Barzal is going to be a MVP and Scoring Champ
leafs r stacked
PennyHardaway24 need to get the D-line shored up.
PennyHardaway24 except on Defense lol score all the goals but cant play defense and wont win championships lol but congrats on JT maybe he will attract a high level dman or two
Justin Zlotky cough cough Salty
R C not salty bro JT is the shit and matthews and nylander and kadri and on and on and on but they could use a couple stud d men and then be really scary man
Justin Zlotky yes TO really need another good D-man.
Welcome home JT!!! Great day in Leafs Nation!!! Best Canada Day *EVER!!!*
Welcome home!!✊✊✊
"The kid who won the Calder throphy this year". His name is Mathew Barzal...
How he forgets fast
Ya but we won't remember that in a few years
You don't know how players talk, do you? That's how they speak. Especially when, you know, THEY'RE A KID!
this marks the first time in nearly 15 years that Free Agents actually WANT to play for Toronto and are willing to take a discount to do it.
I'm from Oshawa and being the biggest Leaf fan I'm the happiest fan ever!!!
Welcome Home Johnny
It's been a long time coming. Very exciting times to be a Leaf fan.
This is the greatest day of my life
Welcome home Tavares
Welcome Home!!!
Damn... what a class act. As a Rangers fan I can finally root for this guy. Always admired him from afar.
Michael brindisi Tell that to the Islander fans that he abandoned, saying he’d re-sign, insisted on not being traded because he wanted to re-sign, so the Islanders get nothing. He turned his back on the team and gave them nothing.
Michael brindisi wow a douchebag ranger comment what a surprise
yeah cause the islanders are trash lol
You are 100% wrong. Garth told him he wasn't being traded and Tavares was fine with that. Don't be salty. Isles had many years to put him in a position to win and never even tried. Now you can rebuild with lying Lou the dinosaur and that clown Trotz for the next 20 years.
Graeme Eade , never said he’d resign. Y’all just hoped he would
Nice pink shirt Johnny. All I can say Stevie Y never left the Red Wings. Even after they sucked his 1st 10 seasons. That's what dedicated captains do.
stevie Y had fedorov and shanahan. tavares had some kid who might be a one hit wonder
Would've been helpful to know this information back in February..
Now just sign Auston to a maximum RFA extension and we're good for the next 7 years.
lol honestly think these 2 are gonna work out>? strips his "C" , takes his shine,... predicting Mathews to Arizona soon
This is from auston matthews' twitter dumbass.... "Welcome aboard @91Tavares ! Pumped to have you in the blue and white and now call you a teammate #goleafs" This narrative is fucking dumb
I don't understand why people say this. Centre Depth is a THNG. Crosby/Malkin and now Tavares/Matthews. Matthews is also only 21, He will end up being way better than Tavares in the next 2-3 years.
seeeLAH1 boy you done lost your mind
I wouldn’t expect a star player from a team to berate or openly disagree with a signing of a player with JT’s talent. However this was Matthews team and he’s one of the players who dragged this franchise from the bottom of the league to where it is now. Now all of a sudden a homegrown boy is going to come back and steal all of the spotlight and steal the captaincy? If I was in the position I would be pretty pissed and feel kind of betrayed if they gave him all of the credit. Look at what happened to Kyrie and LeBron. A star player took over a franchise while another star player was there fixing the damage from before, and then got no credit after the fact. What’s to stop Matthews from going out and joining the team he rooted for and being a legend/retired number there? Granted I am an Islanders fan and I’m absolutely gutted to JT go, and he did leave in a prettt bad fashion. I do however see that he’s joined the team that he’s wanted since he was a kid and you could tell that he meant everything he said, so I do hope he wins the cup with the Leafs, I really do. But I can’t help but comment on the fact that Matthew and Tavares will clash if things don’t go smoothly and the media starts pointing fingers. Who are they going to blame? The brand new generational talent signing or the young draft pick? It’s not hard to guess where it’s going to fall.
He seemed genuine when talking about the Islanders because he even forgot Mathew Barzal's name twice...."The Kid"
Michael Ayres he's a snake
Who was expecting the leafs to get a SUPERSTAR LIKE John Tavares WOW Dudes!!!!!
kyle has done well congrats
John will do great things
BUT defense so Mr.Dubas no sitting on your laurels sorry.
as a leaf fan this is a hopfull time
Just got subban on D
onesufi not the right one
Looks more like a ahl depth piece to me.
That's if his numbers on the defensive side are average
Do I need glasses or is the camera out of focus? Seems like it's the backdrop that is in focus and not the individuals at the podium...
I'm not crying .. you're crying ♥️♥️
I like to imagine Tavares at a karaoke bar in downtown Toronto tonight doing his best cover of “You had me from hello”
Today is the best day in my life. My leafs just signed Johnny T. Welcome home JT. You are a great player and you will help us to bring the Cup. You are great. Will be Captain soon.
This guys the real deal, even getting choked up a little talking about the Isle and what it means to him you can clearly see this was a very tough decision
is the entire thing out of focus?
OMG words cannot describe how big this is. This is history in the making. It was a new day when we drafted Matthews and now this? Simply unbelievable. It's been many hard long years my dear Leaf's nation... countless disappointments and false dreams... it would seem that the tides are turning and destiny is finally about to take hold. I can feel the excitement in the city, countless Leaf's fans are now rejoicing. Today is a day of days. We're not talking about 1 cup. Get ready for multiple cups. A dynasty is being assembled right before our eyes. Quite possibly the greatest chapters in Leaf's history are about to be written. A new era has begun. (I still can't believe it...!!)
Laughable you really think you will dominate in todays NHl with so much parity..Youll be lucky to get a shot at it and no way will you be a shoe in...way to much talent wake up and im not a piles fan and can tell you JT is not a generational player and in four years hell start to become slugo, ok maybe five but four seems about reasonable..Good luck with him but get real if you think your a shoe in for anything, not in this league today i dont care how loaded your lineup appears
Cangrats to all leafs nation whatta blessed day.
SO HAPPY!!
Why so many dislikes?!
Samuel Kim Salty Islander fans LOL
David McCalla LOL
Maybe because he's a pos? I'm sorry, lying pos. good riddance snake
TavaresBlows sss LOL salty isles fan go cry some more 😂😂😂
David McCalla enjoy the pos while not winning any cups. I'm sorry, while continuing to not win any cups.
JT just got a new arena.
Still hurts. 😟😔
JT is a class act and great character guy and he is an amazing center and player, leafs are blessed! Mcdavid is jelly for sure, we love you JT!!!
Yeah at 21:33 he doesn't remember his old teammates name, that's a great class act, that's and asshole who is jealous of the attention barzal received this year
Dylan Rivers I suppose you think he'll be jealous of Matthews, Nylander and Marner too?
Dylan Rivers prolly hasnt slept much for past few days as his heart was swinging back and forth between staying in nyi or signing with the leafs
Peace out snake. Have fun not winning a cup. karma is a bitch.
TavaresBlows sss was not going to win one in nyi anyways, at least he home now closer to fiance, family, friends and have an arena to call home and get to play with Matthews, Nylander, Marner, Kadri and have Anderson in net. Sucks nyi lost their franchise player but at least nyi have Lou, Trotz, Barzel, Lee, Eberle, Hosang
Thank you JT for choosing TO and in Dubas We Trust!
This is pretty sweet. Welcome to Toronto John and can't wait to see you wreck teams on the powerplay.
This is going to be one scary group!
Welcome to the Leafs JT!
Justin Trudeau?
Was I the only person who chuckled to themselves that he couldn't remember Matthew Barzal's name so he called him "the kid"?
He could not remember it because it was a passive aggressive display of jealousy..learn Psychology and Im not an Isnalders fan but that is easy to see. The kid is awesome and won the calder..yeah jealousy is more like it
“Brighter here” who finished in front of the leafs
Fuckkk is it October yet!!!!
Leaf fans putting cart before the horse again and again and again
No one wants to come to Winnipeg :(
GO LEAFS GO!!
Btw that Is not all my comment
For the Leafs to win the cup, what other deals do they gotta make? Discuss here.
Sign De Haan if he's still available so that they can have a stable defender
Subban
You could also trade for Justin faulk
DEFENCE! As good of a signing as this is, we need a solid 1 or 2 defence man.... Dubas pulls that off, we’re looking pretty good....
how bout defence LOL
82-0 and 16-0 in the playoffs. Anything less for this team at this point would be a disappointment
Would it be too much to ask for a camera person who knows how to set the focus....ah hell, who cares WE GOT JT!!!!
Great job by Kyle Dubas and Shanny !!
This is huge, wow!!! leafs have to get tougher now, need 2 tough wingers and 2 or 3 tough defencemen, Luke Schen is available for cheap, Lucic is available Oilers would have to take some contract can fight can check but cant skate that could be a problem, if you watched the finals how tough it was and checking the Leafs have to become like that.
STONE I'd say one more player maybe if we trade Matt Martin that's tough on the wing, and a stay at home Defensemen (Defensive Defenseman)
Tyler P definitely, now that they made this move, they should excelerate the rebuild
nobody wants lucic lmao
Jesse M if Lucic could skate he would be perfect for the leafs, they really need some toughness esspecialy on the back end, im sure they trying to make something happen, you watched the finals all the checking almost perfect defence lots to do yet.
loll nice choice of players to bring in :D please dooo it , don't forget to trade nylander too vancouver
love this guy welcome home JT! Lol at the ppl bitching when he had 13 goals in like 17 games. Hes gonna hit 40 this year...
Yessssssssssss
Hows JT's Fortnite game tho? :😉
Anthony Hardie He's more of a battlefield guy! Lol
Even as a Rangers fan I got to say this guy totally disrespected his former team. He could have shown a bit more respect and allowed them to trade him..He really pissed on them lmao and sorry but that just wasnt nice and trust me we cant stand each others fanbases but to be honest this is the first time I can say I feel a bit for their fanbase, yeah its that bad of a move, that bad. Man is he in for it when they come to ny..I wont miss that game for sure. My god hes gonna suffer. I never seen isles fans so pissed lmfao
Good job 👏🏻. But the leafs needs much more toughness!!! Players like Martin needs more to play ! The young boys are need protection!!!!
Hofer See the games changed man. Team's dont employ guys like Martin anymore, that takes up a place for a player with skill. Fighting in hky is dying away
I never been so happy in my life! Welcome to the Toronto Maple Leafs John Tavares! 😎👍🏻
WWWOOOO!!!!!! GO LEAFS GO!!!!!!!!!
Bring Calvin de haan to Toronto Johnny
ALRIGHT...LETS PLAN THE PARADE!!!
Isles should have shipped his ass to Edmonton for fifth round draft picks.
Calvin De Haan next?
Great movie by Toronto! All said and done this will going ahead cause teams to sign their players or trade them to get something for them before they are gone! The Islanders could have let him go early in the weeks before the trade deadline and they would have gotten 2 first rounders this year and next from anyone! Vancouver ended up with nothing for the Sedins and they are going to feel that loose for some time to come. But that's hockey. And yes 77 mill is allot. Toronto went for it and great for them.
check your focus
💙💙💙
Some advice to the leafs...do not put this guy out in 3 on 3 overtime or in a shootout...yes he has his strengths but he will cost u a game after regulation by breaking his stick or turning the puck over trying to do to much or being on the ice to long
Kyle Dubas your the fucking man!!!
One of them were literally about to start clapping in the beginning..😂
He is going to be the captain
the salt from the other fanbases is fucking amazing
Tavares and mathews on the same line?
Mrsushi1011 obv not idiot both centers
PP line can work. PP Line is still a line.
Both are centers...so they'll be split up. Think of it as Line 1A and Line 1B...that's how strong our top 6 forwards will be!
Gotta love J.T.😤😤
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can envision the Leafs winning the cup.
me too in another 50 years
I envision the team falling aprt.. no joke.
Skankhunt42 - Matthews for Tavares? Are you really that stupid or are you just trolling?
Dummy, who says they have to resign Gardiner and keep Kadri after this season?
Gardiner - the guy who gives the puck away more than any regular in the league - THAT Gardiner?!?! Yeah, to idiots. I can't take you serious after that Gardiner comment. The only quality guy they lost is JVR, and he was unidimensional. Bozak, Komorov, Gardiner represent a ton of salary and they are all garbage. Kadri is now expendable with Matthews and Tavares down the middle. Go learn hockey and then come back to debate.
Lol Dubas looks younger than Tavares
Greatest moment in my life, Next will be when we win the Cup
Bwaka 67 pretty slow life so far, hope you're like, five years old or something.
lmfao halarious response
GO LEAFS GO!! Leafs nation!!!!!!
Poor guys gets to play on another bad team feel really bad for such a great player
They still have no goalie or defense...your best chance to win was in Tampa. Good luck
Leafs will be excellent this year, but there will be no defense with Tyler Bozak leaving Toronto to join St. Louis
It wasn't surprising at all that Tavares left the Islanders that organization is like a boat with holes in it! I'm hopeful for the team that they can be the fresh competition that the league needs.
So the the general Mannager and Tavares are the same age? Akward...
No, John is 27 and Dubas is 32. Jesus.
Deceived Society dubas is 31 or 32 Tavares is 27 turning 28
Close but not a huge difference in age. Lol
Mr Pinch you're * than * Akward
It's ok Kayley Wickenheiser will play D
Who the fuck is Kayley Wickenheiser?
Hayley Wickenheiser*
Shes Canada's best female hockey player in history and now one of our Development coaches. He's making a mediocre joke about our D still not being up to snuff(Which it isn't.)
Can she play defense?
Hayley my bad😮
GO LEAFS GO!!! CUP IS SO MUCH CLOSER!
U can't deny the fact, with how the boys played last year , and now with the addition of tavares ... Can't say we aren't Legit contenders this year ! We will make teams wanna hate to see us in the playoffs
The last time the leafs won a cup my grandfather was 21, my dad has never seen one. Ive never seen one. Tavares, thank you for coming home and trying to change that. Go Leafs Go.
if marner plays on Jt's wing he'll win the hart next year
This is now a legit question: Do you mean Marner or JT?
Well I'm getting my JT Leafs jersey for memorable Canada Day, who else getting one?
How are the Leafs 🍁gonna pay for everything, lol? This is great but who is leaving 😳?
JVR, Bozak, Komorov, Polak and other cap constraints have left. NTM the cap has risen. Now we get Kapanen, Johnsson Dermott, Carrick among other prospects and after that Liljegren and whoever else. Maybe Holl, Rosen, Rasanen, Marincin, etc are ready now or later. We are good for 1-2 years. We just drafted a bunch of great kids, among them being Rasmus Sandin. Then Tavares pay drops by 7mil or so and we are still good. This is not a haphazard move.
Kevin Durant just called Dubas to join the TML. 😉😉😉
0 playoff series wins
Lol what
Canada's Team!!!