Just a friendly reminder to everyone that John Tavares is a Maple Leaf. Now, you’re probably thinking “he signed with the team in July, this is a little late” and I completely agree. However, until last night I refused to believe it. I’ve been rejecting the idea because it seems impossible that the Leafs could lose JVR and still manage to land an upgrade. It seems impossible that a star player would choose to come to the team and put up with the media. It seems impossible that the captain of a team would leave in free agency and sign with his home town team. I saw all the photos of him as a kid, him signing the contract, him getting his jersey, him in team skates and training camp. But, last night we got to see this:
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Let me repeat myself: “JOHN TAVARES IS A MAPLE LEAF!”
Now, I’m not going to get my hopes up over one preseason game but, it sure is hard not to get fired up after watching the chemistry him and Mitch Marner already have.
Tavares has averaged 0.93 points per game in his NHL career so far, if he can maintain that along with Matthews and Marner continuing to put up numbers (and Willy Nylander hopefully) this team is going to be scary good for a long, long time.
As for the actual preseason game, the Leafs beat the rebuilding Senators 4-1. Speaking of the Senators, how about this beauty from Pierre Dorion:
"We're a team." Game 2 of the preseason goes tonight in Ottawa, our first look at 2019 Auston Matthews.
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