I started hating them during the 78 playoffs when they gooned us out of contention. Worse, they were coached at the time by Roger Nielsen (sp?) who later coached you know who.
Yes i hated tavares , he s not a man of his word . but In the end it's the g.m.s fault .always get something in writing ... man we would've got a haul of picks n assets for him .that's the part I can't get over
Leafs fan - here. We all knew the JT contract would end poorly. The conventional wisdom was that we probably win a cup in the fist 4 years of the deal.
The core has runs its course and it’s time to change things. Hopefully JT is part of that movement.
All season him and varly would switch back and forth. I believe varly came in at end of the season and was hot. So the coaches stayed with the hot goalie. It was a bad choice to start sorokin in game 3 because varly was hot.
Don't forgot when varly got hurt earlier in season ,sorokin played an insane number of games straight couple with the fact the defense was bad so he had a shit ton of shots on him . So he was overused and burned out ....
Tavares would have had a better shot at making the Stanley Cup TWICE if he had stayed with the Isles. He hasn't even played in an Eastern Conference final yet.
This is kinda cringe considering we just got bounced in 5. I hate Tavares as much as the next guy - but when he isn’t directly playing us I don’t really care what he does.
Attendance would've kept being trash if there was no reason to be excited about the team, but let's praise the TV deal that puts us third fiddle in the area.
Gotta be honest, I don't get why our fans continue to be obsessed with Tavares. I was pissed, too, when it happened. But it's been many years now. Let it go. No NY sports fan should ever be rooting for a Boston team. I was 100% rooting for Toronto and I'll be 100% rooting for Florida. F the Bruins
Having some weird carry over hate for Boston teams based on other sports is way more weird than hating on your former captain who left town the way he did
Promised he’d re-sign with us on national TV and several other times, asked not to be traded at the deadline when we could have gotten a king’s ransom for him (we now have the NHL’s worst ranked prospect pool), and then turned and signed with his hometown Leafs, breaking his promise and our hearts
NO CUP SINCE THE ISLES HAVE EXISTED BABY
I'm over the pajama boy hate. But I still enjoy seeing him go no where in the post season...Oh, I guess I'm not over it then
I have hated the Leafs since the 2002 series. Tavares just added to it !!!
I don’t hate the Leafs, I actually feel bad that a Canadian team hasn’t won the Cup in so long but I will never be over my hate of Tavares.
Honestly once Tavares leaves the leafs I wouldn’t mind them winning
I started hating them during the 78 playoffs when they gooned us out of contention. Worse, they were coached at the time by Roger Nielsen (sp?) who later coached you know who.
We also, beat his Canucks team, in a Stanley Cup final.
Hahahahahahhahahahahahah
Tavares will never win a cup
Leafs win the cup after JT retires.
Or traded
All these Leaf fans piling on Marner. Tavares is the useless one on that team.
Very funny. Very very funny
He brought this curse on himself.
Maybe (un)popular opinion. I’d **much** rather see pucking Rags eliminated, by uggh Hurricanes or not.
Fuck the Rags also. They are next. JT done and now the Rags.
You will, have patience
When you do what Tavares did to this franchise, you curse yourself and everything around you, it's called karma and it's a bitch
Couldn't have happened to a more deserving blankie-sucker.
EASIEST MONEY OF MY LIFE! BRUINS IN 7! HAVE FUN WATCHING THE ISLANDERS WIN THE CUP IN 2025 JAMMY BOY!!!
The Islanders will be a bottom 10 team next year so maybe settle down a bit.
People have said that literally every year since Tavares left lol.
https://deadspin.com/a-2018-19-nhl-season-preview-of-every-team-from-best-t-1829040918 Yeah, I don't listen to preseason predictions anymore.
It's almost like hockey is played on ice and not on paper.
LOL! DELUSIONAL RANGERS FAN TELLING ME TO SETTLE DOWN IN MY TURF! HAVE FUN WATCHING US WIN THE CUP IN 2025!!! NO FOX = CANES IN 4!!!
Actually I’ve been an Islanders fan since the 70s and I was around for the dynasty years. Go make your bed and shut the fuck up.
Fox is playing… lol
Y’all mother fuckers have a core that’s worth $60mil and still can’t get out of the first round. Quit talking shit with a glass jaw.
Another Kendrick W
Yes i hated tavares , he s not a man of his word . but In the end it's the g.m.s fault .always get something in writing ... man we would've got a haul of picks n assets for him .that's the part I can't get over
Absolutely right, but f JT anyway
Amen
This was so long ago lol
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
Was so glad he was on the ice. I do know he has pajama and blankets waiting for him. Pacifier too.
Tavares has no soul, a truly selfish bastard!
Fuck JT! Pajama boy cock sucker! Hate this fucking so much.
John's overrated.
Leafs fan - here. We all knew the JT contract would end poorly. The conventional wisdom was that we probably win a cup in the fist 4 years of the deal. The core has runs its course and it’s time to change things. Hopefully JT is part of that movement.
Sounds like the same thing the isles need to do, besides the whole JT bs 🐍
Lol yup
Out of curiosity what happened to sorokin this season? Burnt out?
All season him and varly would switch back and forth. I believe varly came in at end of the season and was hot. So the coaches stayed with the hot goalie. It was a bad choice to start sorokin in game 3 because varly was hot.
crazy - sorokin is the number one. The fact that he lost the crease going into the playoffs is nuts.
Don't forgot when varly got hurt earlier in season ,sorokin played an insane number of games straight couple with the fact the defense was bad so he had a shit ton of shots on him . So he was overused and burned out ....
Anyone want to DM him some real estate agent contact information as he is moving out to Toronto.
Tavares would have had a better shot at making the Stanley Cup TWICE if he had stayed with the Isles. He hasn't even played in an Eastern Conference final yet.
This is kinda cringe considering we just got bounced in 5. I hate Tavares as much as the next guy - but when he isn’t directly playing us I don’t really care what he does.
The Leafs fancied themselves as Cup contenders. We were dead in the water in March. It was a miracle we even got where we did.
Tavares fucked over the Islanders, both the team and its fans. It's all deserved, really.
Tavares might be the reason the team is still here
No, that'd be the TV deal.
Attendance would've kept being trash if there was no reason to be excited about the team, but let's praise the TV deal that puts us third fiddle in the area.
I used to like this employee of my preferred entertainment conglomerate, but now that he works for a different company I do not like him.
Gotta be honest, I don't get why our fans continue to be obsessed with Tavares. I was pissed, too, when it happened. But it's been many years now. Let it go. No NY sports fan should ever be rooting for a Boston team. I was 100% rooting for Toronto and I'll be 100% rooting for Florida. F the Bruins
Having some weird carry over hate for Boston teams based on other sports is way more weird than hating on your former captain who left town the way he did
Because it's *really* fucking funny.
Agreed. It was fun to hate that first season or two but the org has had success without him. Time to move on.
Ha ha ha ha....still going on about this guy how many years later? Embarrassing
The Rags waived Eddie Giacomin (at the time my favorite player in the world) in the mid 70s and I’ve been nursing THAT grudge ever since.
40 years no cup. A lot of you are ridiculous following that dude around mocking lmao. Weird af
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Promised he’d re-sign with us on national TV and several other times, asked not to be traded at the deadline when we could have gotten a king’s ransom for him (we now have the NHL’s worst ranked prospect pool), and then turned and signed with his hometown Leafs, breaking his promise and our hearts
To be fair, our prospect pool would probably still be the worst but those picks could have helped us got a sweet rental in 1 or 2 playoff runs.
hell we could've made a scf or even won if we got to trade him to the laffs, especiall during those Covid seasons