As much as some fans would like that, they wouldn't, and Tavares probably wouldn't waive, there's a reason why he has a NMC and not just a full NTC

Wtf no

Please take him

Tavares family is pretty established in Buffalo, and only an hour from Toronto, you cant make that argument

I dunno, would Buffalo trade Dahlin for Ilya Mikheyev's rights?

he lives in toronto because he wants to live in toronto. you cant ignore that argument

Leafs easily accept that Tavares trade

c'mon bro, we both know you're trolling with this bit. Just say they can use the cap space to sign Chariot and Gudbranson to great 5+ mill deals and be done with it.

I would rather take his $11M and distribute it evenly over one $11M forward (similar to what the Leafs did with Zach Hyman)

yeah, a bunch of worse forwards is totally the answer

He could live in Toronto and play for the Sabres, at minimum he would have to sign up for an EZPass, which he probably already has

yeah, who doesnt want to spend 4 hours minimum travel time to go play a game or two?

it has never taken me more than an hour and a half to get from Tonawanda to downtown Toronto and he probably lives closer to Mississauga or Etobicoke

Who said anything about worse? I would rather have a collective group of forwards that provides value in different ways than have one guy at $11M

the oilers should trade mcdavid, can you imagine how many forwards they could add for that cap hit?

Toronto would do it. No clue about Sabres or Tavares.

You're comparing McDavid to Tavares

and it's never taken me less than 2 hours from door to door for the same trip, and that's without traffic or bridge issues or whatever. either way, just assuming he would be cool with going to buffalo because it's a weekend trip drive away isnt realistic

Tavares isn't bad, he is just not worth 11 mil they are paying and clearly you cannot build team with 3 player earning over 10 mil each.

lol, Buffalo is the only party here that does it, and boy are they all over it

and you're still pretending this is an honest conversation and we both dont know you're just trolling hard and hoping other people guy it

yeah, it's not like the leafs have just put up team points records in the last two full seasons they've had with him. 100+ point teams are bad apparently

I doubt that. He does not fit the timeline, taking 11 mil on regressing player is much to ask. It has to be culture fit, veteran presence etc.

I would rather look at playoff success than regular season success

Nah, Buffalo doesnt blink, they take this so fast because Dubas and tavares are clearly drunk or on something. At the very least they can flip him and make back significantly more in trade value