Why Islanders Fans Hate John Tavares 

No worries bud. We got the best of that deal. His best days are behind him.

LOL, we really don't miss him. We're mad bc he intentionally waited til after the deadline so his new team 'wouldn't have to give anything up'. This guy is like a cheating husband who cleans out the bank account- we're mad at him for that cunt move but we aren't sad he's gone. Has he been worth his fat salary to the Leafs? Looks like his new wife is paying for her bad decisions.

It’s super cool

​@@carolmckee8456you should be sad he's gone lol you guys need offense 24th in the league in goals for since he left! yall might have a cup by now if you had tavares

@@hiphopaDIZZL Funny, Isles didn't win a cup the entire 9 years Tavares played on the team...and Maple Leafs don't seem to be able to win their way out of round one. Isles went farther in the playoffs, despite all Toronto's 'big name' big contract players. You're right that Isles need more offense, but you can't deny that defense got them deep into the playoffs. If Trotz could see his way clear to keep the codgers on the bench and give some of the young guys a shot, that may happen. Wallstrom isn't going to get better picking splinters out of his ass. The Isle's wasted Ho-Sang too- now that Leafs have him for cheap, maybe he will produce some front-office regret for the Isles.

appreciate that

Mark McCormack boo hoo lol

Hockey_All_Star5 win a playoff series before you speak

I'm Dead Inside LMAO

Or he changed his mind??? He said it himself he was ready to sign contract but 2 weeks before free agency his agent begged him to atleast here out toronto.

I'm Dead Inside hahahaha they lost a best of 5 PLAY IN now

Both teams still dont have a cup.

@@shawn6745 islanders are better without him -not an islanders fan

@@arxchniide they are because his cap space was too much to allow them to address other issues. They had bad management for a while But they would objectively benefit from him if he had a lower contract. Their biggest problem right now is offensive production

@@shawn6745 i definitely agree. good point

@@arxchniide I think the Leafs would honestly be better without him as well

Nelson, Lee, and Eberle all re-signed after the deadline.

That’s just how he looks. 😂

I was at the Barclays center sever xxx during JTs final season as an islander, he had some second hand knowledge that Tavares was gonna leave not resign with NYI due to his future wifes wishes not wanting to relocate to LI, she has a career in the medical field there.

re: tavares, that's the only thing i wonder about. he just might've been enough to put them over the top in one of those ECF's vs tampa. the one thing those islanders teams didn't have, was the superstar player

"Lying THREW his teeth.." lol That's damn funny. It's like you're describing a scene out of Benny Hill or the 3 Stooges. 🤣

This is largely on former isles owner Charles Wang and former GM Garth Snow, Wang who was still a minority partner in 2017 had told snow, who was still GM, not to trade Tavares under any circumstances. The new incoming owners also thought that Tavares would sign but snow could have traded JT at the 17-18 trade deadline for at least a 1st Rd pick.

you act as though if he said the truth which is "I've wasted 9 years of my life in this dump where you've surrounded me with garbage, made me carry deadweight and don't even have a true home rink! I'm done" islanders fans would have said "oh well ok then, you can go".

I love how some of you try to make it about yourself. It’s his choice and you either respect it or not

Sure, if he was honest before the Trade Deadline, the Isles could have gotten a First Round Pick and a couple of good prospects. @@stephencook1004

I don't think I mentioned myself at all. I was just answering the question that keeps being answered, but the Canadian media ignores....why don't Islander fans let it go? @@aaalex56

You were owed nothing.

Also it’s John leaving Anders Lee becomes captain but John stayed captain with the leafs

You think it matters way more than it does to hockey players getting to the ECF. A loss is a loss, neither team has a cup.

@@shawn6745 but the fact the leafs haven’t won a playoff series is embarrassing that’s the point

Yeah very very better

Yeah how is that working out for us you fucking idiot

like it was ganna happen in NY 😂😂😂

@@BORRZZlol still further than the laughs have gotten in ages, cope more snowback

Lmao

Four of them

It was even too late to get any free agents as well.

I don’t think he deserved that I feel as if they went a little to far...

@@daveypike Can you imagine if Matthews left the leafs? Leaf fans would shit in their matthews jerseys and sling it to whatever city he would be playing in out of pure passion and hatred.

@@Bentami that’s CAP lmao l, leafs fans would thank him look at kadri he played like an idiot in the playoffs but when he returned to Toronto we cheered for him and thanked him.

@@daveypike Im taking about if he left like Tavares left Islanders. Zero communication and snake like. Only delusional leaf fanatics would believe otherwise.

@@daveypike the thing is Kadri was traded. IF Auston Matthews pulls off a John Tavares sign with Arizona the moment he reaches FA, there's a HIGH possibility there's another Chris Bosh type of scenario. Toronto Raptors fans were shitting on Chris Bosh when he left for Miami.

Fuck him.

d he said what he believed in those moments. Thing change. Garth Snow and management are to blame. That simple.

K things change man

damn u ice cold

Now he's on a bad toronto team so cry about it

DONT YOU DARE CALL TORONTO BAD!!!!!!!!!!

@@johnnythechamp1928 it is

@@brenislanders how can a playoff team be bad ???

@@johndavid679 the team hasn't made it past the first round since 2003, and the be current roster will always choke in the playoffs

Auston Matthews signed a four year extension to remain a Maple Leaf this past off-season

24-25 is our year.

They could have traded him... except Tavares specifically asked not to be traded. That's why he's a dickhead.

@@tgags123HD THIS

Y’all embarrassed yourselves by chanting “Asshole! Asshole! Asshole!” at him.

@@irishhockey2181 some of the chants were nasty as hell, but some chants were funny as shit and he definitely deserved some of it.

@@irishhockey2181 Where’s your jammies? And it’s your bedtime were good you gotta admit

@@sully0628 you’re a month late so......

Zero shot

They could have traded him to someone else. The Blue Jackets gave up an A Prospect, a B Prospect, and a First Round pick for Duchene, they could have gotten that last year from the BJs. Then JT could have gotten his wish and gone to TOR which would have cost the Leafs nothing

@@bauerpowerca That's a good point. However, most teams would have been very reluctant to give up substantial assets for him if he wasn't going to sign long term.

Boston gave up a first rounder that trade deadline for Rick nash, he definitely could of gotten us a first rounder and a good young prospect

In hindsight, I think the leafs knew he wanted to be with them, saw that he would be a free agent very shortly, and decided to wait rather than giving up assets.

Make it 4

@@zkid001 yes ty

I think Lou pissed him off honestly.

Oh yeah. Plus, I wonder if leafs management kind of knew he wanted to be here and decided that instead of trading assets, they would just wait till the free agency?

Family came first, fine. Say that then. Say I'm going to test FA. They'd boo for only 1 day at only 1/10th of the fraction of 2/28/19. Nobody booed Hamonic with his desire to play with his family.

The Islanders offered him 8 years / $88M or $91M (depending on which source you read). $14M more than what he signed for. Not sure why that wouldn't have "worked out"

@@nyiballs he wanted to go to his hometown but he’s doesn’t want to just say it out loud to everyone: IM GOING TO TORONTO. He was staying professional

Yep. Although if I remember correctly, Kyrie took it a step further. I think just before the start of his last year in Boston, there was some season ticket holders event and Kyrie kinda showed up by surprise and told these fans directly, straight up, he's gonna be staying in Boston. Completely unsolicited lol.

And the Cavs fans the 1st time Lebron left

That’s not the point. Ur ignoring the whole point of the video. The point is that Tavares lied to us because we could have easily traded him and got stuff out of him. But he said he didn’t want to leave and he planned on staying with NY the rest of his career. The teams success had nothing to do with this decision or this video so I have no idea why you brought this up. What Tavares should have done was ask for a trade if he really didn’t want to stay with us. But he didn’t therefor he wanted to stay in NY but he lied to us and left

@@jasonfiorino3122 well if the guy says he wants to be traded then the chances are he'll be traded to some shit ass team

@@jimmysox2260 if he gets traded to a shit team then he simply wouldn’t sign with that team.🤨

@@jimmysox2260 it would’ve been a late season trade to a contender.

Congrats to Kyle Okposo 2024 Stanley Cup winner!!!

i respect ur opinion and also, it's wrong. listen, there's a right way to handle things. like the way ur team's best player panarin told CBJ straight up he wants to test free agency. and chara was traded by the isles he didn't leave.

We gave him every reason to stay in the last few years of his contract. He wanted a new home arena after the coli went into construction and Barclays wasn’t working out. In 2016 Charles wang sold the team to wealthier people who had the money to buy ubs arena. In 2018 we signed Lou and trotz. Those 2 moves not only raised the ceiling of our on ice success but made our organization more respectable. Not only that but the core we had was only getting better. Guys like ebs bailey lee nelly leddy and our whole 4th line we’re all 26-27 and just hitting their prime. On top of that we had promising young players and a future super star that year. Barzy beauvillier pelly pully mayfield toews we’re young and showing glimpses of what they’d be in a few years. Also we drafted Dobson and wahlstrom weeks before he left. If he signed a 2 year deal he would’ve had everything he ever wanted/needed to succeed. There is still the silver lining for us. I really thought we’d plummet back into a bottom 5 team until we won another lottery but trotz and player development made us better then we ever were. The craziest part to me now is to this day his most successful year was in 2016 and we’ve quintupled his career playoff series wins in the 3 first years after he left. Toronto also got screwed by his contract, him and Mathews both being centers has forced jt to be a 2nd liner, lowering his mins and taking the best talent off his line. He just isn’t the same player he was on Long Island but he’s getting paid like he’s their best player. According to capfriendly the leafs r 1.5 m over the cap rn. Tavares’ contract is the problem, he’s being payed 11 to play like he’s worth around 8-9. I agree with u that Austin will leave due to money problems, unless jt waives his nmc for Toronto to clear up cap, I don’t see another situation where he would resign. Jt is older so he doesn’t fit the timetable of the rest of the current roster and looks like the likely candidate to be cap dumped. Imagine his trade list included the isles 😂😂. I’d have no idea how our fan base would react if he wanted to or does come back.

@@AMan_629 JTs signing was not our problem. Marner and Matthews contracts are the problems. Their agent made Dubas look stupid. The fact is, your GM should have traded JT for whatever he could get when JT never signed. Snow should have tried to sign him prior to the beginning of the season and then traded him when JT didn't sign. Marner and Matthews both have full no movement clauses in the final year of their contract so the Leafs don't even have the luxury of trading them if a deal isn't signed prior to the season

I feel like the team would get worse tbh

@@alboy1233 Totally agree... I don't think the same atmosphere would thrive with him there and I was honestly happy to see him go

we do

I do believe he planned on staying, until the leafs showed the interest. Just my opinion.

John Tavares specifically told management not to trade him and that he was going to stay. It's so clearly his fault, and he deserves every single bit of hate coming his way.

Imagine if Stevie walked out on you after he said he loved Detroit. So stop.

Komarov is better than him. At least New York can win with him.

Done more than the leafs so this makes no sense

You can't blame him for wanting to leave, you can blame him for lying about it, asking not to be traded and then screwing the team in free agency... it was a douchy way to handle it, but I'm glad he's gone because they have played better without him hahaha

I dont blame him for leaving either. It was how he left

@@ptoedits5644 and yet look how the islanders turned out

He didnt

Carried us to mediocrity

Ah, excuse me. He pleaded with the team to not move him at the trade deadline the prior season hinting he was going to resign with them. But then in the off season he does an about face and signs with his hometown leafs. So then the Isles were left with and got nothing for him in return?!?! I'd have been pi $$ ed off about it too! Any fan base would be. Just 'dirty' what he did to them.

Ah, excuse me. He pleaded with the team to not move him at the trade deadline the prior season hinting he was going to resign with them. But then in the off season he does an about face and signs with his hometown leafs. So then the Isles were left with and got nothing for him in return?!?! I'd have been pi $$ ed off about it too! Any fan base would be. Yea hockey is a business but one should be clean and honest with their intentions. If he was saying he was 'undecided" as to what he was wanting to do come trade deadline then yea I'd have moved him and gotten something for him in return. Just 'dirty' what he did to them. IMHO he's been a overpaid bust for the Leafs anyways. They should buy him out and move on from him cause his numbers don't equal his overpaid salary.

@@anthonys3631I think he is overpaid as well but I would have gotten tf over it by now. It makes Islander's fans look like 2 year-olds keeping this crap up. Sure, boo him the first couple of shifts for fun and then enjoy the damn game FFS!!

You know you can just edit your comment or delete and start over, right? You seem to have posted the comment twice although you did add to it. 3 dots on the right side of the comment will help you.@@anthonys3631

@@viewfromthehighchair9391agreed. Time to move on and let it go. IMHO he hasn't done much for the Leafs. They should buy him out and be done with him, cheers.

That's funny

And still can't make it out of the 1st round #leafssuck

@@dayleneddins5382Wait hold on a sec here. Let me just do a quick google search, the Islanders only have 4 cups and let me do one more google search, the Maple Leafs have 13 cups. I'm in grade 10 so I know simple math, so this means the leafs have 9 more cups than the Islanders.

@@S5Hook that's like saying the canadians are better than the lightning this year because they have more cups

@@S5Hook well no shit the leafs are older dumbass

Yeah right.

Oh yeah, that's why his fiance took a job in Toronto 6 months before he went into free agency lol

@@sacredsiren But management surely knew that? I blame management. Do you hear the lack of enthusiasm when he says he wants to stay? Red flag right there. Management should have known. Anyway we're better now without him.

Damn you r ice cold for that

Vince Carter

@@sollamander2206 Reporters claimed Vince Carter asked out during his contract, which later was proven to be untrue and Raptors fans have cheered him since. A guy leaving after his contract is up is his right. Blame management, if he hadn't signed already there was a chance he wasn't going to and they should have traded him, he didn't have a no-trade clause.

heatzone.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/12/06/as-miami-warms-to-lebron-bosh-still-wants-toronto-to-love-him/ www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/2013/05/22/blue_jays_do_extoronto_players_benefit_from_boos.html torontolife.com/city/toronto-sports/toronto-boo-birds/ Carter’s redemption in Toronto seemed like an impossibility at one time, but his transformation into respected league veteran, along with many of the current crop of exceptional Canadian ballers citing him as an influence, has softened the hearts of many of those who once saw Carter as a traitor. When Carter and the Memphis Grizzlies visited Toronto on Nov. 19, 2014, he was moved to tears by a video tribute and subsequent standing ovation by a fan base finally ready to move on. Sure, Carter was booed every time he touched the ball afterward, but a peace had finally been reached between the Raptors and their first superstar.

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