Here are the ones I consider the dumbest.
Tavares Won’t Sign Due to Income Tax
Like all false narratives, hindsight does this one no favours.
Prior to the July 1st deadline, the Leafs and Sharks broke free from the pack of Tavares suitors to emerge as the non-Islanders favourites. Both teams could offer the pending UFA an attractive landing spot, opting to rely on the hockey-related factors to influence his decision.
Toronto’s phenomenal young core spoke for themselves, presenting Tavares with future of sustained success on his hometown team. Nearly a decade of dragging around Gath Snow’s rent-a-player of the week is enough to gate on anybody, Tavares included.