The Toronto Maple Leafs signed John Tavares and made him their Captain four years ago this week. It’s been a great time, and I can assure you, they regret nothing.
Though playoff success has eluded the Toronto Maple Leafs during Tavares’ tenure, that is hardly his fault.
In fact, taken individually, it’s hard to complain about any of the four first-round losses Tavares has been here for:
Boston: Took a superior team to game seven, lost when Kadri was suspended. Again. (It’s pretty ironic that people have rewritten history to say the Leafs lost Kadri because they signed Tavares.