If John Tavares Is to Stay, His Next Contract Will Be Shorter and Less Money
TSN Hockey analyst Frankie Corrado was on SportsCenter with Jay Onrait and asked, followed by asking if a short-term deal would work best for John Tavares in Toronto or if cutting bait is the best option here.
** NHLRumors.com transcript
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Jay Onrait: “Does, I think, to follow that, Frankie, you have a little family. He seems at ease here. His hometown. Seems like you'd be happy with $6 million for three years as John Tavares is 35 going on 38?
Frankie Corrado: “I would, Jay, to be honest with you, I would, maybe I'll try to squeeze you a little bit. Like if it means a lot to you and we know it didn't really work here because the team couldn't do it. Yes, it's like there will be a different role waiting for you. And it will have to be a small amount.
Like I don't know, if you extend these guys. You know, now you say we really believe this over and over again, expiring contracts are almost like your Get Out of Jail Free card expired. You don't have to make a difficult decision about trying to get trades done and no-movement clauses and all that kind of stuff. So, you know, that's kind of what you know, it's a fork in the road.
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Where you say, are we really going to double, triple down on this? Are we going to cut our losses and say, Hey, listen, thanks for everything that's been great and we're going to find a different route to take. Like John he has been a great soldier in Toronto, a very good player. He has never done anything wrong.
The thing he is a victim of is that the team he leads has not won. That's all John Tavares was a victim of in Toronto because he did everything so well. “
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