John Tavares won’t be coming to Toronto? Fine, whatever

Who needs local kids?

I’m not a huge listener of Sportsnet590 here in Toronto, unless it’s to catch known baby hater Steve Dangle in the act of baby hating, so when I popped over to SBN’s Islanders site Lighthouse Hockey and saw this transcript I felt the only emotion one could feel:

Neutral.

Okay, so Tavares wants to stay in the Islanders organization. Fine, whatever. Stamkos wants to stay in Tampa Bay? Super, you do that. Subban never even liked a tweet about the Leafs? Great, go enjoy a night at the Grand Ol' Opry.

The Leafs do just fine without having a local superstar. In fact, if we look at who the most popular/best Maple Leafs were we’ll find the majority aren’t from Toronto. Let’s hit…