Now, do not get me wrong, I am as much as the next person hoping that John Tavares can help lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a Stanley Cup. But what if it is too good to be true?
For example, look at Phil Kessel with the Pittsburgh Penguins. They brought him in to play with Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin and in his first season he could not find chemistry with either of them. Many predicted that Kessel would be able to score 40, maybe even 50 goals when playing with them, yet, he had 26 goals and 59 points.