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John Tavares will be getting a significant linemate upgrade in Toronto
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Adam Laskaris
Jul 1, 2018, 15:35 EDT
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Well, it’s officially official.
While we don’t know quite who’s going to be getting his two flanks, John Tavares is the newest Toronto Maple Leaf.
And the speculation has been pouring out for his potential linemates.
The Athletic’s James Mirtle tweeted his thoughts out…
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I think I'd try something like this with the Leafs lines: Johnsson - Tavares - Marner Hyman - Matthews - Nylander Marleau - Kadri - Brown/Kapanen Lot of interesting options for Babcock to play around with though. And the fourth line really isn't going to get many minutes.

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while others were quick to follow.
While we don’t quite know who he’ll end up with in Toronto, let’s take a quick dive into who he played with on Long Island.
Here’s the full list of any line he played with in his time there, sorted by 5v5 TOI:
Linemate 1
Linemate 2
Linemate 3
GP
TOI
CF
CA
C+/-
CF%
G+/-
Rel CF%
GF
GA
GF%
ANDERS.LEE
JOHN.TAVARES
JOSH.BAILEY
204
1609.79
1740
1577
163
52.46
5
4.37
82
77
51.57
JOHN.TAVARES
MATT.MOULSON
P.A..PARENTEAU
149
1433.59
1427
1397
30
50.53
0
4.64
68
68
50
JOHN.TAVARES
KYLE.OKPOSO
MATT.MOULSON
220
934.9
892
883
9
50.25
8
2.35
46
38
54.76
JOHN.TAVARES
KYLE.OKPOSO
THOMAS.VANEK
42
544.52
561
576
-15
49.34
14
0.48
33
19
63.46
BRAD.BOYES
JOHN.TAVARES
MATT.MOULSON
47
519.08
552
456
96
54.76
-2
6.28
21
23
47.73
JOHN.TAVARES
JOSH.BAILEY
KYLE.OKPOSO
163
509.2
517
474
43
52.17
0
1.79
26
26
50
BROCK.NELSON
JOHN.TAVARES
KYLE.OKPOSO
73
329.28
322
276
46
53.85
3
2.54
15
12
55.56
JOHN.TAVARES
KYLE.OKPOSO
NIKOLAY.KULEMIN
81
271.35
302
248
54
54.91
-1
4.16
8
9
47.06
BLAKE.COMEAU
JOHN.TAVARES
MATT.MOULSON
71
224.34
210
220
-10
48.84
-8
2.56
3
11
21.43
JOHN.TAVARES
MIKHAIL.GRABOVSKI
RYAN.STROME
32
165.71
197
149
48
56.94
6
3.04
11
5
68.75
JOHN.TAVARES
JOSH.BAILEY
RYAN.STROME
73
162.69
145
157
-12
48.01
-7
-2.74
3
10
23.08
ANTHONY.BEAUVILLIER
JOHN.TAVARES
JOSH.BAILEY
62
129.83
133
143
-10
48.19
3
0.45
7
4
63.64
ANDREW.LADD
JOHN.TAVARES
JOSH.BAILEY
101
124.88
115
106
9
52.04
-1
3.98
3
4
42.86
ANDERS.LEE
JOHN.TAVARES
RYAN.STROME
107
120.82
129
129
0
50
-2
-1.6
4
6
40
ANDERS.LEE
JOHN.TAVARES
JORDAN.EBERLE
52
120.57
130
105
25
55.32
-1
8.33
8
9
47.06
JOHN.TAVARES
MATT.MOULSON
MICHAEL.GRABNER
29
116.61
102
117
-15
46.58
2
0.73
5
3
62.5
CORY.CONACHER
JOHN.TAVARES
KYLE.OKPOSO
11
103.6
114
100
14
53.27
-2
2.58
5
7
41.67
BROCK.NELSON
JOHN.TAVARES
JOSH.BAILEY
61
102.9
105
119
-14
46.88
0
-2.08
5
5
50
BROCK.NELSON
JOHN.TAVARES
RYAN.STROME
43
99.38
120
94
26
56.07
3
6.44
6
3
66.67
JOHN.TAVARES
KYLE.OKPOSO
MICHAEL.GRABNER
148
97.05
119
114
5
51.07
-4
2.77
3
7
30
FRANS.NIELSEN
JOHN.TAVARES
KYLE.OKPOSO
56
84.01
96
76
20
55.81
5
7.37
6
1
85.71
JOHN.TAVARES
MATT.MOULSON
RICHARD.PARK
16
80.27
76
80
-4
48.72
2
4.54
6
4
60
JOHN.TAVARES
NIKOLAY.KULEMIN
RYAN.STROME
51
76.38
68
69
-1
49.64
2
0.43
5
3
62.5
JOHN.TAVARES
JOSH.BAILEY
NIKOLAY.KULEMIN
99
66.46
63
61
2
50.81
5
1.92
6
1
85.71
CAL.CLUTTERBUCK
JOHN.TAVARES
JOSH.BAILEY
53
62.49
65
57
8
53.28
-1
3.25
2
3
40
JOHN.TAVARES
MATT.MOULSON
TRENT.HUNTER
53
53.91
63
63
0
50
1
1.91
2
1
66.67
JOHN.TAVARES
KYLE.OKPOSO
MATT.MARTIN
106
53.76
48
36
12
57.14
0
7.04
3
3
50
BLAKE.COMEAU
JOHN.TAVARES
SEAN.BERGENHEIM
23
50.7
55
49
6
52.88
4
3.96
6
2
75
You’ll notice a lot of Matt Moulson, who couldn’t crack the Buffalo Sabres roster this season, PA Parenteau, who just retired from the NHL, Anders Lee, who never hit 50 points until last season, and Josh Bailey, who turned from a 32-point player at age 26 to a 71-point guy this past year.
It’s gonna be a lot of fun, folks!

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