John Tavares
John Tavares, the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, continued his impressive streak of being at or close to a point per game player last season.
He recorded 27 goals and 49 assists for 76 points in 79 games. The captain posted a 53% Puck Possession rating, and a 55% Expected Goals Rating. Taveres received terrible goaltending when he was on the ice last year, and along with Nylander had the lowest PDO on the team among players who played most games.
Tavares was slightly unlucky, and he may have not been 100% either, after his injury in the playoffs vs Montreal a year ago.
During the 2022 playoffs, Tavares recorded six points in 7 games. He even upped his faceoff winning percentage in the playoffs to 65.2%. The captain took 130 shifts averaging 18:35 in ice time while providing the Leafs with incredible secondary scoring.
Tavares is still worth the money, and when the Leafs are at home, and Kampf is playing against the other teams top line, and Matthews is taking the attention of the rest of their best players, Tavares and Nylander get to run wild against the kind weak competition elite players dream about but rarely face, and which led to the Leafs taking almost 80% of the point available to them at home.
Tavares will be healthy this season and he’ll be looking to earn/repair his contract, captaincy and legacy by bringing home the Stanley Cup for the Toronto Maple Leafs.