Get started with amazing custom hockey jersey bulk orders today at Jerseys Made Easy: https://jerseysmadeeasy.com/pages/custom-hockey-jerseys?ref_code=legorocks99 On July 1st 2018, the hockey world was absolutely shocked with the biggest piece of free agency news in years. John Tavares, former 1st overall pick by the New York Islanders and noted franchise talent in the NHL, left the team on Long Island and instead opted to go back home to Ontario, where he signed a massive contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was a move that many were surprised by, and it signalled two different fates for the teams involved. On the one hand, the Islanders had just lost their best player, and appeared to be doomed to more years of mediocrity without Tavares' scoring ability. On the other, the Toronto Maple Leafs seemed to have acquired that big fish that would push them over the hump, and allow the young core of Auston Matthews, Morgan Rielly, Frederik Andersen, William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen, Andreas Johnsson, and Mitch Marner to finally break into the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Well, two years after the signing, and the New York Islanders have never looked better. On the flip side though, the Toronto Maple Leafs have arguably gotten worse. The Isles are currently in the second round of the 2020 NHL Playoffs against the Philadelphia Flyers—making this the second year in a row making it to round two—and the Leafs have been eliminated in the qualifying round by the Columbus Blue Jackets. Quite ironic, isn't it? The 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs are involving sixteen teams, which are the Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders, and Columbus Blue Jackets in the East, and the Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues, Vegas Golden Knights, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Arizona Coyotes, and Dallas Stars in the West. The matchups are currently the Canucks VS Golden Knights, Stars VS Avalanche, Lightning VS Bruins, and Flyers VS Islanders. The eliminated teams of the 2020 NHL Playoffs from the qualifying play-in series are the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators, Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Florida Panthers. Teams eliminated from the first round of the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs are the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, and the Washington Capitals. Auston Matthews, one of the core pieces of the Maple Leafs, was the 1st overall pick at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. The 2016 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows: 1st - Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews 2nd - Winnipeg Jets, Patrik Laine 3rd - Columbus Blue Jackets, Pierre-Luc Dubois 4th - Edmonton Oilers, Jesse Puljujarvi 5th - Vancouver Canucks, Olli Juolevi 6th - Calgary Flames, Matthew Tkachuk 7th - Arizona Coyotes, Clayton Keller 8th - Buffalo Sabres, Alexander Nylander 9th - Montreal Canadiens, Mikhail Sergachev 10th - Colorado Avalanche, Tyson Jost 11th - Ottawa Senators (from New Jersey Devils), Logan Brown 12th - New Jersey Devils (from Ottawa Senators), Michael McLeod 13th - Carolina Hurricanes, Jake Bean 14th - Boston Bruins, Charlie McAvoy 15th - Minnesota Wild, Luke Kunin 16th - Arizona Coyotes (from Detroit Red Wings), Jakob Chychrun 17th - Nashville Predators, Dante Fabbro 18th - Winnipeg Jets (from Philadelphia Flyers), Logan Stanley 19th - New York Islanders, Kieffer Bellows 20th - Detroit Red Wings (from New York Rangers via Arizona Coyotes), Dennis Cholowski 21st - Carolina Hurricanes (from Los Angeles Kings), Julien Gauthier 22nd - Philadelphia Flyers (from Chicago Blackhawks via Winnipeg Jets), German Rubtsov 23rd - Florida Panthers, Henrik Borgstrom 24th - Anaheim Ducks, Max Jones 25th - Dallas stars, Riley Tufte 26th - St. Louis Blues (from Washington Capitals), Tage Thompson 27th - Tampa Bay Lightning, Brett Howden 28th - Washington Capitals (from St. Louis Blues), Lucas Johansen 29th - Boston Bruins (from San Jose Sharks), Trent Frederic 30th - Anaheim Ducks (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Steel Twitter: @LR99Gaming Portfolio: http://giopalermo.ca/ Twitch: legorocks99 Hi. I'm "Gio Palermo", also known as "legorocks99" ("legorocks99Gaming", "LR99Gaming", or "LR99"). I post video game commentaries on YouTube revolving around "hockey", with a primary focus on "Vancouver Canucks", "Montreal Canadiens", "Detroit Red Wings", and top "NHL prospects" topics. These videos are uploaded with "NHL 20" gameplay in the background. I enjoy making these videos and I hope that you enjoy watching them! I am also a graduate of the BCIT Radio Arts & Entertainment program, and this YouTube channel is an essential part of my radio portfolio.