John Tavares

Suiting Up with Paul Rabil

Paul Rabil

Sports, Business

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The 13x Stanley Cup Champion Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the original six clubs in the NHL, carrying with them a legacy only matched by few teams around the world. Their captain was the #1 overall pick in the 2009 NHL Draft and is considered one of the best players in the world, having shattered dozens of scoring records along the way. Though more than his ability to perform on the ice, John Tavares is a singular leader with an unconventional set of skills, extreme doggedness and emotional intelligence. Accepting the role of captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs comes with a lot of pressure – internally and externally. And he's up for every bit of that challenge. On the show we talk about JT's love for hockey, imagination he brings to the ice in practice, the importance of having a great offseason, resilience of fighting through injury, lessons learned from greats like Wayne Gretzky, and why growing up playing lacrosse had a big impact on where he is today. The Maple Leafs are currently atop the North Division with 12 points in-hand, eyeing the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs scheduled to begin on May 11th. Tavares has been here before. When everything's on the line. He's one of very few athletes who can keep the high intensity needed to perform at the highest level, while also balancing the locker room with perspective and wisdom.

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0:00.0	What's up everyone, welcome to an all new episode of Sooting Up Podcasts is presented
0:07.5	by public.com and outsystems and it's episode number 12 of season 3 with only three left
0:13.4	after today.
0:14.4	I'm your host Paul Rabel.
0:16.2	Today, we're fortunate to sit down with the captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Johnny
0:21.4	Tveris.
0:22.4	That's right.
0:23.4	He's a captain of one of the largest and most historic franchises in all of hockey.
0:28.2	And that's a role that we talk about on the show from the fulfillment to it to the pressure.
0:32.8	You can't imagine.
0:33.8	It's like being the captain of Real Madrid or the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.
0:38.0	Anyway, how did Johnny and I meet?
0:40.3	There's a shared discipline and respect we have for La Crosse.
0:44.9	It's what he actually played growing up in Canada.
0:47.8	It's Canada's national sport of the summer.
0:50.4	And how he learned about the influence a professional athlete can have on his or her locker room
0:55.0	and community.
0:56.2	That lens, though, was through his uncle, who's one of the greatest lacrosse players
0:59.7	of all time, also a Johnny, at least known in the Buffalo Bandits of the NLL community
1:05.7	as Johnny T.
1:07.7	And what I especially enjoyed about the show was John Tveris' ability to talk about his
1:12.1	personal and professional ambitions, that story of his career, while he's still in it.
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