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Toucher and Rich: Billy Jaffe on John Tavares future (Hour 4)

Toucher & Hardy

Beasley Media Group

Sports

4.3735 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On this hour: Billy Jaffe from NESN joins the show and discusses the possibility of free agent John Tavares coming to Boston.  David Krejci's value and more.  Is Jaylen Brown overrated?  The Stack features more from Stanley Roberts who's already up in San Fransisco tweeting about T&R.  Zolak comes in for the crossover

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0:00.0

Hey, that was quite a rant there.

0:01.5

Not from this talk radio crazy. Listen to replays of our shows. What was that? And original podcasts. Yeah, there we go. Click on podcasts on our site at 985 the Sports Hub.com. We all have our morning routine. These kids ain't going to learn nothing. Thanks for making toucher and rich. Part of yours. That's right, baby. On 985 the Sports Hub. Okay, dokey. Let's go.

0:24.0

985 to sports. touching toucher and rich heart of yours that's right baby on 98 5 the sports up okay dokey let's go

0:22.9

98 5 the sports up we have the philly jaffey on the phone he's an analyst from nesson and he uh

0:31.6

has got to get out of here something quick oh does he okay because real quick i just want to tell you

0:37.0

we were talking about tovaris and and the teams he's been looking at, and when I was mentioning, because I'd been reading a lot about how, for some reason, you know, how do you explain Dallas, and we know Tampa obviously is a good team, and the explanation had been because there's no state tax, and you said, well, why not the Predators? and I would thought that was a great a great question well apparently the predators are in on Tavares and I guess there was a

0:57.0

with the one of like the one of his agents or something like that he was intrigued by

1:02.5

so that makes it a little more interesting is that maybe it's just completely and totally about the

1:07.8

money and at least maybe who we're given the most money out of those places and then who will give him the best chance to win. So, Billy Jeffie. Do you believe that? No, hold on. See, I know, I don't think it is. Look, he's going to get his money wherever it is, fellas. National is also a hell of a team. So he's going to let them make a pitch. yes, the state income tax makes a big deal when it's all said none, especially, you know,

1:32.2

the agent can present it that way.

1:33.5

But he's not going to listen to a team that's bad that lives, that geographically

1:39.4

in a no state income tax play.

1:41.5

John doesn't want to go play for a crappy team.

1:43.8

Yeah, you know John Tavares, because if you didn't know,

1:46.4

there's Billy Jaffe covered the Islanders for a few years there.

1:50.7

And, okay, so knowing him the way that you know him,

1:55.3

what chance do you give the Bruins?

1:57.5

What about the Bruins would he find intriguing?

2:00.1

He would find, first of all, it's a wonderful hockey market, and it's got a lot. The team right

2:08.0

now is in a sweet spot. It's got players on it that he really likes in Patrice Bergeron. He knows

2:15.5

Marshaun well from Team Canada. He looks at Charlie McAvoy. He knows Mars Hanwell from Team Canada.

2:18.7

He looks at Charlie McAvoy.

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