The free-agent signing was the biggest of the off-season changes and it brings higher expectations; the Leafs aren’t paying Tavares $11 million (U.S.) a season to go out in the first round again.

By Kevin McGran

Published: Dec 27, 2018, 4:02 pm Added: Dec 27, 2018, 5:20 pm

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John Tavares’s signature told the Leafs they were ‘serious contenders’