This really wasn’t just another meaningless midseason game. Not for the Maple Leafs. But certainly not for the Islanders, either. John Tavares was one obvious reason. But so was Lou Lamoriello, the Leafs GM turned Islanders...

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The Maple Leafs, the Islanders and the birth of a new rivalry built around JT and Lou