Does John Tavares Regret Signing with Maple Leafs Due to an on-Going Tax Battle with CRA for $8 Million?

Maple Leafs use tax cap on bonuses to 'entice' players to Toronto, ex-NHL star Patrick Marleau tells court

In the multi-million-dollar tax trial about the word “inducement” and how it relates to income tax on professional hockey contracts, former NHL superstar Patrick Marleau’s use of the word “entice” made ears prick up Wednesday morning in the downtown Toronto courtroom. “Enticing” someone sounds like “inducing” them to do something, on the face of it. So when Marleau testified about negotiating a three-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs in…

Does John Tavares regret signing with Maple Leafs due to an on-going tax battle with CRA for $8 million?

Toronto Maple Leafs veteran John Tavares appeared in the Tax Court of Canada on Tuesday to challenge an $8 million demand from the Canada Revenue Agency linked to the signing bonus he received when he

NHL Rumors: Bolduc Trade, Tavares in Court, and Cooper to the Maple Leafs? - The Hockey Writers NHL Rumors Latest News, Analysis & More

In today’s NHL rumors rundown, Zachary Bolduc wants to stay with the Montreal Canadiens but admitted he understands hockey is a business and that he could be traded. He talked…

Maple Leafs centre John Tavares tells court why he chose Toronto in tax battle over $77M deal

In his testimony, Tavares described growing up in Oakville, Ont., the son of a Portuguese immigrant welder father and a mother who worked in banking and later drove a school bus, and playing hockey since “as early as I can remember,” maybe five years old. He was playing Triple A by age eight, then Junior A, and was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League at age 15, and soon granted the novel distinction of “exceptional player status,” which let h…