The director had a question for John Tavares: “How do you feel about pineapples?”
The director had an instruction for John Tavares: “Be super-evocative!”
The director had a request for John Tavares: “Did you know any good Canadian jokes?”
Tavares responded to all of it with an assortment of quizzical looks while good-naturedly going with the flow on Wednesday at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow.
It was an Islanders off day, part of which their captain spent doing a photo and video shoot for his new endorsement deal with Vita Coco coconut water, doing his best to conform outside his comfort zone.