New York Islanders star John Tavares was pleased—but not surprised—to hear about the report from TSN’s Pierre LeBrun in which it was reported that the team had no plans to trade him.
“It’s nice to hear that,” Tavares told Newsday‘s Mark Herrmann, “but I had a good sense of that already. For me, I’m just trying to do my best to help this team. Everything else is out of my control. The goal is to get to the playoffs and compete for the Stanley Cup.”
For someone who was supposedly exploring every avenue out of Brooklyn — according to almost every other non-New-York-based Journalist — Tavares sure doesn’t sound like someone who is thinking of bolting.