BD Gallof: All The Right Things

Pretty profound language last sentence. I’d change it. Not impressed.

This just oozes professionalism.

We're all adults here, the language in this situation is well played.

Don't give in to pressure. This is a opinion piece and you're angry about it. I'd keep the original line....

We're all adults here, the language in this situation is well played.
- hammer460

yep.

I don't blame BD or any Isles fan for being pissed.. I watched the whole Lighthouse/Charles Wang situation play out as an outsider and even then I could never understand why the franchise couldn't get their act in order. JT leaving is just another prime example of lack of understanding and honestly, if they wanted to keep him, he should have been extended last summer, not wait until last minute.

This article is terrible
JT owes the Islanders nothing
They did nothing in the 9 years he was there to get better...
Too little too late

So long and thanks for poopting the bed and allowing him to become a Leaf

Best way to get over someone is to get under someone new. Move on. This article sounds like a crazy jilted ex lover; one that is now broken and unable to trust hockey players again. Pathetic.

JT owed Isles at least a smidgen of truth about his intentions - something along the lines of .. get this right or I’m histo... or we need to add this or that or I’m gone..


You have to think going to the Leafs wasn’t some last minute thing ... he probably knew a yr ago he was leaving.... But He tried to be the good guy & play both ends against the middle & not ruffle feathers and has completely ruined his rep on the island ...

At least that’s the mind set of my brother & his buddies who are big Isles fans ...

It's really hard to swallow as JT doesn't really owe the Islanders anything to have to re-sign with them. BUT......If you're whole intention is to sign with TO, then at least tell us that so at least we can do something to get anything in return instead of losing the key to our franchise. We all understand that it's a business and people come and go but clearly the fans lose in this deal as management treated him as a friend and John treated it as a business

Best way to get over someone is to get under someone new. Move on. This article sounds like a crazy jilted ex lover; one that is now broken and unable to trust hockey players again. Pathetic.
- cnatch

Yeah, crazy that the fans of a team who just lost their #1 overall pick, franchise player are writing articles.

https://www.lighthousehoc...vares-islanders-departure

He said all the right things. What does that actually mean?

He never said he was staying.

Not one of his statements should have lead any of you to believe that he was staying.

And honestly...do you think his GF had any sway in his decision.

Fact is that he was offered an opportunity to play with his childhood team, a great group of young players and in a hockey town that is the centre of the hockey universe.

Sounds like sour grapes to me.

These Islander fans and people who cover them act like they just lost the next coming of Jesus, the guy had every right to test the free agent market and go where he wanted. The Islanders had 9 years of him to get a arena built and put good solid competitive teams around him they did neither and then expected him to stay? No way, they should have traded him at the deadline once it was made clear to them by Tavares that he didn't want to sign a extension and wanted to explore his options, regardless of the nonsense that he told ownership not to trade him they should have traded him anyway for the future of their franchise. You don't let players dictate the direction of your franchise especially when they don't want to stay for the long haul. So the Islander fans shouldn't be mad at Tavares for leaving he was smart to he didn't owe the Islanders anything he saw what was going on the fans should be directing their anger at management for allowing Tavares to dictate the direction of the franchise, the owners of the Islanders didn't see the big picture and the red flags when he told them he didn't want to sign a extension blame them not Tavares.

he did not sign an extension last july with the islanders

you can cry and and call him names all you want but really you are just being an ahole. duplicitous my ass.

he never signed an extension... that is a fact, get over it.

It's really hard to swallow as JT doesn't really owe the Islanders anything to have to re-sign with them. BUT......If you're whole intention is to sign with TO, then at least tell us that so at least we can do something to get anything in return instead of losing the key to our franchise. We all understand that it's a business and people come and go but clearly the fans lose in this deal as management treated him as a friend and John treated it as a business
- 22bossy

so he is supposed to tell the isles before the deadline that he is going to sign in toronto before even knowing if toronto had any interest in signing him. makes sense.

Toronto fans will defend to the death, yes he had the right to go, but it is the how, that was wrong, I even have Ranger fans saying it to me, are you kidding, so defend your prize Toronto, but to tell you the truth, if its you guys and the Rangers in an Eastern Conference Final in a couple of years, I will do something I've never done......

What was JT supposed to say?

"I want out." If he'd said this anytime before the trade deadline, everyone would have accused him of creating a toxic situation and hurting his trade value. If he said nothing or stated something equivocal like "I will honor my contract", then it would have produced a similar, negative effect. So he made a bunch of statements about his commitment to the team that makes him look like a slime in retrospect. But how do we know that wasn't his mindset? How do we know he wasn't actually committed to Snow and Weight but distrustful of ownership and its commitment to making the team better?

This is ownership's fault 100%. Direct your anger at management. They should have set an internal deadline for JT to sign. If he didn't, then jettison him for value. Instead, they gave the player all the leverage and he used it to go to a better situation.

Toronto fans will defend to the death, yes he had the right to go, but it is the how, that was wrong, I even have Ranger fans saying it to me, are you kidding, so defend your prize Toronto, but to tell you the truth, if its you guys and the Rangers in an Eastern Conference Final in a couple of years, I will do something I've never done......
- Sec111

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there is nothing to defend, you guys somehow thinkhe told the islanders he was going to sign an 8 year extension which he never signed. no extension, no guarantee

so he is supposed to tell the isles before the deadline that he is going to sign in toronto before even knowing if toronto had any interest in signing him. makes sense.
- Njuice

He requested a no trade and the Isles accommodated him. They could have traded him anywhere from the remainder of they year and got something for him and then JT could have waited just as long this summer to decide where he wants to go. Again, I'm saying it's managements fault for allowing it to happen

BD Gallof: All The Right Things
- B.D. Gallof

yeesh reads like a jilted lover.

Every team has lost great players and it's painful for sure but ultimately the Isles organisation is reaping what it sows on this one and while that's unfortunate for the faithful of the team I can't see any reason why Tavares would want to dedicate more prime years there?

This whole situation reminds me of parents who argue constantly and are on brink if divorce and forget to pay attention to what there kids are going through and they eventually run away and then realize what they've done! Islanders ownership, management had nearly a decade to build a solid core around Tavares but failed! Between botched arena situations, an owner (Wang) and GM (Snow) who clearly never had a clue how to build a solid hockey team! All while this was going on, Tavares slowly fell out of love with his organization, grew frustrated and finally gave em the finger! He was probably given empty promises over the years but it amounted to nothing. Only when he left or was on the brink of it, ownership finally realized what they have done! Here he was, in the prime of his career, his team spinning its wheels. I agree to the fact that maybe he should've said something a week before free agency but it's done now! Islanders had years to build a team and they failed! He didn't owe them anything in the end! If the Oilers aren't careful, McDavid is going to do the same thing to them!

Of course Leafs fans are going to try to place all blame on isles mgmt. The problem is that if they accept that Tavares is 50% to blame then they have to accept that the info that keeps coming out really shows that JT lacks character and that is the guy they now have in their locker room.

Getting a new arena built for him, getting a HOF coach and GM for him, allowing him to control the entire narrative of his career and pending free agency is more than any organization would ever do for any player not named Lebron. Tavares basically was given the keys to the organization and screwed them.

Karma's a female dog though. We are better off without him and unless he wins a cup in the next 7 years, his legacy is how he screwed over an entire franchise for nothing.

The stakes couldn't be higher for Jump-Ship Johnny: Win a cup with Toronto or your reputation is forever tarnished.

You sound like a scorned girlfriend