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Islanders Fans Don’t Owe John Tavares Anything

There’s been a lot of digital ink spilled over whether Islanders fans were right or wrong to boo John Tavares in merciless fashion in the wake of his return back to Long Island. “John Tavares gave nine years to that franchise, how dare they boo him,” seemed to be the general feeling. Even everyone’s favorite moral compass, Sean Avery, the guy so loved in the NHL he basically has no friends left from his entire hockey career, the guy who taunted homeless people, spoke up, saying that Tavares didn’t deserve to be booed because “he was a good captain and never got arrested.