BANFF, Alberta — It was a seemingly self-evident quote not in need of further discussion.
“Obviously, this isn’t a whole lot of fun right now,” John Tavares said on Monday night in Vancouver after the Islanders had lost yet another overtime crusher.
But these days almost anything the Islanders captain says is open to interpretation by those with an interest in the mindset of the free agent to be.
So, after Newsday put that quote in a web headline on Tuesday, some Islanders fans fretted, some fans of other teams — especially in Canada — saw hope and soon the story became the most viewed of the week on Newsday’s sports site.