Neil Best
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted on Sept.
John Tavares found himself swarmed around noon Monday by a horde of reporters and camera crews, a sight not ordinarily seen after an off-day practice in Syosset.
But these are not ordinary times, not for the Islanders and not for their captain.
The scene in the suddenly way-too-small dressing room at Iceworks was another illustration of how far these Islanders have come — now well into the second round of the playoffs for the first time since Tavares was 2.