John Tavares and his Pat Brisson sat with the Athletic (subscription required) earlier this week to recount the drama that went on behind the scene’s as he made his decision to leave the New York Islanders for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
If the wounds had at all healed since Tavares left us high and dry, that Q&A certainly reopened them. Comments like Brisson indicating Tavares’ heart was in Toronto, and Tavares knowing he didn’t want to be in New York were tough to read.
I can only speak for myself, but the raw emotions were well and truly back after that article.