On July 1, 2018, the professional ice hockey centre John Tavares became an unrestricted free agent. After nine unbearable years with the New York Islanders — the last five of which he served as captain — Tavares signed a long-term contract with his childhood team, the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Tavares was the face of the Islanders for most of the last decade. An ugly face, but the face nonetheless. So if you attended an Islanders home game during his tenure, whether at Barclays Center or Nassau Coliseum, you’d have seen a sea of no.
