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It seems like this is a story every few weeks that John Tavares will remain with the New York Islanders. Since Newsday talked to Tavares yesterday it came up once again.

I’ve always thought that the rumors that Tavares was leaving were silly. Most of the times that I’ve heard it, it was coming from Toronto fans or fans of the other New York team who just can’t wrap their head around the Islanders having a cornerstone player.

This is why every Islander fan loved Tavares. He’s an extremely loyal star. It’s rare these days in sports. In most cases athletes die to get to free agency but that just doesn’t seem to be the case with him.

He seems so determined to bring this team a Stanley Cup, you can just hear it in his words. Even the day he was drafted, the little wink into the camera it was almost as if he was saying don’t worry Islander fans I got it from here.

That’s all he’s done. He burst on to the scene as a 19 year old and he’s grown into a star in this league. Garth Snow’s gotta lock him up next summer.

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Islanders sign Christopher Gibson to a one-year two way deal. (USA Today)

How losing Matt Martin helped the Islanders in some ways (Eyes On Isles)

John Tavares put on a show yesterday doing a stick handling drill (Eyes On Isles)

Isles Tweet Of The Day

Happy birthday Travis! Glad you are still an Islander

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