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Originally Posted by SmoggyFlamesFan
What else was he supposed to say? Every player says that for the sake of the media. Every player is going to say cliches like "I want to win a cup with this team." Look at how poorly it was viewed when Johnny mentioned that "playing for his hometown flyers would be awesome." I bet he got chewed out for that.
There is no way Tavares as the captain of the islanders is going to come out and say: " it is my dream to play for the Maple leafs" while he is still under contract with New York.
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Public statements are one thing. He should have and could have told NYI that he wasn't going to re-sign, and then they can send him out as a rental.