i don't think anyone is saying that Tavares wasn't within his CBA negotiated rights to do what he did. Islanders fans feel that he misled them however, on his desire to stay and that his request to the Islanders not to trade him because he was planning on resigning was a rouse.
that caused the Islanders to lose Tavares for nothing...
that's why Islander fans are so angry.
I think the NYI organization deserves half the blame for taking Tavares at his word however: you never let a guy with than kind of value get to UFA status without trading him... Similar to Stone this year. Ottawa negotiated with him, but once Stone said it wasn't going to happen, Ottawa put him on the trading block.
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