Officially John Tavares is #1 (In January at least); JT91 takes home first star honors
Great to see some outstanding play recognized and rewarded. Here's to many more!
4 months ago
Keith Quinn
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1st Star of the Month but,
still 26th best under 25….And how about that crappy CPI on last nights game winning goal.
Great news though, I wonder when the last time a NYI was named star of the month?
I think Grabs got a star in January or February 2011
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by DP'sknee(andhipandflubugandotherknee) on Feb 1, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
I will let my sig say it all
How do Islander fans spell hope?
T-A-V-A-R-E-S
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Feb 1, 2012 12:22 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I get it!!
Kudos were JT’s favorite candy bar, so he gets a lot of them for being good! 
by GreekIsles83 on Feb 1, 2012 12:35 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Exactly!
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Feb 1, 2012 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
and really that was
only because he was a pen and they have since won 8 games in a row because of his surge. Supporting cast be damned, Tavares has played lights out and has not missed a shift.
Mock Interview
It’s nice to be recognized by the NHL, it’s a great honor to be selected with other great players like Malkin and Rinne, but my focus is on getting this team into the playoffs. Individual awards and recognition are nice, but it’s a team game and my linemates have been great and the team is starting to put some wins together. That’s realy what it’s all about. We just have to continue to take it one game at a time, because I’d be much happier not scoring, but still winning hockey games.
Media: Which we all know can’t happen…The Islanders offense flows through John Tavares and when he’s not going, neither are they. Their lack of secondary scoring and poor goaltending and the three headed monster (*not rooted in fact) continue to leave the Islanders outside of the playoff picture.
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by Keith Quinn on Feb 1, 2012 12:29 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Although
The Islanders offense flows through John Tavares and when he’s not going, neither are they. Their lack of secondary scoring … continue[s] to leave the Islanders outside of the playoff picture.
That’s actually pretty true. Replace goalies with “old, terrible defensemen” and it’s completely true.
Yes, that's the part I meant
poor notation on my part.
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Congrats to "The Franchise"
Someday I’m going to tell my sons that I was at the Coliseum draft party watching them pick #91….and God willing I’ll be there the night they retire his number to the rafters.
Being born in New York and rooting for the Islanders, Jets, and Mets. Yeah, I know.
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This will surely raise his CPI by at least two tenths of a percentage point
He’ll crack that top 25 in a couple of years.
"He's depriving some small village of a pretty good idiot" - Mike Milbury on Ziggy Palffy's agent. On Twitter: @Dan_of_Science
but he doesn't play for a contender
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by Homey Chives on Feb 1, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
With Greenberg's calculations
It would actually be 2.37 years.
Remember, he figures in the height of the ceiling at the Coli, hence the few extra months.
How do Islander fans spell hope?
T-A-V-A-R-E-S
by BobbyNystromOwnsYou on Feb 1, 2012 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Doesn't ambient temperature also come into play?
And the value of pi.
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by ICanSeeForIslesAndIsles on Feb 1, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
JT appearance
NYIslanders @NYIslanders
JT will appear at 5:20 p.m. on @NHLLive on NHL Network and at 5:30 on NHL on the Fly. Tune in.
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