With 15 goals and 26 points in 23 games, the 27-year-old Tavares is on pace for the best offensive season of his career. And it’s not as if the Islanders started playing this way in October. It is presumed Tavares is unsigned because he would like to have more clarity about the Islanders’ arena situation and their future competitiveness. When it comes to persuading John Tavares to extend his contract , the New York Islanders’ best hope, perhaps their only hope, is to win him over with a memorable season. That’s why the Islanders’ best option might to be play it out, as Tampa Bay did with Steven Stamkos last season before re-signing him.

Source: thestar November 29, 2017 22:52 UTC