John Tavares made his return to New York on Thursday night as a member of the Maple Leafs. The home crowd was not at all happy to see him after he left the team in the off-season.
Tavares said after the game that he expected the welcome that he received from the Islanders fans.
John Tavares on the cold welcome he received from Islanders fans: "No one's walked in my shoes…no one has to like my decision" pic.twitter.com/TFQNsKrqgG
— SNY (@SNYtv) March 1, 2019
I wonder if he expected the 6-1 beat down his former team gave his current team? Because it looked like the fans weren’t the only ones that wanted to ruin Tavares’ homecoming.
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