Comments on: LIVE BLOG: JOHN TAVARES PRESS CONFERENCEPhotos, the play-by-play, pithy comments and more

By: Tavares #1

Tavares #1 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:52:01 +0000

DP didn’t show up because he can barely walk. Face it, he is done.

By: billy

billy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:32:01 +0000

i was very impressed by how good Bailey looks. He has def physically matured. I find it funny he will be at prospects camp, hopefully bailey,tav, and KO will be on weekly hilight reels if they stick them all on the same pp this year.

By: Isles75

Isles75 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:26:24 +0000

I was at the press conference too. Also surprised by the constant DP no shows. DP wasn’t at the jersey give away last season, Draft, and now this. Over all the press conference was cool. Just a little mad that because I am a long time season ticket holder and I supported them before John Tavares got drafted, I was not allowed to meet him. I guess I’m chop liver.

By: justin

justin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:17:37 +0000

I was there today and a little disappointed we didn’t get the ‘real’ press conference……I was also surprised how big bailey was in person…..jt seems like a good kid but he has definately been trained to say the right thing….I think he is going towork real hard to make the isles a contender however, if the still suck when he is able to leave he’ll be long gone….by the way how long until he is a UFA? Great job CB and it was nice meeting you today

By: IfLovingYouIsWangIDontWantToBeRight

IfLovingYouIsWangIDontWantToBeRight — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:01:45 +0000

CB,

I love the blog, and thanks for the recap. But as a long time observer of the abundantly forthcoming and candid Isles PR machine under Charles Wang, I can’t help but feel that the absolute silence concerning Rick DiPietro’s condition bodes poorly for his bid to return to the lineup, etc. Then take the fact that we haven’t seen The 15-year Franchise (not at The Draft, not at today’s whatever) in the past year and couple it with our having acquired 4 goaltenders in the offseason, and I’m thinking that Rick DiPietro has probably had another surgery and is probably done. Are they planning on waiting until they know where they stand as far as season ticket sales are before they make an announcement, or are they going to hamfist this into yet another embarassing piece of drama, as they’ve done with…well…just about everything.

Sincerely,
Very Concerned,
JP

By: RAmen

RAmen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:11:47 +0000

I was hoping they would announce a signing at this thing - so seceret surprises, pretty bland overall.

By: mht

mht — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:11:07 +0000

For the benefit of those who attended the members of the media should have identified themselves as they asked questions.I was there and I swear the sound was totally inaudible.Garth, please reinforce our goon division especially when we play the Flyers.Carcillo,Ashan,Cote and Pronger will cause extreme havoc.And Mike Mottau of the Devils needs a little payback for his cheap shot on Frans Nielsen.

By: Thomas32

Thomas32 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:01:15 +0000

Wish I could of made it today. Looks like it was a cool event. I did rock my new TAVARES jersey to work today though!! : )

By: KO21

KO21 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:58:49 +0000

It’s wonderful to hear this kid talking about bringing us back to success…What a phenomenal attitude from a teenager none the less…The whiners saying JT will want to leave due to lack of veteran stars to play with is hog wash…He knows it takes time to rebuild and I have to believe, when this rebuild comes to fruition, he wouldn’t want to leave what he helped make happen…Hopefully

By: GD

GD — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:45:19 +0000

he was looking down at that hack of a reporter asking a completely unrelated question at his press conference..

By: Jim Clark

Jim Clark — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:45:07 +0000

CJ #31. I was there and really grimaced when that unknown reporter asked that question. Slapping is a bit harsh .I wondered if he would have asked the same question to Martin Brodeur when he came to the Devils in the early 1990s. The important thing is the future ans that’s what Tavares has.

Josh Bailey looked beefier than I remember him from three months ago. When Jaffe introduced him in the audience, I was expecting a skinny kid to stand up.

Tavares needs to enunciate a bit better but he did correctly talk about learning things as he grows. When you follow professional talkers like Rose and Jaffe, the contrast is apparent. But did talk correctly how being drafted number one in the OHL is similar but smaller scale than NHL.

By: TuxTax

TuxTax — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:38:27 +0000

I don’t want to be picky here, but he keeps on referring to Long Island as a City. Someones gotta tell him to call it the Island not the city.