It was impressive to watch Islanders captain John Tavares walk the fine line between deflecting questions while actually giving an answer that sounded insightful. As the biggest unsigned player in the free agent class of 2018, he generated a lot of attention at All-Star weekend in Tampa from media, fans and even his fellow players eager to plant seeds on where he might end up after this season.



He patiently handled it all.



When asked about the factors that would go into his decisions, he pointed out there was no one thing that’s going to do it.



“Anything that affects my daily life whether it’s at the rink or not at the rink will go into my decision,” Tavares said over the weekend. “Obviously, you want to play for a team that’s doing everything it can to win and the Islanders are certainly doing that.”



Tavares also said all the right things following the team’s announcement on Monday about splitting time...