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Tavares looks like start of something good

UNIONDALE, NY - OCTOBER 03: Playing in his

Photo credit: Getty/Bruce Bennett | UNIONDALE, NY - OCTOBER 03: Playing in his first NHL game, John Tavares #91 of the New York Islanders scores his first NHL goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Nassau Coliseum on October 3, 2009 in Uniondale, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Arthur Staple

Arthur Staple Arthur Staple

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We just may have something here in John Tavares. Something to get excited about.

Through the parade of disappointed dignitaries speaking before and even during the game - I went to a news conference and a hockey game broke out - there was the kid that 16,250 came to see.

And he did not disappoint, unlike the politicians and developers and all the others who spoke of the Islanders' gloomy...

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