For the second straight season, the Islanders won't be in the playoffs and with John Tavares set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, New York fans are worried he might not be back with the team, while fans of other teams are excited about the prospect of signing him.

At this point, fans are dissecting every quote from the Islanders' captain, including this one from Monday when he was asked about Mathew Barzal:
Anytime the words "Tavares" and "future" are in the same tweet, you know it's going to cause quite the stir.

Will Tavares stay on Long Island?  At this point your guess is as good as any, so we'll just let this play out and continue to read too much into every one of his quotes.

(H/T: /r/hockey)