John Tavares may be out of town, but one New York store seems to be having some difficulty facing the facts.
Tavares rocked the hockey world on July 1st after he surprisingly decided to leave NY in favour of his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs. Easily the franchise’s best player during his tenure with the team, Tavares quickly became a hero in the city and his jersey was the one to own since he entered the league in 2009. A sporting goods store across from the Barclays Center is apparently attempting to continue selling his jersey, considering their mannequin in its front mirror is still rocking a Tavares sweater.
So what’s the deal with this? Is the store manager just trying to squeeze out all of his/her remaining merch involving the 27-year-old or is he/she doing it to honour his time with the team? Or has he/she simply been too lazy to deck the mannequin out in some new threads? Because most Isles fans at this point would probably argue that the plastic human should be donning a Barzal jersey instead.
Contrary to buying a Tavares jersey, some fans are already trying to get rid of theirs. Take this particular one for example, who set his 91 jersey on fire after discovering that JT had become a free agent.
He hadn’t even signed with a team yet!
If you happen to be around the Barclay Center and are in search of a Tavares Islanders jersey, you should pop by this store. It might not seem as cool now, but one day an old school Islanders Tavares jersey is going to look pretty sweet.
(H/T r/Hockey)
