{"id":800203,"date":"2018-03-19T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=800203"},"modified":"2018-04-02T23:13:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T03:13:27","slug":"weights-decision-to-move-captain-to-wing-interesting-but-understandable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/weights-decision-to-move-captain-to-wing-interesting-but-understandable\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight\u2019s decision to move captain to wing interesting but understandable"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Joe Barone<\/strong><\/p>\n
NEW YORK —\u00a0<\/strong>Prior to the latest New York Islanders 4-3 defeat to the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes, Doug Weight stood tall while he was grilled about moving his franchise cornerstone center and captain John Tavares to the wing rather than his usual middle position.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess that\u2019s what fans do and that\u2019s what people outside the game do,\u201d when asked if the move is to prepare for life without Tavares (if he walks this summer). \u201cThey\u2019re going to critique and judge and think maybe try and get in your head. It\u2019s nothing like that. I think Mathew\u2019s a pretty darn good player, and so is John.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cPeople want to critique, so I have no problem with it. John\u2019s excited about it. Whether it\u2019s a game or a period or 10, it doesn\u2019t change what he means to our team. If he\u2019s a centerman, he\u2019s a centerman.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bear with me, Islanders fans.<\/p>\n[protected-iframe id=”41bcd1b2b2fb75e8f980db91c1a1b56d-114320562-99334228″ info=”https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/islanders\/video\/embed\/car-4-vs-nyi-3-john-tavares\/t-277443432\/c-59030003?autostart=false” width=”540″ height=”320″]\n
I\u2019ll give it to you straight. You deserve it.<\/p>\n