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http://www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...-support-gm-garth-snow-s-many-moves-1.9486530
The defiant Snow used profanity live on televisions all across Canada to defend the move.
But while those off-color remarks may have upset some around the league, they had a different effect on the core of his Islanders team.
"Well, first off, I started dying laughing," John Tavares said, laughing again at the memory of his general manager cussing. "There's definitely a perception about the team here and people obviously have a right to their opinions, but being here every day, we know what we have and what we're working toward. We've made a lot of changes within the locker room; obviously, Garth added guys and made changes. We're driven to win and we're trying to find the right solution.
"We know we're not going to be getting a lot of publicity or a lot of hype from people, and that's fine. We just have to go about our business and do what we can do to get to where we want to be."