Despite hearing rumours that he is supposedly frustrated with his teams direction, John Tavares says that he remains committed to staying with the New York Islanders for the remaining four years of his contract. Kyle Lowry Jersey . The team captain signed a six-year, $33 million deal with the Islanders prior to the 2011-12 season. He was having a good year with 24 goals and 42 assists in 59 games before suffering a season-ending knee injury while playing for Canada at the Sochi Olympics. "I signed six years because I wanted to be here. Theres no part of me that wants to leave," Tavares told Newsday on Monday. "I think [the talk] is a product of the team not winning, and the perception around here from other markets is always a lot different from what actually happens. I know weve still got some great things we can accomplish here and my mindset hasnt changed. "Im excited to come back next year and Ive always loved being here," the 23-year-old added. The Islanders finished 14th in the 16-team Eastern Conference this season, one year after finishing eighth and falling to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the playoffs. Jonas Valanciunas Jersey .com) - Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James will sit out Thursdays game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with left knee soreness. Pascal Siakam Jersey . - Hitting was supposed to be the Pittsburgh Pirates weakness coming into the season yet they lead the major leagues in home runs through the first 16 games of the season. http://www.shopraptors.com/Cheap-Malachi-Richardson-Raptors-Jersey/ .J. -- Kevin Gilbride retired Thursday as offensive co-ordinator for the New York Giants.A challenge to Sidney Crosbys supremacy seemed within the realm of possibility when ballots went out for voting on TSN Hockeys Top 50 this year. Sure, Crosby was the big individual regular season winner in 2013-14 but it was conceivable that consecutive (and disappointing) playoff exits could diminish the Pittsburgh centres greatness, however slightly - and leave an opening in voters minds for a rival to wedge in and earn serious consideration. Didnt happen. Eighty-five per cent of voters on a panel of NHL coaches, general managers and TSN experts named the 2013-14 Art Ross Trophy, Hart Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award winner No. 1 on their ballots. It was a rout again a€“ he earned 88 per cent of No. 1 votes in 2013 - making it five straight years Crosby has been voted the worlds best player in the TSN poll. Only Chicago Blackhawks centre Jonathan Toews kept it from being unanimous. There is but one conclusion. Crosby remains unparalleled, if not unstoppable a€“ witness five pointless games in a seven-game second round playoff loss to the New York Rangers a€“ with the latter saying less about No. 87 and more about the lack of Pittsburghs depth and extraordinary depth of competition in todays game. Entering his milestone 10th NHL season, Crosby has never scored at less than a 100-point full-season pace and is fourth all-time in points per game (1.40). Joining him in the top five are Wayne Gretzky (1.92), Mario Lemieux (1.88), Mike Bossy (1.50) and Bobby Orr (1.39). If the measure of a hockey player is the company he keeps, then Crosby belongs among the pantheon of all-time greats. The faces of the game have followed a clear lineage since the start of the 20th century: Frank McGee, a€?Cyclonea€? Taylor, Howie Morenz, Eddie Shore, a€?Rocketa€? Richard, Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Orr, Guy Lafleur, Gretzky, Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and now Crosby. The only recent blemishes for Crosby have been unproductive post-season finishes against Boston in 2013 and the Rangers in 2014. But he remains, in the minds of most, the most dangerous player on the planet. That includes the playoffs, where he stands sixth all-time in points per game (1.20) behind Gretzky (1.84), Lemieux (1.61), Messier (1.25), Orr (1.24) and Bossy (1.24). Toews was the only other player to receive No. 1 votes and he placed second in balloting, improving upon his No. 3 ranking in 2013. The Chicago superstar a€“ who was actually used more than Crosby during Canadas gold medal run in Sochi - is the consummate captain and champion, winning two World Junior Championsships, two Stanley Cups and of course, two Olympic gold medals. C.J. Miles Jersey. Steven Stamkos, meanwhile, continued his inexorable climb up the rankings, moving from No. 10 (2010) to No. 6 (2011) to No. 4 (2012 and 2013) to No. 3 this year. It may be Stamkos and not Toews who eventually supplants Crosby. At No. 4 is Ryan Getzlaf who has scored more points than anyone but Crosby since a dreadful 2011-12 season. And at No. 5 is two-time Cup champ and analytics darling Anze Kopitar who made the years most significant breakthrough, rising from No. 18 in 2013. Completing the exclusive group are centre Evgeni Malkin (No. 6), who trails only Crosby in regular season and playoff points per game since 2005-06; defenceman Drew Doughty (No. 7), who based on Stanley Cup and Olympic performances, is the games best big game blueliner; rearguard Shea Weber (No. 9), the NHLs leading goal-scorer from the blue line since entering the league in 2005; and right winger Patrick Kane (No. 10), who earns as many style points as actual points for the works of art he creates on ice. Here are 10 more takeaways from TSN Hockeys Top 50: 1. NHL goal leader Alexander Ovechkin, who ranked No. 2 the first two years of the poll, is at No. 12 this season. 2. Jamie Benn experienced the biggest rise in the rankings, moving 22 places from No. 37 to No. 15. 3. Henrik Lundqvist is the top-ranked goalie at No. 16 and only netminder to make the list all five seasons. 4. First Team All-Star Zdeno Chara (No. 6 to No. 23) and Eric Staal (No. 28 to No. 45) experienced the biggest falls from grace, dropping 17 places. 5. Phil Kessel, whose 94 goals over the past three seasons rank fourth, moved to No. 38 from No. 43, but third-leading scorer Corey Perry (95 goals) is at No. 14. 6. Four players named to the previous four Top 50 lists were voted off the list: 30-year-old Rick Nash, 34-year-olds Henrik and Danel Sedin and 39-year-old Marty St. Louis. 7. Only six of 30 teams are not represented: Calgary, Vancouver and Winnipeg, along with Buffalo, Florida and New Jersey. 8. Chicago and Boston have the highest representation with five players each. Colorado boasts a league-high three players on the list who are 23 or younger - Matt Duchene (23), Nate MacKinnon (19) and Gabe Landeskog (21) a€“ plus goalie Semyon Varlamov (26). 9. Eight players earned Top 50 status for the first times in their careers a€“ including 30th-ranked Tuukka Rask and Kyle Okposo at No. 50. 10. Missing the cut by one at No. 51 is St. Louis Blues captain David Backes. Cheap Jerseys Online Wholesale Black NFL Jerseys Youth NFL Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping ' ' '