Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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The suggestion that Scott Mayfield may soon ask for a trade was shot down earlier this week by Islanders general manager Mathieu Darche.
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Mayfield → ask → Darche
Saturday, Mayfield himself dismissed the idea.
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Mayfield → dismiss → idea
“No, not one bit,” Mayfield told The Post when asked whether he’s considered responding to his benching by asking for a trade, or even by letting management know that he would be open to waiving his no-trade clause.
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he → tell → clause
“When I signed my contract, it was to play for the Islanders.
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it → sign → Islanders
I love it here.
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I → love → it
Obviously circumstances are what they are, but there’s nothing like that.”
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they → ’ → that
Mayfield is a career Islander and sitting for eight of the season’s first 10 games isn’t going to end a fruitful relationship of 15-plus years between team and player.
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is → sit → team
He is under contract through 2030 with full no-trade rights until the 2027-28 season, when his no-trade list will shrink to 16 teams.
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list → shrink → teams
Though Mayfield will point out it isn’t the first time he’s had to fight for a spot, things are a bit different now than they were when he was first coming up from AHL Bridgeport, particularly given that he seems to be not the seventh defenseman, but the eighth — with Matt Kessel playing ahead of him following Alexander Romanov’s torn ACL.
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Kessel → point → ACL
“I think you want to be out there every night.
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you → think → ?
Sitting and watching games is hard,” Mayfield said.
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Mayfield → sit → games
“At the same time, my approach is stay positive, work with what I can.
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I → stay → what
Make sure when I do get a chance, I’m ready.
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I → make → chance
You don’t get as many reps sometimes in practice, stuff like that.
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You → get → that
It’s just making sure you do stuff on your own.
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you → make → own
DeBoer has said he doesn’t want anyone to sit for an extended period of time, but with Kessel playing well and the Islanders taking a five-game points streak into their match at the Stars on Sunday, changes are unlikely.
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changes → say → Sunday
Indeed, the Islanders practiced Saturday in the same configuration they’ve played their last two games.
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they → practice → games
Mayfield said he hasn’t needed much reassurance from DeBoer or, for that matter, Darche.
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he → say → matter
“I’ve been in the league for a while now and know how it works,” he said.
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he → know → while
“I know situations, I’ve seen it before.
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I → know → it
It happened to me, it’s happened to other players.
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it → happen → players
The biggest thing is staying on what I can control.
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I → stay → what
Just always be ready.”
None of Mat Barzal (left knee), Matias Maccelli (lower body) or Calum Ritchie (lower body) traveled with the Islanders to Dallas, DeBoer said.
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DeBoer → travel → Dallas