Tanner Fritz is old enough to have perspective and priorities, so he is not carrying any delusions about why he is at training camp with the Islanders.
Tanner Fritz is old enough to have perspective and priorities, so he is not carrying any delusions about why he is at training camp with the Islanders, or what his role with the organization might be.
Then, in March 2020, as the pandemic was just starting, his son, Emmett, developed health issues at just seven months old.“My focus went towards him during that COVID time,” Fritz said. “I kinda let my hip go a little bit and was more focused on him. And I didn’t really know the path I was gonna go. Just wanted to make sure that he was taken care of, we were doing everything we could for him.”
In an industry that so often asks players to put the sport above everything else, Fritz is past the point where that is feasible. Emmett is one of the main reasons Fritz is back in the Islanders organization, after spending the last two seasons with the Rangers’ AHL affiliate in Hartford.Now four years old, Emmett is doing well, but still has some special needs.
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