Tavares asked how he deals with social media: 'I deleted Twitter from my phone'

John Tavares appears to have taken a step toward tuning out the noise.

The New York Islanders captain made an interesting revelation to NHL.com's Brian Compton on Wednesday.

It's been a tough season for the Islanders' franchise player on a couple of fronts, with the team's underperformance and, of course, the well-documented fact that he's a pending unrestricted free agent.

Last week, Tavares said he's not sure if he's going to represent Canada at the World Championship next month because he doesn't yet have an NHL contract for next season.

His Twitter account is still active, but he hasn't tweeted since Jan. 31 and has only tweeted 427 times since joining the platform nearly six years ago.