SUNRISE, Florida — It’s started again, the John Tavares-to-Toronto talk. But when has it ever really died down?
Tavares has said plenty about wanting to be an Islander beyond the expiration of his current contract in the summer of 2018 and the Islanders will be putting the full-court press on to get Tavares signed next summer, specifically July 1, when the team can officially sign its captain to an extension.
But until then — and especially so if the Islanders continue to wallow near the bottom of the Eastern Conference — the talk will continue unabated, with headlines like this one in the Toronto Star last weekend:
“Leafs’ best shot at Tavares in sight.