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John Tavares Free Agency: Islanders captain will talk to five teams

John Tavares will use next week’s free agency “discussion” period to speak with as many as five teams before deciding whether to re-sign with the New York Islanders, the team he has been associated with since being drafted first overall in 2009. Expected teams include the Los Angeles Kings, who just reached terms with Ilya Kovalchuk, and Toronto Maple Leafs, who are supposed to be a destination because Taranna.

This had been the expectation as the free agency flirtation window neared, but it was confirmed by multiple parties on Saturday, the second day of the 2018 NHL draft.