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Owner Jon Ledecky to Islanders Fans: 'Tavares isn't going to be a free agent'

The new majority co-owner said all the right things in a meet-and-greet with season ticket holders.

New York Islanders fans got a brief and generally positive impression of Jon Ledecky when he was announced as new co-owner two years ago. But outside of the initial introductions and some goodwill with fans at Nassau Coliseum, Ledecky and co-owner Scott Malkin kept a low public profile during the intervening two seasons as Charles Wang completed his tenure as majority owner.

Now that, as Ledecky said earlier this week, "it's our team now," the guy who will clearly become the public face of the new ownership is putting himself out there and showing his enthusiasm for this new passion of his.