All eyes are rightly on an office tower in Los Angeles, where John Tavares, his fiancee and his representatives at CAA are beginning meetings with six teams — five new ones plus the Islanders — over the next few days. There’s other Isles business to attend to during this contact period, but obviously, Tavares is the main focus.



Lou Lamoriello flew straight from Dallas to L.A. on Saturday, on the same flight as Pat Brisson, Tavares’ high-powered agent. Lamoriello will always use whatever means necessary to get his man and his presence out there while Tavares takes his meetings with the five teams The Athletic mentioned on Twitter late Sunday night should be promising to Isles fans; principal owner Scott Malkin and new coach Barry Trotz are reportedly part of the contingent that will meet with Tavares when the Isles get their turn later this week.



So it’s the main five and, as my colleague Pierre LeBrun noted on Monday, some phone...