No indication on who the Islanders will draft

From Bob McKenzie at TSN

The suspense is building.

For the first time in the last six or perhaps seven years, the clear identity of who will go No. 1 in the NHL entry draft is not known in the days leading up to the event.

Even though London Knight centre John Tavares is the consensus No. 1 choice, the New York Islanders have not committed to taking Tavares one week from tonight in Montreal and there is a very real sense that any one of Tavares, Swedish defenceman Victor Hedman and perhaps even Brampton Battalion centre Matt Duchene could be the top choice.

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