Matt Duchene is expected to visit with the Nashville Predators on Thursday, TSN's Pierre LeBrun reports.

The pending unrestricted free-agent center will be one of the most coveted players on the market, along with his Columbus Blue Jackets teammates Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky.

Duchene posted a point per game in the playoffs after collecting 12 over 23 regular-season contests with the Blue Jackets, the team that landed him from the Ottawa Senators before February's trade deadline.

The 28-year-old totaled 31 goals and 70 points across 73 games during the 2018-19 season.

He's coming off the final campaign of a five-year, $30-million pact inked while a member of the Colorado Avalanche in summer 2013.

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