Tavares' long anticipated five-team list reportedly just about finalized

BarDown Staff

John Tavares , (Getty Images/Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)

John Carlson is officially off the board as of Sunday evening after re-signing with the Washington Capitals. That’s huge news, but he actually wasn’t even the highest touted John in free agency. That’s because of a man that goes by Tavares.

John Tavares has made a lot of headlines as he stands as one of the biggest free agents to hit the market in recent years. With the hiring of Barry Trotz and Lou Lamoriello in New York many believe that he will now stay with the Islanders, but apparently he’s hearing other offers.

Now it seems like his often talked about five-team list is finally almost set. Among the teams on the list are reportedly the Leafs, the Stars, and the Sharks, with the Bruins, Lightning, and Preds possibly joining them.

Tavares list just about finalized, it appears.

Leafs, Sharks, Stars are in, as mentioned a couple days ago. Believe the Bruins are in as well.

Canadiens and Vegas not on the list as of now.#Isles will get in there too, of course.
— Arthur Staple (@StapeAthletic) June 25, 2018

Sounds like Tampa and/or Nashville could round out Tavares’ list of visitors starting Monday. Might end up being six teams instead of five, plus #Isles.
— Arthur Staple (@StapeAthletic) June 25, 2018

No luck in Montreal or Vegas as they apparently did not make the final cut. It seems like Tavares wants to either slide into a situation where winning is imminent or stay with the Islanders (who have actually been shaping up pretty nicely as well).

The most talked about free agent in recent years is getting close, whose threads will he be donning come October?

(H/T Arthur Staple)