Dallas, Boston, Toronto, Tampa and SJS were the only teams Tavares would talk to as a UFA
Based on this i suspect he's not waiving a NMC to go to somewhere other then those 5.
Well 4 really as i doubt he wants to go to SJS now under a New GM when the teams become Sellers.

This was thrown in my face when i tried a Tavares for Anderson deal no one could be mad at.
I highly doubt he goes to WPG either way , maybe hold 3 way with DAL?

DAL gets Tavares
TML gets Schiefele
WPG gets Benn

Jaime Benn's style will be over in Canada
I'd give my left nut to have him and for the first time ever some DAL fans are looking to move him cause a call didnt go his way.

Tavares in DAL , i think they will the cup with Pavelski nailing Goalscoring while Tavares takes care of Faceoffs, Playmaking and shutting down forwards .

Jets decline benn is not worth scheifele lol

No i wasnt saying 1 for 1
It was just an idea to make Tavares deal work as he 100% wont wait for WPG ever making this deal above dead as a doornail
Im just using 1/5 teams Tavares said he'd talk to last time and its basically DAL or Tavares stays in TML til his deals done .
Rest of the teams arent in a position to need or want him

Im just trying to find a foundation for a trade that can be grounded in reality and dont ignore the players publicly expressed desires.
IF WPG rejects Benn in any deal then Tavares Deal cant happen unless JT does a complete 180 over night and just wants out of TML(which i doubt)

Tavares and Schiefele are pretty even in my opinion. Schiefele is cheaper, but goes to UFA a year earlier so it's probably a wash. Sure Tavares has a big contract, but it's not like he's a cap dump and an anchor. He has been a point per game player his entire time with Toronto (he had 36 goals last year). Yes he's probably moving to the wing at least part-time, but that doesn't make him the cap dump some people think he is.

I'd love to see the Leafs add Schiefele or PLD from the Jets while flipping them some futures. It honestly depends on what Winnipeg wants to do. I don't know if they're good enough as currently constructed, but they probably try to run it back at least next year with their contract situations and then reevaluate.