Looks like we’ll be waiting some more.
An all-day vigil in the John Tavares free agency saga yielded nothing on Friday. No news, no sign of a decision, no rumblings about which of six teams (Sharks, Lightning, Stars, Bruins, Maple Leafs, Islanders) he met with this week would be in the lead for his services.
The conventional wisdom is that the closer he gets to Saturday night without an announced decision, the more likely he is going somewhere other than the New York Islanders, who are the only team that can offer him an eight-year deal — an option that will expire at the end of Saturday.