The only way someone like Tavares comes to Nashville is if he wants to sign a medium deal for 1-2 years to try to win a Cup. It's a pipe dream, but darn fun to think about.
Yup, it's a complete and total pipedream, but like you said it's fun to think about, especially cause it makes so much sense.
- He likes smaller markets
- He is friends with Subban and has played with Josi (SC Bern in 2012-13) and Ellis before (08-09 Team Canada U20)
- He wants to win really bad
- Nashville has lower taxes than most of the league
- He would have good wings to play with
- Nashville is a stable franchise with a great arena
- We have cap space to sign him to a fair deal IF he wants to take a small discount
- Tavares and his girlfriend are both supposedly big country music fans
I don't think this'll happen though, since Ellis seems to be Poile's priority #1, and he sort of promised the guys to not make any big changes, and getting Tavares would be just that.