The wait for Jimmy Vesey and the host of NHL teams hoping to sign him could soon be over.

Vesey, the Harvard graduate and 2016 Hobey Baker Award winner, will become an unrestricted free agent Monday. The Boston Herald reported Thursday that Vesey, 23, was, "finalizing a list of no more than a half-dozen teams" he planned to speak with, so some of the interested teams won't get a chance to make their pitch.

"I think we have a small number of teams that I think we'll really be focusing on," Vesey told NHL.com on July 7. "So, Aug. 15 we'll start talking to them and see what they say."