Report: Will Butcher to visit 3 or 4 teams after narrowing list of suitors

Will Butcher is taking his time choosing his first NHL team.

The free-agent defenseman will trim a list 12 interested teams to three or four, and plans on personally visiting the finalists, according to Kevin Allen of USA Today.

The decision-making process could therefore take another week or so, Allen adds.

The Vegas Golden Knights are believed to have made an "impressive" pitch, and it's been reported he also spoke with the New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres.

The reigning Hobey Baker Award winner as college hockey's top men's player chose not to sign his entry-level deal with the Colorado Avalanche, who drafted him 123rd overall in 2013. He became an unrestricted free agent on Aug. 16.