Jimmy Vesey is finally a Leaf - 1yr 900k

[herman]

https://twitter.com/mapleleafs/status/1315464826911686659

Sort of covers the Johnsson niche of LW that can float between mid-6 lines.

 

[Kin]

I like it. Size and showed he can score at a decent clip.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Wonder what Dubas has up his sleeve here. Something's coming.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/harvardmhockey/status/686000963400937472

Nerd line of Vesey - Kerfoot - Hyman?

 

[bustaheims]

Quality depth signing.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Strange-ish signing. I feel like any of these guys taking more than $700k put them at the risk of getting waived at the end of camp just for cap reasons. We'll see how that works out there I guess. This puts our LW depth at:

Hyman
Mikheyev (RFA)
Robertson (rookie)
Vesey
Engvall (trade?)

Not bad insurance considering there's some question marks there.

 

[Bender]

The signings are coming fast and furious. What a curious off season.

 

[herman]

https://www.blueshirtbanter.com/2019/8/28/20826546/what-the-new-york-rangers-lost-in-jimmy-vesey-buffalo-sabres-trade

Vesey?s play away from the puck might be suspect, but he does excel at drawing penalties. All things considered, his knack for earning power plays is likely one of his greatest strengths.

Over the past two seasons, Vesey?s +10 penalty differential at 5-on-5 ranked third on the team behind only Buchnevich and Hayes. If we also include his rookie season, his +14 penalty differential at 5-on-5 over the last three years is the best on the Rangers. What?s interesting about this is that Vesey doesn?t seem to throw his body around or get hit at an exceptionally high rate. He simply has a knack for making referees raise blow their whistles.

 

[herman]

Still waiting for a hard stop centreman to alleviate Tavares and Matthews from DZ starts. Lucas Wallmark?

 

[louisstamos]

Strange-ish signing. I feel like any of these guys taking more than $700k put them at the risk of getting waived at the end of camp just for cap reasons. We'll see how that works out there I guess. This puts our LW depth at:

Hyman
Mikheyev (RFA)
Robertson (rookie)
Vesey
Engvall (trade?)

Not bad insurance considering there's some question marks there.

I think someone else may have mentioned it earlier, but there's likely not going to be an AHL season this year, and the international depth options will likely all be playing in Europe and won't be able to be called up.  The Leafs will need players for a "taxi" squad, so depth will be important.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

He scored a lot more goals with the Rangers than I would have guessed (16 goals first season, then back to back 17 goal seasons). If he does that with the Leafs he'll be a very welcome addition to the 3rd line.

 

[princedpw]

Wonder what Dubas has up his sleeve here. Something's coming.

Trading Engvall to save 350k?

 

[Phileas Fogg]

Yuck.

 

[Guilt Trip]

Wonder what Dubas has up his sleeve here. Something's coming.

Trading Engvall to save 350k?

Engvall is waiver exempt for 15 more games so they don't have to get rid of him. Same with Joey Anderson

 

[Kin]

Wonder what Dubas has up his sleeve here. Something's coming.

Trading Engvall to save 350k?

Engvall is waiver exempt for 15 more games so they don't have to get rid of him. Same with Joey Anderson

I don't think it's a matter of having to but at some point you just have to look at the bodies around and wonder if he's got a place here.

 

[princedpw]

Wonder what Dubas has up his sleeve here. Something's coming.

Trading Engvall to save 350k?

Engvall is waiver exempt for 15 more games so they don't have to get rid of him. Same with Joey Anderson

Engvall? s salary isn?t completely buriable though... anything over 950 (or something like that) counts against the cap.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Wonder what Dubas has up his sleeve here. Something's coming.

Trading Engvall to save 350k?

Engvall is waiver exempt for 15 more games so they don't have to get rid of him. Same with Joey Anderson

Engvall? s salary isn?t completely buriable though... anything over 950 (or something like that) counts against the cap.

$175k of his cap hit would still count in the minors.

 

[princedpw]

Maybe this means they don?t think they can sign Mikheyev?  He is going back to Russia?

 

[princedpw]

According to this, Vesey just sounds bad. A depth signing who shouldn?t really be able to make a decent roster.

https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2020/10/12/jimmy-vesey-signs-with-the-toronto-maple-leafs-one-year-900k/

 

[Zee]

I remember when he was a college free agent and Leafs tried to woo him by hiring his dad and we had his shittier brother Nolan Vesey [emoji23]