Sabres acquire rights to Jimmy Vesey from Preds for 3rd round pick

[GhostofPotvin29]

@PredsNHL

#Preds acquire a 3rd-round pick at the 2016 #NHLDraft in exchange for Jimmy Vesey.

I imagine they must be fairly confident in signing him.

 

[bustaheims]

Yeah, that sounds about right.

 

[Kin]

Interesting he'd be open to signing with Buffalo and not Nashville but either way I'm not sure I'd make this trade if I were the Leafs.

 

[bustaheims]

Interesting he'd be open to signing with Buffalo and not Nashville but either way I'm not sure I'd make this trade if I were the Leafs.

Apparently, he and Eichel are close. No contract announced yet, but, the Sabres have four 3rd round picks this year, so, it's not a huge gamble on their part.

 

[herman]

Oops. Didn't see this. Added the update to the old Vesey thread.

Interesting he'd be open to signing with Buffalo and not Nashville but either way I'm not sure I'd make this trade if I were the Leafs.

Apparently, he and Eichel are close. No contract announced yet, but, the Sabres have four 3rd round picks this year, so, it's not a huge gamble on their part.

Seemed like a high price from the outside, but seeing as how they had 4 to work with, that makes it 'cheap' for Buffalo. They were probably thinking of buying coaches.

 

[TBLeafer]

There's an optimistic move...

 

[TBLeafer]

Oops. Didn't see this. Added the update to the old Vesey thread.

Interesting he'd be open to signing with Buffalo and not Nashville but either way I'm not sure I'd make this trade if I were the Leafs.

Apparently, he and Eichel are close. No contract announced yet, but, the Sabres have four 3rd round picks this year, so, it's not a huge gamble on their part.

Seemed like a high price from the outside, but seeing as how they had 4 to work with, that makes it 'cheap' for Buffalo. They were probably thinking of buying coaches.

Trying to make work what they couldn't with Casey Bailey...

Worth the risk now that they have Eichel.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Man it's gonna be hilarious when he still ends up signing with the Leafs after all this.

 

[herman]

Man it's gonna be hilarious when he still ends up signing with the Leafs after all this.

Maybe he will bring Eichel.

 

[lamajama]

Well I guess we can't have all the shiny toys this summer  :-\

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

According to Vesey's agent he still intends to become a free agent.

 

[Frank E]

According to Vesey's agent he still intends to become a free agent.

Of course he says that...he needs that negotiating advantage.

 

[bustaheims]

Of course he says that...he needs that negotiating advantage.

Not a whole lot of wiggle room in this negotiation, though. Still has to sign an ELC.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Of course he says that...he needs that negotiating advantage.

Not a whole lot of wiggle room in this negotiation, though. Still has to sign an ELC.

Exactly, he's likely signing an identical contract wherever, max bonus money for sure.

It's simply picking a destination at this point and he's told Buffalo to go forth and multiply.

 

[bustaheims]

Exactly, he's likely signing an identical contract wherever, max bonus money for sure.

Identical in value, yeah. There'll be some variation in the milestones/payout structure of the bonuses. That's really all that's there to negotiate.

 

[TBLeafer]

Of course he says that...he needs that negotiating advantage.

Not a whole lot of wiggle room in this negotiation, though. Still has to sign an ELC.

Exactly, he's likely signing an identical contract wherever, max bonus money for sure.

It's simply picking a destination at this point and he's told Buffalo to go forth and multiply.

Or more bluntly, that they just took a total flyer on him. 

 

[herman]

According to Vesey's agent he still intends to become a free agent.

Lulz.

 

[Tigger]

Didn't Poile say he wasn't going to trade him? I mean, I know, just for reference.

 

[bustaheims]

Didn't Poile say he wasn't going to trade him? I mean, I know, just for reference.

He did, but, you know, GMs says all sorts of crazy things like that.

 

[L K]

Didn't Poile say he wasn't going to trade him? I mean, I know, just for reference.

He also went on a little bit of a crazy rant claiming he didn't make trades at the deadline because he had promised/committed to playing Vesey in the top 6 in the middle of a playoff push and that Vesey was a dirty stinking rat who had no right to change his mind and decided to go for free agency as he was owned by Nashville.