Vesey signs with Rangers; huge thread now moot

[mjd1001]

Besides Boston, closest team to home?  There are TONS of flghts or trains he can take to easly get back, and it is only a 3 hour or so drive?  

 

If being close to home but NOT for the Bruins was his priority, this was the best.

[North Buffalo]

Training camp starts when??

[pi2000]

The saddest part about all of this is that this thread is over.

 

Don't be upset fellow Sabres fans, we dodged a bullet.    Let Jack be Jack without having to answer for his buddy.    

 

I honestly wish Jimmy the best in the NHL, he seems like a smart kid, but he'll have a target on his chest during camp and throughout the season so it'll be a rough ride for a bit.   And the sooner he figures out that the NHL doesn't revolve around him, the better.    

[pastajoe]

Boo da bum. Would have preferred he went to the Western conference.

[North Buffalo]

Besides Boston, closest team to home?  There are TONS of flghts or trains he can take to easly get back, and it is only a 3 hour or so drive?  

 

If being close to home but NOT for the Bruins was his priority, this was the best.

Yeh but its NYC hated by most Bostonians... another loss to rival for them.

[zevo]

This is great news cuz now I can enjoy the rest of the league taking liberties on his rat-like face....lol....I ain't mad

Also lets hope Kane gets his together

[mjd1001]

Yeh but its NYC hated by most Bostonians... another loss to rival for them.

There is the NYC/Boston thing...but after living in Boston for 5+ years, I always got the impression that Montreal was as big as, or a bigger rival, than the Rangers.  Diff division.

[Sabel79]

Meh. It was still a better than average use of a third round pick.

[WildCard]

I honestly see no appeal in NYR

[That Aud Smell]

I honestly see no appeal in NYR

I don't get it either.

[pi2000]

Looking ahead at the NYR cap situation in 2018-19,  Miller, Hayes and Vesey all will be RFAs with $40mil in cap hit for only 7 NHL roster players.     Could be interesting in a few years.

[SabresBillsFan]

I honestly see no appeal in NYR

Me neither. Year after year trying to buy the cup.

[WildCard]

And this means we have to keep Kane. Look for Girgs and Risto to be signed this week

[Stoner]

I honestly see no appeal in NYR

It is the only stage big enough for Jimmy Vesey! Come on.

[Wyldnwoody44]

Damn it, rem pitlick gone for tuppins

[SabresBillsFan]

And this means we have to keep Kane. Look for Girgs and Risto to be signed this week

We still need a d-man upgrade

[ROC Sabres]

Now I would not be surprised to see Nash to Buffalo and Rangers taking back some salary.

I don't know much about the details of why that would happen. Care to elaborate?

[Brawndo]

Per Joe Haggerty, Buffalo wasn't a finalist.

 

Per a source, the Bruins were a finalist for Jimmy Vesey along with the New Jersey Devils. But they couldn't beat the pitch from NY Rangers

 

It was home or the NYC Area. Oh well

[pi2000]

I honestly see no appeal in NYR

 

Close to home, but not the Bruins, and hometown friends Hayes, Kreider. 

 

However, I don't see a very good pipeline of young talent in the organization, they had no 1st or 2nd round pick this year, and no 2nd round pick next year.    

 

Hockey's future has them ranked #27 in team prospect rankings (maybe Jimmy think he'll vault them all the way to #1?).

 

But we already knew winning is secondary to Jimmy.. otherwise he would've signed with NSH.

[Doohicksie]

Close to home, but not the Bruins, and hometown friends Hayes, Kreider. 

 

However, I don't see a very good pipeline of young talent in the organization, they had no 1st or 2nd round pick this year, and no 2nd round pick next year.    

 

Hockey's future has them ranked #27 in team prospect rankings (maybe Jimmy think he'll vault them all the way to #1?).

 

But we already knew winning is secondary to Jimmy.. otherwise he would've signed with NSH.

 

This is why he will regret the decision.  No worries, we'll pick him up in free agency in a coupla years. Unless he sucks, then I'll be glad we didn't get 'im.

[Claude Balls]

Hope he performs up to the hype, otherwise it's gonna be a rough ride dealing with the NYC media. Good luck Jimmah!!

 

And more proof he and his agent are full of crap.....out of the six teams Buffalo was never a finalist? Makes me wonder if he knew this two months ago.

Edited August 19, 2016 by Claude Balls

[LGR4GM]

Thank god that's over.

[Doohicksie]

Indeed.  Now I hope he crashes & burns.

[WildCard]

Change the thread title?

[Weave]

Per Joe Haggerty, Buffalo wasn't a finalist.

 

 

 

My take.... As much as we hate to admit it, even with Eichel the Sabres are still in FA hell.  It took trading for his rights to get him to hear our pitch, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get a chance to sell the team to him.  I think GMTM took a gamble and moved a 3rd rd pick to get a chance at a kid that he wouldn't have had a chance with otherwise.

 

And I'm OK with that.

 

Now lets go win some playoff games and get out of FA hell, FFS.