Jimmy Vesey Traded to Sabres for 3rd in 2021

[Trettioåtta]

4 minutes ago, WildCard said:

He's never played RW, I don't expect him too to make room for Vesey

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/86308/victor-olofsson

Everywhere has him listed as a winger in general. But I have no idea if he has actually played those positions in the pros

[bunomatic]

I thought the idea was to improve the roster.

[erickompositör72]

1 minute ago, klos1963 said:

He chose the Rangers over 30 other teams, not just Buffalo. Murray trading for his rights didn't make us favorites or anything like that.

Murray thought he could use his great people skills to convince him to come to Buffalo 

[Taro T]

7 minutes ago, DarthEbriate said:

Yeah -- I see he's listed as LW in some places, but he played RW for the Rangers last year. But yes, if he's LW -- he's behind Skinner and Olofsson, except Olofsson played RW in his callup last year to get top line fun. I treat wingers like TIE fighters --- just throw 'em wherever. But as a center, I fly in the middle of the formation... preferably within a trench.

Except, Olofsson played LW on the Eichel line.  Housley bumped Skinner off that li e, not Reinhart.

[WildCard]

2 minutes ago, Trettioåtta said:

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/86308/victor-olofsson

Everywhere has him listed as a winger in general. But I have no idea if he has actually played those positions in the pros

There was a tweet I had in year the other day from a Sabres reporter, Olofsson spent his entire time on the Amerks and in Europe at LW

[GASabresIUFAN]

16 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

On a scale of 1-10 how awkward is this for Vesey?

Karma is a bitch.

[DarthEbriate]

2 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Except, Olofsson played LW on the Eichel line.  Housley bumped Skinner off that li e, not Reinhart.

Ach! My bad. I even looked back to give you the ol' "Darth knows best" and there it is... 3/28 L DET (OT) Olofsson - Eichel - Reinhart. So....  yeah, Vesey's a 3rd line LW on this roster.

[GASabresIUFAN]

Vesey is an improvement.  We could have KO on Mitts wing or Vesey.  I’d rather have Vesey.

Still this does nothing to solve the 1st and 2nd line issues.

[WildCard]

2 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:

Karma is a bitch.

How is this karma? What did he do wrong?

[Doohicksie]

49 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Yep, a tad bit 

 

"Jimmy, they're asking for a quote.  Should I say you're 'ecstatic', 'excited', or 'very excited'?"

"Meh, say whatever you want; I'm never playing for them anyway.  You're pushing for another trade, right?"

[GASabresIUFAN]

Just now, WildCard said:

How is this karma? What did he do wrong?

Actually he did nothing wrong, but you don’t have to have done anything wrong for Karma to come and get you.  

[shrader]

2 minutes ago, Doohickie said:

"Jimmy, they're asking for a quote.  Should I say you're 'ecstatic', 'excited', or 'very excited'?"

"Meh, say whatever you want; I'm never playing for them anyway.  You're pushing for another trade, right?"

Ha, you think they even bother to ask the player before making the comment?

[Thorner]

3 minutes ago, WildCard said:

There was a tweet I had in year the other day from a Sabres reporter, Olofsson spent his entire time on the Amerks and in Europe at LW

I was actually hoping Mittelstadt might find some time on LW, but with Skinner, Olofsson, and Sheary looking to be filling up that side, I guess that may be unlikely and maybe Vesey is the one heading to the right side. 

[jsb]

Left Wingers

Olofsson-Skinner-Vesey-Sheary-Nylander-Girgensons-CJ Smith-Wilson

I see some RD and LW trades coming up

[WildCard]

Just now, jsb said:

Left Wingers

Olofsson-Skinner-Vesey-Sheary-Nylander-Girgensons-CJ Smith-Wilson

I see some RD and LW trades coming up

Is Nylander a LW or a RW?

[Doohicksie]

53 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

Are you and at least one other trying too hard? On the face of it, the Rangers gave him up for a bag of pucks. The whole offseason so far has been a trip down to the Dollar Store with gramma.

And if you're good you can pick out an off-brand candy bar at the checkout line.

[jsb]

Just now, WildCard said:

Is Nylander a LW or a RW?

You're right, he's a righty

[Trettioåtta]

6 minutes ago, jsb said:

Left Wingers

Olofsson-Skinner-Vesey-Sheary-Nylander-Girgensons-CJ Smith-Wilson

I see some RD and LW trades coming up

Plus Elie

[Hoss]

Hate it. Not sure it improves this team, either.

Also a very clear sign Botterill has failed in all other pursuits. This guy is starting to sink, in my eyes. Better hope he knows how to draft.

[The Jokeman]

1 hour ago, Thorny said:

He should be nowhere near the top 6. So, bottom 6 forward. 

Bottom 6 guy who could play on the second line PP.

[nfreeman]

As I've said previously, this seems fine and like a reasonable low-cost move towards improving depth scoring.  It certainly doesn't address their urgent top-6 needs, but they had other needs too.

[Stoner]

Dad's home for lunch. Hide everything.

[TrueBlueGED]

10 minutes ago, Hoss said:

Hate it. Not sure it improves this team, either.

Also a very clear sign Botterill has failed in all other pursuits. This guy is starting to sink, in my eyes. Better hope he knows how to draft.

Is my sarcasm detector broken, or... 

[GASabresIUFAN]

 Vesey can play either wing. So can Nylander.  

[Hoss]

7 minutes ago, TrueBlueGED said:

Is my sarcasm detector broken, or... 

I just woke up and am mad at sports. I do sense Botterill has whiffed hard this offseason. If he trades Risto and doesn’t get an undeniable NHL forward he’s failed.