I am sure the last thing on Vessy's mind right now or even the first time he is playing in Nashville is how "Suter type booed" he is going get. He looking to cash in on a once in a life time opportunity. No one can fault him for that.

- Nfdbulldawg

Hes signing an elc no matter where he goes. hes hardly cashing in unless he lives up to the hype and actually is worth a next big contract.

Think he stays in Boston

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Hope Sabres sign Vessy. Then Kane can come home and finally become a man not a punk child under proper leadership guidance and rock bottom self motivation. Also sports is a distraction from reality and promotes the tribalism, hockey is a good distaction as long as it doesn't rule ones life.
- morrison1980

Lol. I have your reading list.
Don't think Boston is a good fit for what he wants. Buffalo or TO seem like a fit as they are both young teams. As far as chi town, who wouldn't want to play for a team like that.

Watch... He doesn't wind up playing for BOS, BUF, CHI or NJ.

Hes signing an elc no matter where he goes. hes hardly cashing in unless he lives up to the hype and actually is worth a next big contract.
- Iggysbff

Agreed, gonna get the same contract from any team. It's more about where he fits into the line up and ice time.

Watch... He doesn't wind up playing for BOS, BUF, CHI or NJ.
- Rinosaur

Soon, Pitts?

Vesey "doesn't want to make enemies"? He already has a few tens of thousands who'll treat him like one whenever he steps on Nashville ice. That may not have been his intent, but it just proves that being book smart isn't everything. There are plenty of good NCAA players who are just as smart as Vesey who don't "gather information" and "think" about which team to sign with. They simply sign with the team that drafted them and gave resources and advice to them for years because, you know, it feels like the right thing to do. They're not less smart than him because they didn't weigh all 30 options.

I'm personally not that bitter at him, but it does annoy me to see pieces like this that suggest what a good, loyal, thoughtful and very smart kid he is. He's not necessarily a bad kid, but he shouldn't be lavished with praise for getting to and handling this situation... not unless you want your own team's college prospects to follow the same route to free agency to prove that they're just as "smart" as Vesey.

Love all the hate for a kid that is smarter than anyone here and something that is completely within his rights to do. I dont see anyone getting mad and yelling about players being bought out because teams dont want to stick with their end of the contract.

No hate here...

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Is this a joke?

Its not Vesey eve, he cant sign until 12:01 on Tuesday, Buffalo has his rights through the 15th.

How do we take your educated guess seriously when its obviously very uneducated?
- mikeq672

You are all looking at the wrong CBA. Vesey was drafted in 2012, and because the current CBA came into effect in 2013, that means Vesey falls under the previous CBA. I don't have a copy of the previous CBA, but I'm assuming Vesey is a UFA on the 15th and not the 16th under that version.

Edit - the 2005 CBA has the same language. Vesey is a UFA on the 16th, not the 15th.

Eklund: Happy Vesey Eve.. My Educated Guess/Inconclusive Conclusion....
- Eklund

I know a lot of stupid Harvard grads so lets stop with the everyone is a genius who makes it through Harvard mind set. This is all his agent who up until this point has done the right thing.

NY Islanders...He becomes JT's long lost winger. Plus they have room to do his second contract.
- Nfdbulldawg

No thanks I want nothing to do with another coin flip. Let the Sabres and Rangers fight over this kid who will probably land square on his face by novemeber.

He's told his closest friends that he's signing with the Bruins. It's a done deal.

No thanks I want nothing to do with another coin flip. Let the Sabres and Rangers fight over this kid who will probably land square on his face by novemeber.
- Cptmjl

You've obviously never seen him play.

Love all the hate for a kid that is smarter than anyone here and something that is completely within his rights to do.
- mikeq672

You're welcome to speak for yourself, but don't speak for others. Also, fathers are completely within their rights to walk out on their families, but it doesn't make it the "right" thing to do.

I dont see anyone getting mad and yelling about players being bought out because teams dont want to stick with their end of the contract.
- mikq672

At least players get fairly well compensated (66% of their contract value) when bought out. How has Nashville been compensated for losing Vesey?

You're welcome to speak for yourself, but don't speak for others. Also, fathers are completely within their rights to walk out on their families, but it doesn't make it the "right" thing to do.



At least players get fairly well compensated (66% of their contract value) when bought out. How has Nashville been compensated for losing Vesey?
- Osprey

Dont they get a pick as compensation? Same pick in the second round that he was in the first or something like that?

He's told his closest friends that he's signing with the Bruins. It's a done deal.
- Bruiniak

This guy.

chances of signing:
Boston better than 50% and Leafs maybe 25% due to dad. Sabres in 3rd.

I am sure the last thing on Vessy's mind right now or even the first time he is playing in Nashville is how "Suter type booed" he is going get. He looking to cash in on a once in a life time opportunity. No one can fault him for that.

- Nfdbulldawg

I can, he was drafted by a good team a playoff team. Shut up and act greatful.....i hope he sucks

No thanks I want nothing to do with another coin flip. Let the Sabres and Rangers fight over this kid who will probably land square on his face by novemeber.
- Cptmjl

Agreed

Soon, Pitts?
- seabass21

No, no room for him there despite what other Pens fans would say.

Dont they get a pick as compensation? Same pick in the second round that he was in the first or something like that?
- muffin_man

No.

You're welcome to speak for yourself, but don't speak for others. Also, fathers are completely within their rights to walk out on their families, but it doesn't make it the "right" thing to do.



At least players get fairly well compensated (66% of their contract value) when bought out. How has Nashville been compensated for losing Vesey?
- Osprey

That implication in the first sentence is completely contradicted by what you say in the second. Did you really just make that comparison?

Ive yet to hear a good reason why the 22 year old kid should forfeit his rights to choose where to go. I dont understand why people would rather side with the billionaire teamowners over this kid that wants to make the best decision for him and his family.

Im sure if you were in a similar position you would just go somewhere you didnt want to for work and uproot your family instead of just waiting a few months and picking where you wanna go.

That implication in the first sentence is completely contradicted by what you say in the second. Did you really just make that comparison?

Ive yet to hear a good reason why the 22 year old kid should forfeit his rights to choose where to go. I dont understand why people would rather side with the billionaire teamowners over this kid that wants to make the best decision for him and his family.

Im sure if you were in a similar position you would just go somewhere you didnt want to for work and uproot your family instead of just waiting a few months and picking where you wanna go.
- mikeq672

The problem is, it's a loophole that college free agents like Vesey, like Justin Schultz before him are exploiting due to the fact that the NCAA allows players to be drafted and still be eligible to play college hockey if they don't turn pro. Drafting players intending to go to college is always a crapshoot due to the fact that there's always the chance they'll finish their degrees and then go to free agency, leaving the team that drafted them holding the bag.

It's mostly the NCAA that's at fault here, as hockey is the only sport where the NCAA allows kids to be drafted yet still be considered amateur athletes as long as they don't go to the NHL training camps or do any team activities on the team's dime. No other sport like football or basketball allows this as if those players in those sports want to be drafted, they have to declare that they're turning pro and making themselves ineligible for college.