I will boo his sorry ass the minute he steps on our ice.
Eh. I wish he had signed here but you can't blame the kid for wanting either go home and play in Boston or play for his dad in Toronto. I know if I got drafted by another team and could wait for two months to be a Predator, I'd have a hard time saying no.
Hate the loophole, not the player.
My dad would kick my butt if I tried to pull this crap. Team drafts me, invests YEARS in me, can offer me something no other team can, is a contender - everything. Then you stand there and throw their draft pick down in the mud and stomp it with your boot while they watch.
My father would have NEVER stood for that. He would have demanded if that was my dream, I tell them early on that was my intention, or else I sign with the Preds and let the chips fall where they may.
I'm willing to bet that if you had the number of (practically identical) job opportunities Vesey does, your dad would encourage you to pursue the one that was best for you, not hold you to some arbitrary ethical standard because one company called your name four years prior.
Lying at the TDL is another matter.
I'm willing to bet that if you had the number of (practically identical) job opportunities Vesey does, your dad would encourage you to pursue the one that was best for you, not hold you to some arbitrary ethical standard because one company called your name four years prior.
Lying at the TDL is another matter.
Nope. He would encourage me not to basically throw the Preds draft pick down in the dirt, unzip my fly and pee on it. Because that's what Vesey did.
I hope for your sake your dad would prioritize your best interests over something as nebulous as a draft pick. I know if my kid were about to enter a workforce in which he would have to work several years to earn the right to be paid his market-rate salary, I would at least like him to be able to choose where he got to work.
This is all so odd, all Vesey had to do was to play the rest of the Season and the Playoffs then go UFA. Why would you not want that, unless there is fear of injuring.
Just can not believe this...
Team has drafted you, training camps, helping you trough your time in Harvard, offering you a chance to play in top6 and in the playoffs..and you turn that down.
When is this rule going to be changed? When someone like Eichel does this? So unfair towards the not so traditional markets.
Last the most confusing thing to me. When you are young don´t you want to see the world? Do you really want to live in your hometown your entire life? Or do you really need to see your dad every day and go to Toronto because of that? So angry right now and I know that I should not be.. but really are we talking about a mature professional athlete or a 15 year old kid cause I can´t see the difference.
I seriously doubt Poile is lying when he says Vesey told him he was signing at the trade deadline. Poile may have some questions to be answered as a GM, his integrity is not one of them.
I imagine that we may see GMs use no or very few 1st or 2nd round picks this Summer on players committed to going to the NCAA... and in future drafts until this loophole is closed. They're going to be very leary of using high picks on players who could pull a "Vesey" down the road. It may not be that unlike Russian players, who tend to slip in the draft because of the threat of them choosing the KHL.
It was actually a bit heartbreaking hearing Poile talk about the whole thing during the 3rd period, especially about all that the organization has done to help him develop into the player that he is. He did just sound disappointed; he sounded hurt. I found it a little painful to listen to.
I think that it's very possible that Poile mistook what he heard for what he wanted to hear. For example, Vesey may've said, "I'd love to sign with Nashville after Harvard." That's not nearly the same thing as "I will sign with Nashville," but Poile may've thought that it meant that. I'm not putting the blame on Poile, but honest misunderstandings like that happen. Vesey could've still been deceptive and vague without outright lying to him.