He;s already at least as good an NHL player as Vesey and has immeasurably more upside. Vesey isn't good.
It’s funny that even fans of other teams are seeing the confusion that we live as Sabres fans.I don't understand WTF the Sabres are doing and WTF the plan is
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Buffalo fans are severely underrating Vesey IMO. I’d take him over many forwards on that lineup.
He hasn’t put everything together yet, but he is still a kid with a lot of hockey in him that comes to play every night and plays hard. Very different from guys like Eichel, Reinhardt and co in that regard.
You forgot about Reinhart. The point is not that Vesey is some terrible player, but rather because he refused to play for Buffalo, which is why this attitude towards him. Well, personally, I would like a player who plays better in defense, Vesey obviously did not succeed in this matter, we already have Conor Sheary, who also just rolls around and sometimes scores goals.Vesey- 3 straight years of 16+ goals.
BUF Fs that can match that- Eichel, Skinner... and that's it.
Vesey goals last year- 17
Goals scored by 3 Fs obtained for Ryan O'Reilly last year- 14
Vesey would have been 4th in goals for BUF last year behind Eichel, Reinhart and Skinner.
Amazing that fans say their team lacks scoring depth, scoff at a guy who can be a 3rd line secondary contributor. He's not a great player by any means, but a team that needs all the help it can get on its middle 6 it makes sense.
Do people not understand that it make no sense to trade an asset for a guy like Vesey who will be UFA next summer, a guy who already spurned them once and who would likely require a UFA overpayment to stick around? Is that hard to see? Again, nothing against him, but he'd be way down on my list of 'smart' moves to make.Vesey- 3 straight years of 16+ goals.
BUF Fs that can match that- Eichel, Skinner... and that's it.
Vesey goals last year- 17
Goals scored by 3 Fs obtained for Ryan O'Reilly last year- 14
Vesey would have been 4th in goals for BUF last year behind Eichel, Reinhart and Skinner.
Amazing that fans say their team lacks scoring depth, scoff at a guy who can be a 3rd line secondary contributor. He's not a great player by any means, but a team that needs all the help it can get on its middle 6 it makes sense.
Correct, I did miss him. My bad.You forgot about Reinhart. The point is not that Vesey is some terrible player, but rather because he refused to play for Buffalo, which is why this attitude towards him. Well, personally, I would like a player who plays better in defense, Vesey obviously did not succeed in this matter, we already have Conor Sheary, who also just rolls around and sometimes scores goals.
Correct, I did miss him. My bad.
Vesey 16 ES goals last year. Sheary 10.
Also, Vesey played over a minute a game on the PK. Sheary played a minute all season.
EDIT: To be clear: I'm not saying BUF should go all out to get Vesey. He ain't all that great, but to dismiss it as "he's not better than what we have" is not true and to bemoan that he shunned you when he came out of college is foolish. Signing your first contract is a big deal and he was in the position to go to his top choice. If after 3 years that place doesn't want him anymore then that changes things.
When BUF entered their tank season the argument was "We have to be the worst team in the league so we can get franchise talent." Ok, so now you have franchise talent. At this point solidfying the rest of the roster should be the priority. If you can do that cheaply, why not?
True.The fact that the Sabres have a garbage roster doesn't make adding a D+ player a must.
True.
But:
1)Vesey isn't a D+ player
and
2) Nobody is saying it's a must
Other than that, spot on.
So buffalo kept the pick
And they picked a guy with the most boring sounding name in the history of the NHL
I was pretty happy to wake up and see that Botts hadn't traded for Vesey.
Agreed. Nylander has too much potential to just throw away for a meh player. It just isnt worth it when you can get a player like Vesey in FA.Lmao vesey isn’t worth the 31st pick , or nylander