Zubie#8 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 New Jersey is a wonderful place to live. Would love for everyone around the league to realize this. Yeah it's expensive but this state has everything you can ask for. Everything.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonDreads Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I read a while back that Jim Vesey doesn't want his son to deal with the pressures of playing for a big market team. Hopefully Jimmy is taking that to heart and that factors into him potentially signing here, would love to have him. Just anywhere but the Rangers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadvlfan Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Ever wonder if Alex Kerfoot would have any influence at all? Didn't they play on same line at Harvard? (from time to time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zubie#8 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Mark Divver @MarkDivver 26m26 minutes agoDevils' Ray Shero watched Jimmy Vesey's game in Foxboro tonight. #Veseywatch is in the home stretch.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I read a while back that Jim Vesey doesn't want his son to deal with the pressures of playing for a big market team. Hopefully Jimmy is taking that to heart and that factors into him potentially signing here, would love to have him. Just anywhere but the Rangers. It would be really nice to land him, I'm just not holding my breath. But yeah, if it's not us, hopefully he picks Chicago over the Rags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Appears we're out now and it's between Boston, Chicago and the Rags. http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/bruins/2016/08/nhl_hot_for_jimmy_vesey_and_harvard_star_is_narrowing_list_for_mondayEDIT: well, we're still a 'darkhorse candidate' according to the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Eco Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I didn't realize our Ass't GM Fitzgerald is connected to the Vesey family, that could bode well. Joining the Rangers is pretty much joining a team on its last thread of survival. Another bad offseason and that team is getting entirely dismantled, Lundqvist included. Kevin Hayes made the mistake of going there with false hopes too. As for the Blackhawks, there's not much you can do to outshine them other than to offer more money and the realization that he'd be 3rd or 4th fiddle over there, if he's lucky (again, that was why Kevin Hayes didn't stay). Shero's only selling point (and, not saying it will, but it *could* be enough) is that we're on the upswing, and he can be part of that. Joining the Blackhawks may get you a deep playoff run for a couple seasons (but I'm not sure they keep winning too may more Cups), but if he joins the Devils, he's close to home, and he's part of a cast that is meant to contend in a couple years on a consistent basis. That "selling point" is tenuous, but it is what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BostonNala370 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Just keeping fingers crossed, what a terrific get if it happens but not looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Feels like one of those things we get exited about but never happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 1 minute ago, mfitz804 said: Feels like one of those things we get exited about but never happens. like that time we traded for Trent Hunter but then placed him on waivers.... * sigh * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsfan118 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 What's the timeline here? When can he / will he sign somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Devilsfan118 said: What's the timeline here? When can he / will he sign somewhere? august 15th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Just read that his dad is battling cancer ? Also godamnit... for sure Chicago will get Toews to contact him on the 15th and sh!t like that... how can we do better than that? send him coupons or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadvlfan Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 11 minutes ago, SterioDesign said: Just read that his dad is battling cancer ? Also godamnit... for sure Chicago will get Toews to contact him on the 15th and sh!t like that... how can we do better than that? send him coupons or something? A beach badge in Sea Girt will put him over the edge. He'll be calling the Rock home. Tom Fitz, he knows the family, he'll give him an offer he can't refuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 11 minutes ago, vadvlfan said: A beach badge in Sea Girt will put him over the edge. He'll be calling the Rock home. Tom Fitz, he knows the family, he'll give him an offer he can't refuse. well his actual family is in Boston and Toronto... so not sure how much an uncle or cousin or wtv can persuade you haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onddeck Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 On 8/10/2016 at 8:10 PM, Zubie#8 said: New Jersey is a wonderful place to live. Would love for everyone around the league to realize this. Yeah it's expensive but this state has everything you can ask for. Everything. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk i mentioned this in the other thread but I was i Edgewater the other week and it was like a part of NJ i've never seen. Beautiful place, and im sure all those towns along the river are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLinfante Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 The only shred of hope I'll cling to is that JV has made it clear he wants to play right away, probably in the top 6 and on the PP (if my memory from an earlier article is correct). We can offer that without too much difficulty as long as Shero and Hynes think it's reasonable. All of these teams can probably afford the max ELC, but what happens in Chicago in two years when it's time for a raise? He could very well end up like Teravainen because those contracts for 19 and 88 aren't going anywhere. As for the rangers, I'm as biased as anyone on here, but they are clearly in decline unless someone helps them with a terrible trade. I can't imagine looking at NJ and NY from a purely hockey perspective and thinking that NY was the way to go. NJ and Toronto have the money, the cap flexibility and young rosters on the upswing. Chicago gives him the best chance at a quick cup. Let's not confuse Vesey with McDavid or Matthews, but I hope somehow Shero and Fitz can make this work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vadvlfan Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 I think he's saying NJ a "possible" destination out of respect for Fitzy. I don't think he's thinking cup in his first year. Money will be the same wherever he goes. He wants to play, & whichever team has least depth @ LW probably where's he going. Right now, he's not as good a Boucher. We don't know if he'll be good or another David emma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 If he's not as good as Boucher, he's pretty bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfitz804 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Boucher has not even played a half a season in the NHL in any of his 3 years. I guess he has 11 goals in 3 seasons, Vesey has none in no seasons, so Boucher is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBallofHate Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Dobber's top 200 Fantasy Prospect list has Vesey at 12, just above Zacha at 13 FWIW.... Also, Boucher is at 74, McLeod at 103 & Quenneville at 139. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zubie#8 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Ha, so with that logic Jacob Josefson is better than Auston Matthews...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBallofHate Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Oh he's totally going to be a Devil: “I think he would prefer to be under the radar,” Fish said. “He’s not the type of kid who enjoys necessarily being talked about all the time. He’s a good teammate, he’s a good kid. He’s pretty quiet and quietly goes about his business as a hockey player. He’s not afraid of the spotlight or anything like that. He’s a kid that probably prefers to fly under the radar a bit.” http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jimmy-veseys-agent-shoots-down-free-agent-favorite-rumors-155422178.html Honestly from what his agents have said he's looking for, I think we have a better shot than a lot of teams... “We’ve looked at depth charts with some teams and talked about them,” Vesey’s agent, Peter Fish, told Stephen Harris of the Boston Herald. “There’s obviously a lot of thought that goes into it: The city, the coach, the GM, the salary structure, how a team treats their players in the second and third contracts down the road.” I still think he signs with Boston though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derlique Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Jimmy Murphy @MurphysLaw74 4h4 hours ago Per NHL source, #JimmyVesey zeroed in on #Blackhawks & #Devils. That may change, but that's the latest on #VeseyWatch @ESPNNH #StretchRun Jimmy Murphy @MurphysLaw74 4h4 hours ago The fact the #Devils are in on #JimmyVesey this late is another example of the great job Ray Shero & Tom Fitzgerald are doing there! 27 retweets 38 likes ---------------- Hmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralous Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I can't imagine he actually comes here but I agree that getting this far into it is another indication of what a good job Shero is doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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