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— SabresBuzz (@SabresBuzz) June 11, 2016
Psssssst.
Don't tell anyone this, but Jack Eichel and Jimmy Vesey are now teammates. Again.
For the second summer in a row, Eichel and his good friend Vesey are going to be line mates for their pro league summer team in the Boston area pro league team.
Eichel and Vesey have known each other since their travel hockey days in the Boston area.
Eichel's younger brother Nolan will also play on Jack and Jimmy's squad.
Eichel's squad will kick off their summer league season on Wednesday June 15 when they take on a team featuring some of the best D-1 players from the Boston area.
The pr league championship game will be played on Wednesday August 24.
On August 15, Vesey will select which NHL team that he will play for. He will become an unrestricted free agent on that day. Vesey played out his entire four tear commitment at Harvard and that qualifies him to become an unrestricted free agent come August 15. In April, Vesey opted to say goodbye to the Nashville Predators, who drafted him in the second round in 2013.
On locker clean out day, Eichel spoke glowingly of his rookie year experience playing in hockey-psychotic Buffalo, NY. Eichel will schmooze Vesey to sign with the Sabres by using this closing technique:
"It's a great future here. It's a great city to play in. It's a great team to be a part of. We have a young group that's headed in the right direction. It's definitely a hockey city. People care about you here. People would love to have you and it's a great place to play."
Vesey was Nashville's third round pick in 2012.
Eichel and Vesey played together with Team USA at last year's World Championships in Prague and worked out together and shinnied together in the Boston area last summer.
Vesey has a short list of teams that he will be negotiating with come August. Buffalo is on the list. Boston is on the list, too.
Sorry, Boston. You don't have a bullpen closer named Jack Eichel.
Sabres GM Tim Murray cannot officially speak with Vesey nor his agent -- who happens to represent Vesey, Nick Bonino, and other NHLers---until 8/15/16, however, Eichel can act as agent provocateur on Buffalo's behalf. Eichel needs a winger to distribute the puck to. Samson Reinhart is on one flank. Tim Murray is looking for the other integral piece to complete the Eichel-Reinhart pairing.
The Sabres have a legit top six roster spot and TOI available for Vesey. Should he select the Sabres, Vesey will fit seamlessly into a group that includes Ryan O'Reilly, Evander Kane, Eichel, and Reinhart.
Tim Murray also covets London Knights power forward and Corey Perry impersonator Matt Tkachuk. If Murray can trade his 8th overall pick as part of a package to either Columbus or Edmonton, Murray will get his mitts on Tkachuk.
There exists a high percentage chance that Tim Murray will be signing Steven Stamkos as UFA on July 1. Should the Sabres miss out on Stamkos, they may make a power move to add UFA Kyle Okposo.
Here's Eichel's team is called "Harlow". Here is their roster:
Sweater # Name Postion Current Team
1 Austin Leftowich G Danbury FHL 2 John Marino D Harvard 3 Robbie Donohue D Manchester Monarchs 4 Garrett Noonan D Milwaukee AHL 5 Matt Grizlich D Boston Bruins 6 Mark Fayne D Edmonton Oilers 7 Dennis Robertson D Charlotte AHL 8 Nolan Vesey F U-Maine HE 9 Matt Harlow F Manchester Monarchs 10 Harry Zolniercyk F Anaheim Ducks 11 Garrett Hathaway F Calgary Flames 12 Bobby Farnum F NJ Devils 14 Nick Lappin F Albany River Rats AHL 15 Jack Eichel F Buffalo Sabres 16 Chris Calnan F Boston College 17 Pat Shea F U-Maine HE 18 Andrew Doane F Brown ECAC 19 Jimmy Vesey F Harvard ECAC 30 Conor Maher G Brown ECAC
Buffalo Sabres prospect and 2015 NCAA champion D-man Anthony Florentino is one of several standout players for team "M5".
# Name Position Current Team
1 Craig Dantano G Merrimack 2 Anthony Florentino D Providence College 3 John Barry D Northeastern HE 4 Ryan Bliss D Cornell ECAC 5 Brian Diffley D Boston University 6 Will Sherer D Brown ECAC 7 JC Broussard D Union ECAC 8 Adam Gilmour F Minnesota Wild 9 RJ Murphy F Harvard ECAC 10 Mike Driscoll F Danbury FHL 11 Tommy Kelley F Boston University 12 Max Willman F Brown ECAC 13 Tim Doherty F U-Maine HE 14 Beau Starrett F Cornell ECAC 15 Colin White F Boston College 16 Connor Brickley F Maine AHL 17 Erik Foley F Providence College 30 Ryan Ruck G Northeastern
Other NHL stars playing in this summer league are Keith Yandle, Brian Boyle, Johnny Gaudreau, Noah Hanifin, Scott Darling, Mike Condon, Chris Kreider, Kyle Palmieri, Kevin Hayes, Jimmy Hayes, and Adam Clendening.
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Thanks, Edmonton Oilers
Snoop Dogg ain't got nothin'on Connor McDavid.
Earlier this week the OG nearly knee capped the camera man as he attempted to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a San Diego Padres game.
It wasn't nearly as bad as @50cent but @SnoopDogg's first pitch today wasn't too accurate.
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) June 8, 2016
(via @FOXSportsSD)https://t.co/W9ANNxPcYl
Snoop's gotta lay off the chronic before he pitches in public.
Friday night in his hometown of Toronto, McDavid didn't cave under the pressure of throwing out the first pitch before the Blue Jays-Orioles game. The pitch was wide and outside but at least he didn't embarrass himself like Snoop Dogg did.
Check out McNasty's World Cup sweater. I love that gear! McDavid, Jack Eichel and the U23 studs will be rocking these sweet sweaters when the tourney kicks off in Toronto come September.
.@NHL phenom @cmcdavid97 tosses the first pitch in Toronto. pic.twitter.com/TfwhWt9awR
— MLB (@MLB) June 10, 2016
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