Report: Devils GM Shero watched Vesey play Wednesday
On Monday, Jimmy Vesey will be a free agent. His suitors are getting ready.
New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero is one of them:
Devils' Ray Shero watched Jimmy Vesey's game in Foxboro tonight. #Veseywatch is in the home stretch.
— Mark Divver (@MarkDivver) August 11, 2016
Vesey, 23, is playing in the Foxboro Sports Center Pro League this summer with Team Harlow.
A former second-round pick of the Nashville Predators, Vesey's negotiating rights were traded to the Buffalo Sabres, but he'll hit the market officially on Aug. 15.
A CSNNE.com report Wednesday cited two anonymous sources who said the Boston Bruins, thought to be very much in the mix for Vesey, are not among the forward's top three choices. One of those two sources said the top three is comprised of the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, and Devils.
With speculation rampant over Vesey's final destination, WKBW in Buffalo managed to get a statement from the player's representatives:
There are no front runners. Jimmy will go through the process and Buffalo will be part of that process. Everything said or read until that time is speculation.