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http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-blackhawks/blackhawks-among-teams-contention-land-jimmy-vesey

[h=1]Blackhawks among teams in contention to land Jimmy Vesey[/h] By Charlie Roumeliotis July 26, 2016 1:10 PM

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Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman said at the ninth annual Blackhawks Convention that he's prepared to enter the 2016-17 season with the roster as currently constructed, but there could be one more addition coming, and an impactful one at that.
Coveted free agent forward Jimmy Vesey will hit the open market on Aug. 15, and the Blackhawks are reportedly among the short list of teams set to meet with him when he's eligible to speak with other clubs next month.
"Chicago will be a team we want to talk to on Aug. 15," Vesey's agent Peter Donatelli told Scott Powers of The Athletic over the phone Monday. "Chicago will be on the list, but it shouldn't be read as they're ahead of anyone else.
"He really has no idea where he's going to be. It's going to be up to the teams to sell him. ... Yes, [we have criteria], but we're interested in what the teams say rather than telling the teams what they have to say."
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Vesey is currently property of the Buffalo Sabres after the Nashville Predators, who originally drafted him with the No. 66 overall pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, traded the 23-year-old left winger's negotiating rights in June for a 2016 third-round selection when it became apparent the two sides wouldn't be able to hammer out a deal.
What makes Vesey and Chicago a perfect match for each other is there's a legitimate spot open in the top-six to potentially play alongside Jonathan Toews, and because Vesey would be signing an entry-level contract, the maximum allowable salary is $925,000 per year, which benefits the cap-strapped Blackhawks.
Vesey is a two-time Hobey Baker Award finalist, and captured the award as the best player in college hockey last season after scoring 24 goals and adding 22 assists in 33 games with Harvard University, where he played four years.
The previous two Hobey Baker Award winners are Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames (2014) and Jack Eichel of the Sabres (2015), so the possibility of Vesey landing in Chicago could immediately give the Blackhawks another dynamic scoring option.
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Hmm, wonder why they said last two hobey baker winners prior and not the 2013 winner... must be some grand mystery of who signed that guy
 
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This entire month is about waiting with a spot open for Vesey...

I'm sure a plan B involves acquisition and trades for a veteran, or something...but Vesey wants a top 6 role, and we can give him a top 3 role promise.

We can promise him Toews, and some runs with Kane.
 
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ClydeLee said:
Hmm, wonder why they said last two hobey baker winners prior and not the 2013 winner... must be some grand mystery of who signed that guy
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Maybe cause of the three no one outside of knowledgeable hawk fans know who the 2013 winner is and where he went.
 

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I think he's skating with Kim Jonsson now.
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Truthfully LeBla-h was apparently a high level scorer in the DEL German league last season. And speaking of Jonsson, Barker had a high producing year in the KHL

NOW That's what is really missing this summer offseason, no X player slept with other players wives rumor... for whatever reason with any alleged lockerroom disdain ongoing that always is the first judgement leap people make about what must be the answer. Damn slutty Jonsson. Though Jamie Benn is the one who has to watch out with his public anti Mox Bunching stances that can't be so endearing.

But actually most of the Hobey Baker winners amount to nothing in the NHL. The last one prior to these 2 to be anything of note was Matt Carle who won in 06. Because it's a bit problematic that the voters are biased towards older senior players and guys like Drew LeBlanc can win it, but he was actually a 5th year senior who had an injury exemption for one season playing. While sometimes freshman like a rare case of Eichel deserve it and maybe Kyle Conner who played with Motte deserved it over Vesey last year.
 
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Raskolnikov said:
This entire month is about waiting with a spot open for Vesey...

I'm sure a plan B involves acquisition and trades for a veteran, or something...but Vesey wants a top 6 role, and we can give him a top 3 role promise.

We can promise him Toews, and some runs with Kane.
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Think plan B is Hudler
 
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