Vesey can officially talk to teams not named Buffalo at 12:01am tonight. The assumption around the internet is that the Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, New Jersey Devils, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers are the big six – with other teams like Pittsburgh, Montreal and Philadelphia being mentioned at times.
There’s varying opinion as to who is actually the front-runner at this point, so it may come down to the pitch that teams give Vesey. That is, when they can get a hold of him.
Lyle Richardson had this to say on Spectors Hockey:
“It was assumed the Leafs could be among the front-runners, as his father is employed as a Toronto scout and his brother was drafted by them.