Sabres GM: 'I'd be a tool not to' use Eichel to recruit Vesey

Tim Murray certainly has a way with words.

The Buffalo Sabres general manager, who acquired the rights to free agent forward Jimmy Vesey on Monday, creatively expressed his plan to use fellow college standout and good friend Jack Eichel in the recruiting process.

"I'd be a tool not to," Murray told reporters Tuesday.

Murray added he has no problem with Vesey's agent saying his client still intends to explore all options on the open market, adding he fully expected them to say exactly that.

Both Eichel and Vesey are represented by the same agent, and have been skating together in Massachusetts in the offseason.