Agent: Vesey 'very comfortable' with Sabres after 1st meeting

Jimmy Vesey's representative said they were satisfied after their sit-down with the Buffalo Sabres.

"I felt the first meeting with the Sabres went quite well and was certainly informative," Peter Fish wrote in an email to WGR 550's Howard Simon. "Jimmy was very comfortable with (general manager) Tim Murray and (head) coach (Dan) Bylsma."

Vesey and his camp met with the Sabres' brass for more than two hours in Boston on Thursday, according to Mark Divver of The Providence Journal.

Fish also represents Sabres forward Jack Eichel, who like Vesey, is a Massachusetts native. Eichel and Vesey have been playing together this summer in the Foxboro Pro League.

Vesey intends to become a free agent when he's eligible on Aug. 15. He chose not to sign with the Nashville Predators in March, and they traded his negotiating rights to the Sabres last month.

The 23-year-old won the Hobey Baker Award as the nation's top college hockey player after posting 24 goals and 46 points in 33 games during his senior season at Harvard.