‘It’s a bit of a paradox for the Sabres to be sure. Where most of Buffalo’s organizational decisions over the last couple of years have failed, Vesey has gone the opposite direction. You might balk at the third-round pick Buffalo gave up to acquire him in last summer’s trade with the New York Rangers considering he was one year removed from free agency. But lost in this year’s struggles has been a pretty intriguing season by the Boston native. He’s fourth in rate scoring at 5-on-5 (trailing only Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart and Conor Sheary) with a number comparable to that of Nashville’s Ryan Johansen and Arizona’s Clayton Keller.’