DENVER — There was a conversation, Jimmy Vesey acknowledged, “but the kind of one that you never want to have or leaves you with a good feeling.”
The conversation essentially consisted of David Quinn, the coach, telling Vesey, the player, he would be sitting out Wednesday’s match against the Penguins at the Garden as a healthy scratch and the reasons behind the decision.
“It took me a little bit by surprise, yeah,” Vesey, who was reinstated for Friday’s contest against the Avalanche, told The Post following the morning optional skate. “There was a little bit of give-and-take, I thought I’d been pretty productive in this last stretch, but obviously he had a different view of it and I have to respect his evaluation and take it to heart.