Rangers Agree to Terms with Jimmy Vesey

New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the team has agreed to terms with forward Jimmy Vesey on a one-year contract.
Vesey, 29, played in five preseason games for the Rangers while attending Training Camp on a Professional Tryout (PTO). He registered one goal and two assists for three points, tied for the third most on the Blueshirts in the exhibition season.
Vesey returns to the Rangers after playing three seasons with the club from 2016-17 to 2018-19. With the Blueshirts, Vesey recorded 50 goals and 40 assists for 90 points in 240 games. In 2018-19 with New York, Vesey notched career-highs in points (35), assists (18), games played (81) and tied his career-high in goals (17). That season, he also recorded a career-high 154 shots on goal.

Last season, the Boston, Massachusetts native skated in 68 games for the New Jersey Devils, tallying eight goals and seven assists for 15 points. Two of his eight goals came shorthanded.
In six NHL seasons with the Rangers, Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres, Vesey has accumulated 135 points (72G-63A) in 422 games. On February 15 of last season, Vesey played in his 400th career NHL game.
Prior to his professional career, Vesey played four seasons at Harvard University, registering 80 goals and 64 assists for 144 points in 128 games. He captured the Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA's top men's ice hockey player in 2015-16.
Vesey was originally drafted by the Nashville Predators in the third round, 66th overall, of the 2012 NHL Draft. He then signed with the Blueshirts as a free agent on August 19, 2016.