Rangers Agree to Terms with Jimmy Vesey on Two-Year Extension

New York Rangers President and General Manager Chris Drury announced today that the team has agreed to terms with forward Jimmy Vesey on a two-year contract extension through the 2024-25 season.
Vesey, 29, has recorded six goals and six assists for 12 points and a plus-4 rating in 38 games with the Blueshirts this season. Among forwards, Vesey ranks fourth in shorthanded time on ice with a 56:08 mark and is one of three Rangers with a shorthanded goal this season. Among Rangers forwards to skate over 50 minutes shorthanded, Vesey ranks second in fewest power play goals against per-60 (5.34).

In 460 career games between the Rangers (2016-17 - 2018-19, 2022-23), Buffalo Sabres (2019-20), Toronto Maple Leafs (2020-21), Vancouver Canucks (2020-21) and New Jersey Devils (2021-22), Vesey has notched 78 goals and 69 assists for 147 points.
In 2018-19 with New York, the Boston, Massachusetts native 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.
Vesey was originally drafted by the Nashville Predators in the third round, 66th overall, of the 2012 NHL Draft. He signed with the Blueshirts out of training camp as a free agent on October 9, 2022.