Jimmy Vesey
Jimmy Vesey was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States on May 26th, 1993 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 30, Jimmy Vesey biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jimmy Vesey (born May 26, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey left winger for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL).
He has previously played for the New York Rangers.
He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the third round, 66th overall, of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
Vesey won the Hobey Baker Award in 2016.
Personal life
His father, Jim Vesey, was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the eighth round of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, going on to play 15 games in the National Hockey League; he works as a scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Jimmy's younger brother Nolan was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded in June 2018 to the Edmonton Oilers and signed an entry-level contract with them.
Growing up, Vesey was friends with 2012 NHL Entry Draft pick Matt Grzelcyk. The two first met when they were around the age of six, playing hockey together for a team named the Middlesex Islanders. The Islanders were coached by Vesey's father. They similarly both attended the Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Massachusetts, and played hockey together there.
Playing career
In the NCAA, Vesey spent four years with Harvard University. The North Reading, Massachusetts native finished his collegiate career with 144 points (80 goals, 64 assists) in 128 games and was named ECAC Player of the Year following the 2014–15 season.
Vesey's outstanding performance in his junior year was recognized with a top-ten nomination for the Hobey Baker Award. Vesey was selected to the Hobey Hat Trick on April 2, 2015, alongside University of North Dakota's Zane McIntyre and Boston University's Jack Eichel, with Eichel winning the award. Vesey entered the Hobey Hat Trick in 2016, alongside Michigan Wolverine's Kyle Connor and Boston College's Thatcher Demko, this time winning the Hobey Baker Award on April 8, 2016.
Vesey was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 3rd round of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft for the 66th overall pick. Vesey was strong enough for Nashville general manager David Poile to guarantee the senior a roster spot for the 2015–16 regular season and playoffs. However, Vesey told the Predators that he was not interested in signing. Vesey wanted to choose his destination, but any collegian can do it four years ahead of being drafted.
Vesey's decision came as a blow to the Predators' group. However, it was also within the terms of the NHL's Collective Bargaining Agreement, which gives teams four years to sign college draftees and thus allows for the drafted player to transfer to a free agency right away from his senior year. Vesey would sign with his hometown team, the Boston Bruins, on March 30, 2016, almost five months before he was supposed to be a free agent. These findings did not turn out to be accurate, however.
The Buffalo Sabres acquired Vesey's rights from the Predators in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. The agreement was reached in order to give the Sabres an extra few weeks of exclusive negotiation rights with Vesey before he became a free agent. Despite this, Vesey's handler told ESPN that he had still intending to become a free agent. Vesey became an unrestricted free agent on August 16, despite continuing negotiations with the Sabres, but a contract was not reached, and in accordance with the NHL CBA, a no-deal solution was not reached.
Vesey played with seven NHL clubs in the two days following his free agency. Five more teams had intended to speak with Vesey but were refused.
Vesey signed with the New York Rangers on August 20, 2016. Vesey received the Lars-Erik Sjöberg Award, which is given to the best Rangers' rookie in the camp, after attending the training camp. Vesey scored his first NHL goal in a 7–4 victory over the San Jose Sharks on October 17, 2016.
Vesey scored 2 goals in 29 seconds against the Boston Bruins on November 8, 2017. This was the fastest number of goals scored by a Rangers player since Jaromr Jágr did so in 26 seconds in 2006. The Rangers eventually won the game 4–2. Vesey played his first NHL hat trick in a game against the Carolina Hurricanes on March 12, 2018, which the Rangers defeated 6–3.
Vesey was purchased by the Sabres in exchange for another third-round draft pick as a result of a trade with the Rangers on July 1, 2019. This is the first time a player in professional sports has been traded to the same squad with the same compensation twice. Vesey was unable to provide the offensive punch for the Sabres in the 2019-20 season, scoring a career low 9 goals and 20 points in 64 games before the remainder of the regular season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vesey, the Sabres' free agent, had agreed to a one-year, $900,000 deal on October 11, 2020. Vesey started with John Tavares and William Nylander on the second line before transforming to a bottom-six forward role, with 5 goals and 7 points in 30 games.
Vesey was labelled off waivers from Toronto by the Vancouver Canucks on March 17, 2021, his fourth NHL team in three seasons. Vesey appeared with the Canucks on 20 regular season, earning three assists, but the team lost out on the playoffs.
Vesey, the Canucks' free agent, was signed to a New Jersey Devils professional tryout deal (PTO). Vesey's fifth NHL team in four seasons on October 10, 2021, after the Devils' one-year, $800,000 contract. Vesey had 68 games with the Devils, with eight goals.
Vesey came to an understanding with the Rangers on September 2, 2022, after going unsigned in a free agency. He has signed a tryout deal, with the Rangers intending to use him as a defensive forward on their fourth line. The Rangers signed Vesey to a one-year deal on October 9.