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Jimmy Vesey Signs Contract With Team In Switzerland's National League
Jimmy Vesey signed a two-year contract with Geneve-Servette HC of Switzerland's National League on Monday. It was reported just a few days ago that Vesey may play in the KHL next season with SKA St. Petersburg reportedly being the frontrunners to land the veteran forward, but he ultimately opted to play in Switzerland instead. Vesey saw his role with the New York Rangers drastically decrease over the course of last season until he was traded along with Ryan Lindgren to the Colorado Avalanche. With the Avalanche, the 32-year-old forward just played in 10 games as he was not able to carve out an everyday role in Colorado. In six seasons playing for the Rangers, Vesey recorded 78 goals, 69 assists, and 147 points while averaging 13:45 minutes per game.
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Former Sabre Vesey Heading To Europe
The normal practice for free agent players who have not latched on with an NHL club has accelerated with a rather thin market this summer. The decision between rolling the dice on a professional tryout, taking an AHL contract, or heading to Europe has started early, as late last month former Sabre Conor Sheary signed a PTO with the NY Rangers. Another former Sabre, Jimmy Vesey has signed a two-year deal with Swiss club Geneve-Servette. The 32-year-old former Hobey Baker Award winner was a Nashville Predators draft pick, but after four seasons at Harvard University, he informed the Preds that he would not sign with them and intended to become an unrestricted free agent. In the summer of 2016, Nashville GM David Poile dealt Vesey's exclusive rights to the Sabres for a third-round pick. Other Sabres Stories Projecting Sabres Trade Cost - Bryan Rust Six Former Sabres Who Signed Elsewhere Sabres GM Tim Murray could not sway Vesey to sign with the Sabres, and in August 2016, the winger signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the NY Rangers. After scoring 33 goals in his first two seasons, he signed a two-year extension for an AAV of $2.275 million and once again scored 17 goals for the Rangers, but with the need to clear cap space to sign free agent Artemi Panarin, New York traded Vesey to Buffalo for a third-round pick. Vesey's stint with the Sabres lasted just 64 games during the COVID-shortened 2019-20 season, in which he scored 20 points (9 goals, 11 assists) playing mostly a bottom-six role. He signed with Toronto the following season, was claimed on waivers by Vancouver, signed as a free agent with New Jersey, before returning to the Rangers for the next two-plus seasons. He was dealt to Colorado at the trade deadline last March and did not play in any of the Avalanche seven playoff games in their first-round loss to Dallas. Follow Michael on X, Instagram, and Bluesky @MikeInBuffalo
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Nine-Year NHL Veteran Signs Two-Year Deal In Switzerland
American forward Jimmy Vesey, 32, has signed a two-year contract with Genève-Servette, the National League club announced on Monday.
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Former Rangers forward ‘seriously considering offers' to play in KHL: report
There's a chance Jimmy Vesey played his final game in the NHL last season. But that doesn't mean the former New York Rangers forward decided to hang up his skates just yet. Daria Tuboltseva of RG Sports reported that Vesey may play in Russia next season. 'Jimmy has been asking a lot of questions about how things work in the KHL and is seriously considering offers from the top European league,' a source close to Vesey told Tuboltseva went on to report that four KHL teams are interested in the 32-year-old forward and that 'The frontrunner for Vesey's signature is SKA St. Petersburg.' Vesey played 43 games in the NHL last season — 33 with the Rangers and 10 with the Colorado Avalanche. He was traded along with Ryan Lindgren from the Rangers to the Avalanche for Juuso Parssinen, Calvin de Haan and two draft picks on March 1, and finished with eight points (five goals, three assists). Though he was not a lineup regular with the Avalanche, Vesey welcomed the trade after he went public in January to share how unhappy he was with his lack of playing time with the Rangers. Vesey appeared in 161 of 164 games the previous two seasons in New York, but couldn't maintain a steady role in the Rangers bottom six in 2024-25. 'It seems that I've fallen out of favor and have just been cast aside over an extended period of time,' Vesey told Larry Brooks of the New York Post midway through the season. 'It feels like I have no role or purpose on this team. 'I'm kind of dying by being here.' Related: Former Rangers forward Jimmy Vesey contemplates move to KHL Vesey was originally signed by the Rangers as a college free agent after he won the Hobey Baker Award as the top NCAA men's hockey player in 2016. He scored 17 goals twice and 16 goals once in his first three NHL seasons with the Rangers, and then played for the Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils. He returned to the Rangers before the 2022-23 season and played up and down the lineup under Gerard Gallant and Peter Laviolette the next two years. He combined for 24 goals and 51 points over those two seasons before his opportunities to play were reduced in 2024-25. If his NHL career is over, it ended with Vesey a healthy scratch for all seven games when the Avalanche lost to the Dallas Stars in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last spring. Vesey has 101 goals and 194 points in 626 regular-season games in the NHL, and nine points (two goals, seven assists) in 31 postseason games. Related Headlines Former Rangers forward lands 2-year contract in Switzerland Igor Shesterkin enters 2025-26 season with $92 million worth of expectations from Rangers Why Dave Maloney believes this X factor with new Rangers coaching staff is 'beneficial' Matt Rempe 'still learning' as he prepares for training camp, Rangers reporter says
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Former Rangers forward lands 2-year contract in Switzerland
Apparently unable to land a job in NHL free agency, former New York Rangers forward Jimmy Vesey signed a two-year contract with Geneve-Servette to play in Switzerland. There were reports last week that Vesey was considering offers to play in Russia. If true, it could be deal that proposed deals fell through or never came to fruition. Or perhaps Vesey saw an easier path back to the NHL if his current contract is easier to move on from compared to one in the KHL. Nonetheless, the 32-year-old is out of the NHL for the first time since signing with the Rangers as a college free agent in August of 2016. In 626 NHL games, Vesey has 101 goals, 93 assists and 194 points. This past season Vesey had six points (four goals, two assists) in 33 games with the Rangers before they traded him to the Colorado Avalanche along with defenseman Ryan Lindgren for forward Juuso Parssinen, defenseman Calvin de Haan and draft picks. He had two points (one goal, one assist) in 10 games with the Avalanche, and did not appear in the postseason when they lost in seven games to the Dallas Stars in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Vesey's final goal with the Rangers was the 100th of his NHL career. It came on Feb. 23 in a 5-3 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and was part of his only multi-point game (one goal, one assist) last season. Related: Jimmy Vesey had his best NHL success playing for Rangers Vesey played the majority of his NHL career with the Rangers, over two separate stints. He scored 17 goals twioce and 16 once in his first three NHL seasons before the Rangers traded him to the Buffalo Sabres on July 1, 2019. He bounced from the Sabres to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils before returning to the Rangers as a free agent ahead of the 2022-23 season. The versatile forward played up and down the lineup and was a key penalty killer the next two seasons. But his role diminished greatly last season. Vesey complained in January that 'I'm kind of dying by being here.' 'It seems that I've fallen out of favor and have just been cast aside over an extended period of time,' Vesey told Larry Brooks of the New York Post. 'It feels like I have no role or purpose on this team.' He was traded about five weeks later. Vesey played 434 games with the Rangers and had 147 points (78 goals, 69 assists). Each of his five most productive NHL seasons came when he wore the Blueshirt. Related Headlines Igor Shesterkin enters 2025-26 season with $92 million worth of expectations from Rangers Why Dave Maloney believes this X factor with new Rangers coaching staff is 'beneficial' Matt Rempe 'still learning' as he prepares for training camp, Rangers reporter says Why Brendan Brisson is under radar forward option for Rangers: 'Know I can do it'
