Rangers Trade Rumors: Jimmy Vesey & 2 Others “Will Be Elsewhere” After March 7
The New York Rangers, whose rollercoaster season still sees them within three points of a Wild Card playoff spot, will be very active movers as we approach the trade deadline. More players will be shipped out, and according to Arthur Staple and Peter Baugh in The Athletic, Jimmy Vesey's days are most certainly numbered.
Despite his recent return to the lineup in varying degrees the past four games (including a first-line appearance in their last contest before the break), Vesey had been very frustrated by sitting in the press box for nearly a month, and made no bones about it:
“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… “I’m kind of dying by being here.”
Jimmy Vesey has reached his Rangers nadir: ‘I’m kind of dying by being here’ https://t.co/Bf9bcPJ5tv pic.twitter.com/h3LDrrtlRO
— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) January 31, 2025
His recent promotion in the lineup may be a showcase for other teams for the 31-year-old, as Staple and Baugh insist that Vesey, along with the much-discussed trade candidates Ryan Lindgren and Reilly Smith, "will be elsewhere on March 8."
The 17:33 of ice time Vesey accumulated in that top-line role last Saturday was his highest in a game in well over a year.
Vesey's nine-year career has been bookended by a pair of three-year stints as a Ranger, and for the most part, he's delivered as a secondary scorer in the bottom six, with double-digit goals in his previous five seasons in New York, though the 2024-25 campaign has been a lost cause, with only three goals and four points in 30 games.
Both he and Smith could fetch mid-round picks in a trade return.
