Jimmy Vesey’s second act on Broadway has been a smashing success with the prodigal winger earning a two-year contract extension halfway through the season after earning a spot on the roster off a training camp tryout.
Vesey II has not been surrounded by the hoopla that marked his debut season as a Blueshirt in 2016-17 after he signed as an unrestricted free agent out of Harvard with substantial top-six expectations.
Instead, No. 26 has embraced a support role even as the 29-year-old has played up and down the lineup and has rarely been on the fourth line, the spot for which he competed against Dryden Hunt and Julien Gauthier in camp.
Vesey’s success story is an exception to the rule of Rangers who have enjoyed a Broadway encore. Many came back for no more than a cup of coffee (or a tumbler of a favored beverage). Almost all had lesser roles with lesser profiles the second time around.
