New York Rangers' Jimmy Vesey Exposes the Team and Admits He Has Lost His Love for Hockey
The New York Rangers forward Jimmy Vesey exposed his team and admitted he lost his love for hockey in a recent interview.
The way that the New York Rangers organization has treated its members in the past year reminded us that hockey is a business before anything else.
Chris Drury, the Rangers' general manager, made many controversial decisions recently. He notably decided to fire a staff member for having dinner with a player, then, he traded the team captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks, and the young player Kaapo Kakko to the Seattle Kraken amid the team's worst sequence in recent years.
In a new development, we learned that Jimmy Vesey lost his love for the sport because of the way the Rangers are treating him.
The 31-year-old forward will be a free agent next summer and is anxious about his future in the NHL.
Indeed, he opened up to Larry Brooks in an interview, saying he doesn't feel that he has a role or a purpose in New York:
Vesey hasn't been in the lineup since January 11th, in a game against the Vegas Golden Knights. In 26 games this year, he scored three goals and an assist.
He continued by talking about how Peter Laviolette, the team head coach, doesn't care about how being scratched will affect his future in the NHL, how unhappy he is with the Rangers, and that he knows he could help other teams win:
"It's the anxiety of not having a contract and feeling like this might be the end. [Laviolette] doesn't necessarily agree with that."
"But I know I'm unhappy and don't see this changing. I know I have value to teams in this league, I know I could help teams."
Read the full interview here:
Bad-mouthing his organization won't help him in any case, but with all the critics towards the Rangers' management, the ownership will likely realize soon enough that changes must be made to get the team back on track.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Matthew Coronato | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Brandon Hagel | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Josh Norris | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Chandler Stephenson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brandon Montour | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mark Scheifele | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Dylan Strome | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Thomas Chabot | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Blake Coleman | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Elias Lindholm | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Connor McMichael | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shane Pinto | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Marco Rossi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jake Sanderson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Eeli Tolvanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 53 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 75 | |
Capitals | 51 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 74 | |
Oilers | 51 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 68 | |
Hurricanes | 52 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 68 | |
Golden Knights | 52 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 68 | |
Wild | 52 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 66 | |
Stars | 50 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 65 | |
Devils | 53 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 64 | |
Panthers | 52 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 63 | |
Maple Leafs | 51 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 62 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||