The Rangers will welcome again Jimmy Vesey to their lineup Sunday towards the Islanders after he spent the primary few weeks of the season on LTIR. In a corresponding transfer, the group introduced (Twitter link) that winger Matt Rempe has been re-assigned to AHL Hartford.
Vesey was injured partway by coaching camp, sustaining a lower-body damage that has stored him out of all 10 video games the Rangers have performed up to now. With the 31-year-old mainly being a full participant in observe for the previous week, it comes as no shock that he was activated as quickly as he was eligible.
Vesey was a strong depth scorer for New York final season, notching 13 targets and 13 assists in 80 video games regardless of averaging simply 12:23 per recreation, a profession low. He’s enjoying within the second and closing season of a two-year, $1.6M contract, a deal that has confirmed to be a team-friendly one to date.
His return implies that Rempe’s second stint with the Rangers this season was moderately short-lived. New York despatched him to Hartford final week, recalling him simply 4 days later after a pair of outings with the Wolf Pack. The 22-year-old has performed in simply three video games this season with New York and has been held off the scoresheet whereas averaging simply 5:26 per recreation. On condition that he’s waiver-exempt, it is sensible for him to go to Hartford and play extra of an everyday position with them in the interim.
