{"id":43606,"date":"2025-08-04T20:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/43606\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T20:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:07:08","slug":"nhl-news-nathan-mackinnons-avalanche-teammate-makes-shocking-decision-to-join-connor-mcdavids-former-sidekick-in-exotic-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/43606\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL News: Nathan MacKinnon’s Avalanche teammate makes shocking decision to join Connor McDavid’s former sidekick in exotic club"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NHL offseason never fails to deliver surprising storylines. Now, it\u2019s been confirmed a former Colorado Avalanche teammate of Nathan MacKinnon<\/a> is off to join one ex-teammate of Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers in an exotic destination.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Vesey definitely knows his way around the NHL<\/a>. At the end of the day, he\u2019s been in it for a while now. The former third round pick in 2012 has played for several organizations, alongside top talents and household names in the business.<\/p>\n

After a flurry of exits across the league, the left-winger\u2014who last suited up for MacKinnon\u2019s Avalanche\u2014is headed for a new challenge. The destination? Switzerland, where he\u2019ll join McDavid<\/a>\u2019s former teammate, Jesse Puljujarvi.<\/p>\n

Vesey has now signed with Geneve-Servette Hockey Club of the National League\u2014Swizterland\u2019s top-tier division. Vesey will now play alongside Oilers<\/a>\u2018 former first rounder, Puljujarvi, as both forwards signed two-year contracts with the Eagles. After being a member of six different NHL franchises, Vesey will don the garnet jersey for the upcoming seasons.<\/p>\n

\"\" Jimmy Vesey #26 of the New York Rangers is awarded first star of the game during the third period against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden on February 07, 2024 in New York City. Background <\/p>\n

Vesey was drafted with the 66th overall pick in the 2012 NHL entry Draft by the Nashville Predators. However, he didn\u2019t play with the Preds, and was instead traded to the Buffalo Sabres. Vesey didn\u2019t sign his entry-level contract until he joined the New York Rangers as a free agent in 2016. He\u2019d make his career debut during the 2016-17 campaign, recording 27 points in 80 games that season.<\/p>\n

After three years, he was traded back to Buffalo in 2019. What followed were four teams in the span of three seasons. Vesey played the 2019-20 with the Sabres, before signing as a free agent with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2020. In March 2021, Toronto placed him on waivers, where the Vancouver Canucks claimed the Boston-native.<\/p>\n

Back to the NY Metro Area <\/p>\n

Vesey would go on to join the New Jersey Devils as a free agent during the 2021 offseason. He played one season with the Devils before signing with the Rangers back in Manhattan. The Broadway Blueshirts signed him to a two-year extension in 2023, but finally traded him to the Avalanche<\/a> ahead of the trade deadline in 2025.<\/p>\n

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To say Vesey\u2019s NHL journey has been rocky would be an understatement. The forward had to earn every second of his ice time, but as he sets off for Switzerland, he carries with him an impressive pedigree: 626 games played, 101 goals, 93 assists, and a total of 194 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NHL offseason never fails to deliver surprising storylines. Now, it\u2019s been confirmed a former Colorado Avalanche teammate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,7522,18672,3275,38159,575,85],"class_list":["post-43606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-connor-mcdavid","tag-edmonton-oilers","tag-nathan-mackinnon","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}