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Jimmy Vesey gets advice from Kevin Hayes before his first game

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Recalling his first game as a Ranger back in September 2014, Kevin Hayes had this advice for longtime friend Jimmy Vesey before the rookie’s first game as a Blueshirt on Thursday: “Can’t be worse than mine,” Hayes said. “I was minus-2 against the Devils on my first two shifts. Marty St. Louis said, ‘Don’t worry, it can’t get any worse from here.’ ”

The expectations are high for Vesey, the free-agent left wing from Harvard University whose skills were sought by a dozen teams and who listened to in-person pitches from a half-dozen before deciding on the Rangers.