Today Maple Leafs announced they have signed Jimmy Vesey.
The contract is one year at $900,000.
Jimmy Vesey, brother of former Leafs draft pick Nolan, was drafted by Nashville in 2012 in the third round. He finished a Harvard career (the Leafs have a lot of ties to Harvard) and refused to sign with Nashville, becoming a highly hyped and sought after free agent in the summer of 2016.
He signed with the New York Rangers for the kind of ELC that top first-round draft picks get with huge bonuses. The sort of contract it’s hard to live up to.