NEW YORK (TICKER) —The New York Rangers on Tuesday agreed to terms with free agent right wing Hugh Jessiman, who has spent the past three seasons with the Hartford Wolfpack of the American Hockey League.
Terms were not disclosed.
Nicknamed the “Huge Specimen,” the 6-6, 230-pound Jessiman was drafted by the Rangers in the first round of the 2003 draft.
Jessiman has been an enormous dissapointment since he was drafted. He has not played a single game for the Rangers and has not shown that he was a worthy number 1 pick. He is still only 24, but thus far he has not shown the ability to play at the NHL level. In a draft class that featured Ryan Getzlaf, Mike Richards, Steve Bernier, Corey Perry, Patrick Eaves, Zach Parise, Dustin Brown and Brent Seabrook all being selected in the 1st round after Jessiman, the Rangers couldn’t have made a worse pick. Hopefully Jessiman will prove Rangers fans wrong but as of now he has been a complete and total dud. Maybe like many power forwards he has just taken eons to develop. Who knows.
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rangers!!!! // July 22, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I love Dustin Brown. I didn’t know he got picked after Jessiman. I’d love to see him in a Rangers uniform.
rangers!!!! // July 23, 2008 at 12:29 am
The only thing that I copied was who was drafted after him.
aba // September 1, 2008 at 10:58 pm
i bet u this year Hugh Jessiman is going to kick ass, he’s ready.