NHL insider Elliotte Friedman has just confirmed 24-year-old forward's fate with the New York Rangers after he was placed on waivers on Tuesday afternoon.
On Tuesday afternoon, the New York Rangers organization had completed an unexpected move involving a young forward, Juuso Parssinen, after holding him from practice due to roster-management reasons on Tuesday morning.
Several Rangers reporters revealed that the organization had decided to hold forward Juuso Parssinen from practice on Tuesday due to roster-management reasons.
Juuso Parssinen will not practice today due to roster-management reasons. #NYR
#NYR likely want to add an extra D for their trip and it seems like Pärssinen is the odd-man out. «Roster management» could mean a waivers, or a trade is brewing.
Immediately after this news broke out, two teams were quickly linked as possible trade candidates those two teams being the Vancouver Canucks and the Philadelphia Flyers.
However, Chris Drury and the Rangers had other plans, as not long after NHL Insider Friedman confirmed that they have decided to place him on waivers.
Juuso Parssinen's fate with the New York Rangers organization just confirmed
Now that it has been 24-hours since the original announcement, Elliotte Friedman hs just revealed whether or not Parssinen cleared or was claimed off waivers.
Juuso Parssinen has managed to play a total of 14 games with the New York Rangers and tallied a total of three points (2 G, 1 A), but will now report to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL.