{"id":308958,"date":"2025-11-26T02:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T02:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/308958\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T02:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T02:08:07","slug":"rangers-waive-juuso-parssinen-after-failing-to-seize-bottom-six-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/308958\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers waive Juuso Parssinen after failing to seize bottom-six role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Less than 10 months after acquiring Juuso Parssinen \u2014 and less than eight months since signing him to a two-year contract extension \u2014 the Rangers placed the 24-year-old Finnish forward on waivers on Tuesday. He will be assigned to AHL Hartford if he clears waivers.<\/p>\n

Parssinen entered training camp with the opportunity to solidify a role as a third-line center<\/a>, but he was beat out by rookie Noah Laba, and has suffered with inconsistency since coming to New York in a trade from Colorado in March. <\/p>\n

He was a healthy scratch in six of the past eight games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s been sporadic,\u201d Sullivan said about Parssinen\u2019s play. \u201cWe tried him a lot in the middle early on. We were exploring options for that third line center role and we felt the way [Laba\u2019s] game evolved over the course of training camp we felt like [Laba] was the best option for us. We moved [Parssinen] to the wing. I think the wing position in that bottom six has been competitive.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor those types of players, it\u2019s about reliability, dependability, a lot of little things. \u2026 He\u2019s had some games where he\u2019s played very well for us. Some of the other guys have also and that\u2019s where the decisions are. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s anything more than it\u2019s just competitive with some of the guys we have and we\u2019re just trying to make the best decisions for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 14 games, Parssinen recorded two goals and one assist, while averaging 8:56 of ice time.<\/p>\n

\"JuusoJuuso Parssinen of the New York Rangers battles for the puck with Ian Cole of the Utah Mammoth. Getty Images<\/p>\n

J.T. Miller (upper-body injury) and Will Borgen (upper-body injury) both participated in Tuesday\u2019s practice, sporting noncontact jerseys. Miller \u2014 who has missed the past two games<\/a> \u2014 and Borgen \u2014 who has missed three straight games \u2014 will both travel with the team for Wednesday\u2019s game in Carolina, and are both considered day-to-day.<\/p>\n

Goaltender Jonathan Quick (lower-body injury) was placed on IR, leaving Dylan Garand in the backup role.<\/p>\n

Even with the Rangers set to play three games in the next four days, Sullivan said Igor Shesterkin could make every start.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure yet,\u201d Sullivan said of his plans. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna take each day as it comes. What I will tell you is because we\u2019ve managed [Shesterkin\u2019s] workload to this point fairly well, if anyone is in a position to take on more of a workload I think [he\u2019s ready] to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garand, a 2020 fourth-round pick, has never appeared in an NHL game. This season, the 23-year-old has gone 3-6-2 with a 2.96 GAA and .897 save percentage in Hartford.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m ready for whatever the team needs,\u201d Garand said. \u201cIt\u2019s an awesome opportunity. That\u2019s why you push, that\u2019s why you work, and hopefully I get an opportunity to play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than 10 months after acquiring Juuso Parssinen \u2014 and less than eight months since signing him to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,3617,575,85],"class_list":["post-308958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308958","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=308958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}