Juuso Parssinen was one in all the primary restricted free agents the Rangers took care of this summer, with the 24-year-old signing a two-year contract extension just over two weeks after their 2024-25 season ended.
Coming off a campaign spent with three teams as a consequence of two trades, Parssinen got here into Rangers training camp with a primary opportunity to grab the third-line center role.
The emergence of rookie Noah Laba, nevertheless, relegated Parssinen to street clothes through the primary two games of the season.
Within the wake of Vincent Trocheck’s upper-body injury, which is projected to sideline him on a week-to-week basis, head coach Mike Sullivan at first inserted Parssinen into the lineup Saturday in Pittsburgh.
On Sunday against the Capitals, nevertheless, Sullivan opted to go along with Jonny Brodzinski as a substitute.
Brodzinski lined up in his place on the left wing of the third line next to Laba and Taylor Raddysh for his season debut.
“We’re attempting to make decisions based on what we see, to place mixtures together to see if we will have some success,” Sullivan said after the 1-0 loss on the Garden. “Jonny’s had a fairly solid camp, so we’re attempting to move people out and in to offer guys a chance to see what we’ve got and see if we will find a mix in that bottom six that’s going to work for us.”
While skating in that spot Saturday, Parssinen earned the secondary assist on Raddysh’s 6-1 rating within the third period.
He also posted one blocked shot and two hits in 9:24 of ice time.
The one player on the ice to log less time was Carson Soucy, who was knocked out within the second period with an upper-body injury and subsequently placed on injured reserve Sunday morning.
Parssinen’s stint was ultimately short lived.
“Yeah, that’s the way it is usually,” he said of getting scratched. “Just tried to remain positive, work on myself, do whatever I can to assist the opposite guys who’re playing.”
Parssinen, who combined for six goals and 10 assists in 48 games last season, said he can play either wing or center.
Sullivan still stayed with Mika Zibanejad at center Sunday to interchange Trocheck as a substitute of utilizing Brodzinski in the center.
After spending the primary two games on the wing, Zibanejad looked right at home at the middle position Saturday and Sunday night.
“We tried Pars throughout the course of the training camp and the exhibition games in the center,” Sullivan said. “Obviously, if we were going to play Mika with J.T. [Miller], there was a chance there for that third-line center role that we thought Pars could potentially fill. We tried to supply that chance for him, and he spent loads of time at the middle position throughout the exhibition games. I believe the emergence of Noah Laba has added just one other player in the combo that potentially we could go to to meet that role, and we all know Pars is comfortable playing the wing also.
“We now have some versatility there with guys that may play center and play the wing. And we’ll proceed to look at and see what we’ve got, and if we’ve got to make adjustments along the way in which, we’ll.”
Juuso Parssinen was one in all the primary restricted free agents the Rangers took care of this summer, with the 24-year-old signing a two-year contract extension just over two weeks after their 2024-25 season ended.
Coming off a campaign spent with three teams as a consequence of two trades, Parssinen got here into Rangers training camp with a primary opportunity to grab the third-line center role.
The emergence of rookie Noah Laba, nevertheless, relegated Parssinen to street clothes through the primary two games of the season.
Within the wake of Vincent Trocheck’s upper-body injury, which is projected to sideline him on a week-to-week basis, head coach Mike Sullivan at first inserted Parssinen into the lineup Saturday in Pittsburgh.
On Sunday against the Capitals, nevertheless, Sullivan opted to go along with Jonny Brodzinski as a substitute.
Brodzinski lined up in his place on the left wing of the third line next to Laba and Taylor Raddysh for his season debut.
“We’re attempting to make decisions based on what we see, to place mixtures together to see if we will have some success,” Sullivan said after the 1-0 loss on the Garden. “Jonny’s had a fairly solid camp, so we’re attempting to move people out and in to offer guys a chance to see what we’ve got and see if we will find a mix in that bottom six that’s going to work for us.”
While skating in that spot Saturday, Parssinen earned the secondary assist on Raddysh’s 6-1 rating within the third period.
He also posted one blocked shot and two hits in 9:24 of ice time.
The one player on the ice to log less time was Carson Soucy, who was knocked out within the second period with an upper-body injury and subsequently placed on injured reserve Sunday morning.
Parssinen’s stint was ultimately short lived.
“Yeah, that’s the way it is usually,” he said of getting scratched. “Just tried to remain positive, work on myself, do whatever I can to assist the opposite guys who’re playing.”
Parssinen, who combined for six goals and 10 assists in 48 games last season, said he can play either wing or center.
Sullivan still stayed with Mika Zibanejad at center Sunday to interchange Trocheck as a substitute of utilizing Brodzinski in the center.
After spending the primary two games on the wing, Zibanejad looked right at home at the middle position Saturday and Sunday night.
“We tried Pars throughout the course of the training camp and the exhibition games in the center,” Sullivan said. “Obviously, if we were going to play Mika with J.T. [Miller], there was a chance there for that third-line center role that we thought Pars could potentially fill. We tried to supply that chance for him, and he spent loads of time at the middle position throughout the exhibition games. I believe the emergence of Noah Laba has added just one other player in the combo that potentially we could go to to meet that role, and we all know Pars is comfortable playing the wing also.
“We now have some versatility there with guys that may play center and play the wing. And we’ll proceed to look at and see what we’ve got, and if we’ve got to make adjustments along the way in which, we’ll.”
