Predators send young forward to AHL amid underwhelming season

Per a team announcement, the Nashville Predators have sent down forward Juuso Parssinen to their AHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. Since being recalled by the Predators on Nov. 12 of last season, Parssinen has managed to stick around for quite some time for Nashville, but will now play in the AHL for the first time in over a year.

After scoring 25 points in 45 games for the Predators last year, Parssinen has seen a real depression in his production this season, having only eight goals and 12 points in a similar amount of games played. For the first half of the season, Parssinen was garnering nearly 15 minutes of ice time a night, scoring six goals and nine points in the process. However, in his last six games played, even though he’s tallied three points, Parssinen has seen his ice time cut by nearly two minutes and has been healthy scratched altogether in the team’s most recent contest.

Seemingly fallen out of favor with head coach Andrew Brunette, Parssinen will now try his luck up in Milwaukee, a team that he has had a moderate amount of success in very limited action. Only two years removed from making his way to North America, Parssinen has only suited up in 10 games for the Admirals, all coming early last year, putting up nine points overall.

Still carrying a 22-man roster, and the adequate play of Denis Gurianov since his recall on January 6th, the team more than likely felt comfortable moving Parssinen to the AHL to regain confidence in his play. Much unlike the Predators, Parssinen will now join an Admiral team alone in first place in the AHL’s Central Division.