Juuso Parssinen<\/a> a two-year extension before the season ended. Now, as 2025-2026 approaches, the Colorado Avalanche trade acquisition will have to prove himself to the team and fans.<\/p>\nJuuso Parssinen originally seemed to be a cap dump for the Colorado Avalanche when the deal went through. Chris Drury put out that idea, by handed Parssinen a two-year deal, which is quite troubling, give how difficult the offseason will be.<\/p>\n
His new cap hit with the Rangers will be $1.25 million AAV. And as someone who was just known as a depth player, who has only played 37 total games split between the Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators, he’s failed to deliver more than bottom-six numbers.<\/p>\n
Scoring 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists) with the Predators, in 15 games, while with the Avalanche, 6 points (2 goals, 4 assists), he’ll need to show he’s worth more investment in 2025.<\/p>\n
As a 7th-round pick, not too much was expected out of him in either Colorado or Nashville.<\/p>\n
He’ll need to find the play that gave him some notoriety in 2022-2023.<\/p>\n
He excelled in the Liiga, where he put up good offensive numbers. His size, skating ability and willingness to play a two-way game should serve him well in the NHL, even if he does not light up the scoreboard.<\/p>\n
In his 11 games with the Rangers, he’d find the scoresheet and post 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists).<\/p>\n
However, his uphill battle is all analytics and puck possession:<\/p>\n
In a very small sample, with emphasis on small, he posted a Corsi for Percentage of 36.57, an expected goals for percentage of 35.6, and a goals for percentage of 57.46.<\/p>\n
In order for him to remain a solid option on the Rangers’ bottom-six, he’ll need to work on controlling the play instead of chasing it, like he’s done with the Rangers and the Predators.<\/p>\n
However, it’s difficult to see how a declining forward was given an extension when his stats look like this.<\/p>\n
With the Avalanche his slash line included a 67.1 GF%, a 53.47 CF%, and a xGF% of 45.71. And with the Predators he had a 19.87 GF%, a 45.48 CF%, and a 37.2 xGF%<\/p>\n
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