While the Predators were eliminated last night by Vancouver, the season isn’t quite over for three players just yet. The team announced that they’ve assigned forward Juuso Parssinen, defenseman Kevin Gravel, and goaltender Gustavs Grigals to AHL Milwaukee.
Parssinen split this season between the Predators and Admirals. With Nashville, the 23-year-old wasn’t able to match the output from a year ago, dropping to just eight goals and four assists in 44 games; in 2022-23, he had six goals and 19 helpers in 45 contests. Parssinen also got into one game against the Canucks in the first round and was held off the scoresheet. The pending restricted free agent had a fairly productive year in the minors, however, notching seven goals and 18 assists in 36 games.
As for Gravel, he was just brought back up as injury depth following the injury to Spencer Stastney earlier in the series. The 32-year-old has 132 career NHL appearances under his belt but played exclusively in the AHL this season, picking up a goal and nine assists in 63 games. Gravel signed a two-year extension back in January, meaning he’ll be patrolling the back end in Milwaukee for the foreseeable future.
Grigals, meanwhile, served as the third-string emergency backup in the playoffs. His minor league deal was converted to an NHL agreement back in March, likely for that very reason, allowing Yaroslav Askarov and Troy Grosenick to remain with Milwaukee for the playoffs. The 25-year-old pending RFA will likely serve the same third-string role for the balance of the AHL postseason.