Once feted for his finish as a goal-scoring prospect, Matt Puempel’s Senators career is finished.
After being placed on waivers yesterday by the club, the New York Rangers claimed Matt Puempel.
Under normal circumstances, I don’t know why the New York Rangers would have that much interest in Puempel beyond his pedigree as a 2011 first round pick.
Sure, he scored 30 goals in his rookie AHL season, but since then, he has struggled to fulfill any of the projected potential that was placed on him as a blue chip prospect.
The truth is, the Rangers most likely put in the claim after after learning that former Senator Mika Zibanejad would miss the next six to eight weeks with a broken fibula and that Pavel Buchnevich would miss the next two to three weeks with a back injury.