Former Oiler Jesse Puljujarvi has just signed a professional tryout contract with the Florida Panthers AHL team, according to new reports. Earlier this week, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Jesse Puljujarvi agreed to mutual contract termination after he had been benched and sent to the AHL consistently.

The Charlotte Checkers have signed forward Jesse Puljujarvi to a professional try-out, it was announced Monday.

The Charlotte Checkers, Florida’s American League affiliate, has signed Jesse Puljujarvi to a PTO, or professional tryout, the team announced Monday. This comes one day after the former fourth overall pick and the Pittsburgh Penguins mutually decided to terminate his NHL contract after he was put on waivers last week.

Former Penguins forward Jesse Puljujarvi has signed a professional tryout contract (PTO) with the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). That team announced the signing Monday evening.

It appears the end of Jesse Puljujarvi’s contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins won’t yet mark the end of his stay in North America, as the former fourth-overall draft pick has signed a professional try-out contract with the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers per the AHL Transactions Log.

Jesse Puljujarvi’s Pittsburgh Penguins tenure is about to be over. The forward cleared unconditional waivers on Sunday, paving the way for the team to terminate his contract, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on Sunday.

The Pittsburgh Penguins’ experiment with Jesse Puljujarvi is coming to a conclusion. On Saturday, the team placed the right-handed forward on unconditional waivers for the purposes of mutally terminating his contract.