Nashville Predators call up F Juuso Parssinen, send D Jordan Gross to AHL Milwaukee

The Nashville Predators called up forward Juuso Parssinen and sent defenseman Jordan Gross down to AHL Milwaukee, the team announced Saturday.

Parssinen, 21, was a seventh-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft and has nine points in 10 games with Milwaukee (two goals, seven assists) this season. The Finland-born forward is playing his first season in North America after several seasons in the Finnish Elite League, Liiga. He impressed during the preseason with the Predators, including a two-point game against Florida on Sept. 27.

Gross, who has played in three games for Nashville this season, had two goals in the Predators' comeback victory at Vancouver last week, his first goals in the NHL.

The Predators return home after a lengthy west-coast road trip to face the New York Rangers on Saturday night, with puck drop set for 7 p.m.