Plenty of former Pittsburgh Penguins’ players have made their mark lately, whether in the Stanley Cup Playoffs or during the IIHF World Championship, which ended Sunday.
And an ex-Penguin was an integral part of Finland’s gold medal-winning team.
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Forward Jesse Puljujarvi – who played in 48 games for the Penguins in parts of the 2023-24 season and 2024-25 season – was Finland’s second-leading scorer in the tournament (four goals, nine points in 10 games) behind only Florida Panthers superstar Aleksander Barkov. Puljujarvi last played in the NHL as Barkov’s teammate with the Florida Panthers in 2024-25, when he had one point in five regular season games.
The former first-round pick – selected fourth overall by the Edmonton Oilers in 2016 – joined the Penguins on an amateur tryout agreement after undergoing double hip surgery during the 2023-24 season. He was signed as a free agent on Feb. 4, 2024, and re-signed with the team the following summer.
However, healthy scratches and AHL demotions eventually wore on both Puljujarvi and the organization, so the two parties agreed to a mutual contract termination that allowed him to sign as a free agent with Florida on Mar. 5, 2025. He spent this past season with Geneve-Servette HC of the NL, registering 19 goals and 52 points in 52 games.
During his Penguins’ tenure, he notched six goals and 13 points in those 48 games. Over the course of his NHL career, Puljujarvi has 58 goals and 128 points in 387 games.
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