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

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.

Former Edmonton Oilers forward Jesse Puljujarvi was placed on unconditional waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins for the process of mutual contract termination.

The former Pittsburgh Penguins forward, who cleared waivers on Sunday, has signed a PTO (professional tryout) with the Charlotte Checkers of the AHL.

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.

According to multiple reports, the Penguins have placed Puljujarvi on waivers today for the purpose of mutually bringing an end to his current National Hockey League contract. Puljujarvi was in the second year of a 2 year contract with an average annual value and salary cap hit of $800,000 per season, which does make this a somewhat curious move.