On Monday afternoon, the New York Rangers claimed left winger Matt Puempel off of waivers from the Ottawa Senators. This waiver claim came the day after the team announced that forward Mika Zibanejad will miss the next 4-6 weeks with a broken fibula.
Puempel is a former 1st round pick of the Senators (24th overall in the 2011 NHL draft). The Essex, Ontario native has tallied a total of 4 goals and 2 assists in 52 NHL games with the Senators. He has gone pointless through 13 games this season in Ottawa
Ironically enough, Puempel led Ottawa in CF% with a 54.