The news of Rasmus Kupari’s departure for Switzerland on Tuesday likely didn’t send a shock wave through the top of the Winnipeg Jets organization.

It did have some of the executives inside the team’s hockey operations department scratching their heads, but their reaction was assuredly far from a “what are we going to do now?” moment.

For his part, we can only assume the 25-year-old Kupari was frustrated with his usage the last two years – particularly this Jets season – where he did show promise of moving up on the team’s depth chart, only to get hurt in early March on Long Island and then appear in just one of the team’s 33 games from that point on.

When you pull that kind of press box duty, there is little doubt frustration envelops you, and your search for career options elsewhere

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