There could be some more movement involving young wingers ahead of the draft. TSN’s Ryan Rishaug reports that there are now as many as four teams kicking tires on Edmonton Oilers Jesse Puljujarvi, but further suggests that the return heading to Edmonton will be “marginal.”
It certainly doesn’t appear to be gearing up for a great return on investment for the Oilers, who selected Puljujarvi fourth overall in 2016. He’s had some analytically strong performances in recent seasons, especially when playing with the Oilers’ top players, but a late-season injury and unlucky playoffs tanked his trade stock. While he did have a solid 14 goals and 36 points in 65 games this year, he had just three points in 16 playoff games, earning the ire of the Oilers fanbase.
Counted on to be a solid complementary player, Puljujarvi screams “talent that will succeed in a different system,” but he really hasn’t shown enough offensive ceiling at the NHL level for Edmonton to recoup first-round level value. With a relatively small amount of teams in the market for his services too, it’s just not looking good for Edmonton to make a winning trade to move on from the Finnish winger.
Puljujarvi doesn’t have the toolkit to be a bottom six forward in the NHL. And he doesn’t have the toolkit to be a top six.
Liiga is calling.
Kasperi Kapanen for Puljujarvi, who says no?
He rates a 3rd rounder. Not good……..
Georgiev and Gauthier for Puljujarvi and a 2nd next season.
JP Is another overrated European.
Okay Don Cherry
Feels like a reclamation project a team like Colorado could get a lot out of, with all the talent they could surround him with, if they could get him cheap-ish on a one or two year deal.
I hope the habs get him honestly, have enough picks to trade for him as well as players they are trying to sell on.
If Fiala didn’t get the Wild much than Puljuljarvi won’t the Oilers much either.
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I wouldn’t deal more than a 2nd rounder for him, myself. WH Twittle called it: he’s not good enough to be top six, and he doesn’t have what a team needs for bottom six.
Veleno gonna be sent to Oilers for him. Straight up 1 for 1