Confirmed with Link: Oilers trade Puljujarvi to the Canes for Patrik Puistola

[SwedishFire]

Jesse gets professional coaching all year long, I am pretty sure these are exactly the things the coaches are putting Jesse to work with. Not everybody learns to shoot like Laine, no matter how much work they put in.

Iif Jesse gets pro coaching all year long, you should be even more worried

 

[Whyme]

LOL wut?

I noticed you've just been putting laughing emojis or whatever they are called to several messages, including ones I wrote. You've written probably hundreds of messages against JP in the Oilers section as you somehow feel that gets your guy Yamamoto props. I think you should stay there and maybe wonder why your guy has just 20 points when playing in the top 6 with guys like McDacid, Drai, Nuge and Kane through the whole season. It's not like he's been doing better.

Unfortunately Puljujarvi's start in Carolina hasn't been what I hoped, although I wrote it could be tough to turn himself to on mode when there's such a long cold period behind especially if he doesn't manage to score in the beginning. KK had a slow start, but is doing much better now. Puljujarvi may not have as much time to get it going so we'll see where it leads. I'm prepared for anything, including a sudden change for better with a a goal or two and thus higher confidence, a non-productive end of the season and a cheap extension for next year and even a return to Europe.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

LOL wut?

LOL wut?

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

LOL wut?

Good god can you guys just take it to the main board if you need to talk about him so badly?

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Good god can you guys just take it to the main board if you need to talk about him so badly?

We need to go on the offensive, and head to the oilers board to talk about how crappy of a prospect Puistola is.

 

[Useless plug]

We need to go on the offensive, and head to the oilers board to talk about how crappy of a prospect Puistola is.

I would welcome that.

 

[bleedgreen]

LOL wut?

Can you f*** off and leave our board?

 

[McBooya42]

For me it looks like Puljujarvi has zero confidence in his own ability to drive offense. The instant he sees an out through a pass or shot he takes it. He has created some nice chances and had plenty of right-place-right-time plays but it hasn't paid off. But largely he plays hot potato with the puck.

Maybe that never changes and he can function as a fine Jesper Fast replacement on the shutdown line. Maybe he can grow into his game more, slow things down and start using the strengths he has. Same thing I'm sure Edmonton fans have said every offseason.

We said it for going on damn 6 years. Enjoy and thank you for giving him a change of scenery. The kid always seemed nice and lovable, but we were so done with waiting.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

LOL wut?

As in, LOL wut are you doing here, and why don't you f*** off to your own board if you don't like it here?

If so, then we agree!

 

[MadeUpName]

We said it for going on damn 6 years. Enjoy and thank you for giving him a change of scenery. The kid always seemed nice and lovable, but we were so done with waiting.

Thankfully there are no high expectations for Puljujarvi in Carolina. Hopefully he re-signs for ~$1.5 million.

If Puljujarvi replaces Jesper Fast as a 30-40 point defensively responsible RW for the 3rd line then that works for us.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Thankfully there are no high expectations for Puljujarvi in Carolina. Hopefully he re-signs for ~$1.5 million.

If Puljujarvi replaces Jesper Fast as a 30-40 point defensively responsible RW for the 3rd line then that works for us.

Might want to lower your expectations about 10 pts there

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Might want to lower your expectations about 10 pts there

Give him a few games in his new role. He does have some hands if he can find them again.

 

[McTonyBrar]

As in, LOL wut are you doing here, and why don't you f*** off to your own board if you don't like it here?

If so, then we agree!

AGREED

 

[hblueridgegal]

His buddy has his back.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Glad he's working out for you guys.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Glad he's working out for you guys.

Well, he's not, but Aho is happy, so that's really more important.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Well, he's not, but Aho is happy, so that's really more important.

haha fair enough. I hope he does find his ground with you guys, I feel like development for him hasn't been great but it also doesn't fall on the player alone but the organization too. So here's hoping.

 

[Czechboy]

I'm curious what happens first

JP goal
JP Healthy Scratch

8 minus and a minus 1 tonight. I was really hoping it wouldn't go like this! I can't think of a better landing spot for him.

 

[sandhu111]

Did he really get benched for almost half the game?

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Did he really get benched for almost half the game?

I don't recall him playing in the third period, so probably. To be fair to him though, most of the team sucked for much of that game, so he wasn't necessarily any worse than the rest.

But in a tie game or defending a lead, he's not the guy you want out there too often.

 

[Canes]

Did he really get benched for almost half the game?

He had a brutal turnover on the Leafs first goal so it's not really surprising he didn't play much or at all in a close game where Toronto was dominating us offensively.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

He's scratched for today's game

 

[Unhinged Finn]

He had a brutal turnover on the Leafs first goal so it's not really surprising he didn't play much or at all in a close game where Toronto was dominating us offensively.

Here is a replay

 

[Derailed75]

He's scratched for today's game

I'm only surprised by the fact that Rod isn't using him as a fill in the give guys rest. He hasn't been bad but he also hasn't done anything of note. The older guys could take a night off and let him fill in, but "in Rod we trust"