Is Puljujarvi a bust?

[nobody]

He's only 20.... Cool it lol





That Dylan Strome is sure looking like a bust rn.

Come back to us when Pulu is putting up PPG+ in the AHL.

 

[34]

Yes.

 

[Cup or Bust]

He has not played well no matter what opportunities he has been given, but he also should never have been in the NHL either. He has never shown he is good enough to be in the NHL yet. The Oilers have a farm team that has won 13 games in a row and could potentially win their 14th in a row tonight. That is where he should have been this season, and where he should be right now.

 

[Pia8988]

Not yet. Getting traded to the right situation would help him though.

 

[3074326]

Yeah, if his career was over right now.

But he's 20, so this thread is completely dumb.

 

[Stephen]

I don't think he's likely to blossom in Edmonton the way things are going, but could see him thriving like Dylan Strome after a trade to another environment.

 

[egelband]

I can see this thread popping up in three more years. Hey he’s only 24. What were you doing at that age!!?? He’s not a bust in my book, there are plenty of guys who need time to get it together. But it’s not a crazy question to ask.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

He is in the sense of how he was being compared to Laine prior to the draft.

 

[ES]

We can really see if he's traded and won't perform in other team either.

Compare guys like Nail Yakupov and Dylan Strome, both seemingly disappointing, get traded, Yakupov continues to founder, Strome gets a boost.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

He needs to be tore up from the floor up and rebuilt from scratch. Probably should spend at least a year in the A, re-learning the game... like the Canucks did to some degrees of success with Markstrom and Virtanen.

 

[Albatros]

He is in the sense of how he was being compared to Laine prior to the draft.

If anything Laine is busting harder right now, Puljujärvi has just been severely mishandled by the Oilers. He was and remains a very raw talent, but had he been treated differently he could be significantly further in his development than he is now.

 

[Captain Creampuff]

If anything Laine is busting harder right now, Puljujärvi has just been severely mishandled by the Oilers. He was and remains a very raw talent, but had he been treated differently he could be significantly further in his development than he is now.

He's having a down year. You're kidding yourself if you think a 20 year old kid with a 70 point season, 2-30 goal seasons, and a 40 goal season under his belt is much different than not even being able to put up PPG numbers in the AHL.

EDIT: I'm even a Blues fan who LOATHES Patrik Laine but I'm not dumb enough to say he's anywhere close to "bust material"

 

[Voight]

Another prospect the Oilers rushed

 

[antiqueslivers]

are any prospects from Edmonton ever total busts ... besides tha yak of course.

 

[Voight]

He's only 20.... Cool it lol





That Dylan Strome is sure looking like a bust rn.

The guy who's nearly PPG with his new team (31 in 34)? Who has a total of 37 points in 50 games this year -- the same amount Puljujarvi has in his 137 game career

Oilers fans are really reaching these days.

 

[Porkleaker]

Yakupov, with extra steps.

 

[Sniperberg]

I think Iiro Pakarinen summed it up quite well in that interview he did:

Former Edmonton Oilers player Iiro Pakarinen complains of lack of communication from coaches

"According to the Reddit translation, which is in line with the other translations, Pakarinen says the following of the Oilers coaching staff: “They don’t say anything or talk to you about why you’re not playing. At least the Oilers never did. That’s what annoyed me the most… Coach never gives you a reason or reasons. You have to figure it out why you’re sitting in the pressbox by yourself. Also in general the coach and GM talked to us very little. It’s almost like they have some top secret information. I think it’s unfathomable… Communication should be more open, like it is in Europe. Here it goes like it should. In the NHL it feels like the coach is one great ego. Of course the coach will talk to the players about random things, but never about anything personal or things related to your own game."

Cant be easy for someone like Poopjerry to try and adjust when no-one tells him what he does wrong. Especially since he aint the sharpest pickle in the jar to begin with.

 

[JT Kreider]

Yeah, if his career was over right now.

But he's 20, so this thread is completely dumb.

20 is not that young anymore in today's NHL for it to be used an excuse, considering how little he has shown so far.

He is just two years away from being completely written off and not getting any NHL opportunities.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Still chance to pull a Strome.

 

[Cassano]

Yes.

I called it 3 years ago Lol.

 

[McDNicks17]

He needs to be tore up from the floor up and rebuilt from scratch. Probably should spend at least a year in the A, re-learning the game... like the Canucks did to some degrees of success with Markstrom and Virtanen.

He hasn't listened to(or doesn't understand) coaches or people trying to give him advice, so I can't see that being realistic.

 

[Fazkovsky]

Dylan strome is supposed to be a bust

Same for Lindholm

 

[Draiskull]

Yakupov, with extra steps.

Yakupov had a great rookie season so he busted later on.
Puljujarvi should not have been rushed to NHL. He is still not NHL ready but has ~140 games under his belt.
mismanaged for sure.
Giving him 9 mins a game is not doing him any good.

 

[Hokinaittii]

Nah but at the same time I don't think he will go anywhere in the Oilers. He needs to come back to Europe for 1-2 years and be the main guy for his team and absolutely learn everything from the game he didn't get to learn when he flew to NA as a very raw player who hardly knew the language.

 

[NDiesel]

20 is not that young anymore in today's NHL for it to be used an excuse, considering how little he has shown so far.

He is just two years away from being completely written off and not getting any NHL opportunities.

Yes it is. There are still plenty of guys that don't show their true potential until 21/22/23/24