Didn't state otherwise
I pointed out that he's playing a specialized role that limits the exposure of his deficiencies
Player Discussion Jesse Puljujarvi Part 11: Solid Return Season Completed, How Does Next Season Go For the Big Finn?
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Didn't state otherwise
I pointed out that he's playing a specialized role that limits the exposure of his deficiencies
Kaptah2
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He's playing against top competition each night with no PP time. How does that "limit the exposure of his deficiencies"?
By playing with the best offensive player in the NHL, who does all the puck carrying, playmaking, zone entries, and out of the cycle plays for him. He's on the ice with two superior players night in and night out, they aren't all carrying the load equally.
He's playing the same role as Patty Maroon did for Mcdavid/Drai in 2017 as a big body complimentary player.
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That would be a decent argument if advanced stats didn't show how Pulju has made positive impact to the game of every linemate he's had.
Because I was arguing he's playing a specific type of complimentary role on any line he's on, not that he's a bad or ineffective player.
He hasn't been downgrading to talentless grinders in the few occasions he's been taken off Mcdavid's wing either.
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His defensive game is literally light years ahead of Maroon. Maroon was a pretty poor defensive player.
bobbythebrain
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Maroon took possession and took efforts to control the puck down low for sequences . JP does not. It's not rocket appliances why JP is in a constantly better position to be back. He's not chasing
I would love for one of JP's superfans and elite defensive accusers to prove me otherwise and compile a video of 3 times in 3 years where JP took a puck from blueline to goal line and worked the puck low for a spell
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bobbythebrain
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6'1 190lbs McDavid, who with one arm peels off Kopitar who is trying to check his prostate. McD's speed was not the factor on that play.
6'4 205lbs JP accepts being pinned in those battles 90% of the time
However, the other nite I have to give him credit. He actually tried to fight off a board play. The puck was between his feet, he braced himself with both arms on the boards to push off, but it was all for not cuz the puck was poked away cuz he did nothing to actually protect it
McD and Drai escape those plays once a game by having one hand on the puck, and the other fighting off the attacker. JP literally stood over a puck with both hands out. He lost it immediately to say the least. I wonder, did that play make his linemates better?
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MettleMcOiler
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Your effort to undermine Puljujarvi's value to the team is looking obsessive...and frankly a little weird.
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I agree. Although it is never a good argument to go on about someone,s person.
I just choose to skip his opinions because they are not based on knowledge, but fiction.
I think this is him trolling to have social contacts, because he is about to have some responses on his provocative takes.
Nothing but the best for him though!
He’s been posting like this about him since he went back to Finland, for some reason he thinks puljujarvi did him wrong.
It’s incredible how everyone has better numbers with puljujarvi if he doesn’t forecheck, support the play, pass or shoot well.
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Most reasonable people on here agree that he has been playing well defensively and controlling pucks and forechecking well on that line. But there was a poster on here who said he'd be fine if that's all he ever did, and scoring goals for him was not a big deal.
I wasn't comparing him to Maroon, I was saying he is playing the Maroon role, aka - third wheel.
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He doesn't have to wait till next year to score.
It should be possible to continue to play the same sound game while contributing on a few of the Grade A chances that he gets from McDavid.
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McFlyingV
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JP is constantly deep on the forecheck causing turnovers. Understanding when to fall back into a defensive position is not a bad quality, it's high defensive IQ to recognize when a puck isn't worth pursing and is more likely to turn over up ice.
You keep repeating the same rhetoric which just isn't true. JP is a very strong defensive player in terms of both his reads and his positioning, and his actual man on man play.
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Nah we need to get him on an 8. We bridged Nurse and then got boned hard. This is our opportunity for a contract like Turbo on the canes.
He treats Pulju the same as the kid in high school who stalks the prom queen after she said no to going to prom with him. It’s creepy.
at least you’re being honest here, you’ve been cheering against Pulju since the day he was drafted. The real hate started when he spent the year in Finland
bobbythebrain
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This is also completely untrue. I love these made up bs narratives
I started to question JP's "ELITE" talent when he sniped Maroon in the neck from 2ft away. Not even pro golfers get a lob wedge up that fast. Then his "talent" really became on display when he was set up on a wide open net and wound up and did a slap pass to absolutely nobody. Watching him falldown 10x in one game was also amusing
However, my posts ramped up when everyone blamed Tmac and the Org for JP's troubles when indeed it was JP himself admitting he didn't bother learning English
Now, I just reply to posts and tweets using words like"elite" "selke" and "potential to score 40"
Dashing Silver Fox lives. Except the quality of his posts have gone way down hill. Sad
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