Speculation: Puljujarvi Offer Sheet

[Stuart Little]

With Carolina and Montreal recently changing the way offer sheets are perhaps looked at, is it possible that a team offer sheets Puljujarvi at 6-7 years @ 6.1M AAV?

If this is done - a team can get a top 6 forward with only giving up a 1st and 3rd (what you would hope to get from drafting there anyways) - plus you would get a developed/ready/cost certain player.

An offer like this would really screw Edmonton.

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[Stuart Little]

Arizona, Buffalo, Detroit, Seattle would all be primed to do this very easily.

 

[Chayos]

This is an automatic match IMO. The oilers would make the cap work with trades.

 

[Canadienna]

If anything I think the whole Carolina/Montreal saga will scare teams away from offer sheets.

Besides, Puljujarvi is a much more established player than Kotkaniemi was. The pressure wouldn't be the same and I imagine the Oilers make some moves and match.

 

[TFHockey]

With Carolina and Montreal recently changing the way offer sheets are perhaps looked at, is it possible that a team offer sheets Puljujarvi at 6-7 years @ 6.1M AAV?

If this is done - a team can get a top 6 forward with only giving up a 1st and 3rd (what you would hope to get from drafting there anyways) - plus you would get a developed/ready/cost certain player.

An offer like this would really screw Edmonton.

Oilers match. They'd move some contracts around to make room. Barrie would be one guy dealt probably.

 

[Ishad]

I think it would be hard to get him to sign an offer sheet. Not sure where he gets an opportunity better than the one he currently has.

 

[Gregsky99]

As long as the team that offersheets is ready for child-like retaliation, I’m good with this.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Why would anyone offersheet him?

No one else has McDavid.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

6.1 isn't enough to screw Edmonton over. Might actually be doing us a favour, giving us that kind of cost control longterm.

Edmonton would match and then deal Barrie to a team needing help on the powerplay.

 

[TGWL]

I can't see any team doing that.

 

[cwede]

>60+ F's may be offer sheet eligible, not sure Pulju would be at top of most lists

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[TFHockey]

Why would anyone offersheet him?

No one else has McDavid.

Well, in fairness do you see Puljujarvi's breakaway goal last night as the result of playing with McDavid? I don't. The kid earned his spot on the top line after starting out on the 3rd. Not everything that goes well in Edmonton is a direct result of Connor McDavid.

 

[North Cole]

He seems very happy here now, and has come around on the organization. Plus the fans are treating him really well. I'm not sure he would sign an offersheet tbh, unless it was like 7+.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

He seems very happy here now, and has come around on the organization. Plus the fans are treating him really well. I'm not sure he would sign an offersheet tbh, unless it was like 7+.

The only place I could see him being thrilled to go would be Carolina with the heavy Finnish content there, but otherwise he seems very happy in Edmonton.

I'd say he's the #3 fan favourite on the team right now behind the dynamic duo.

 

[Cup or Bust]

I can't see anyone offering anything the Oilers wouldn't match. There is a big difference between offersheeting a guy three or four times what his current value is as a player for one season and offersheeting a guy that is playing well. A team will match for a key guy that is playing well and make it work. A team would have to be willing to offer something better than what the Oilers will offer him long term in a contract, which is unlikely.

 

[voxel]

With Carolina and Montreal recently changing the way offer sheets are perhaps looked at, is it possible that a team offer sheets Puljujarvi at 6-7 years @ 6.1M AAV?

If this is done - a team can get a top 6 forward with only giving up a 1st and 3rd (what you would hope to get from drafting there anyways) - plus you would get a developed/ready/cost certain player.

An offer like this would really screw Edmonton.

Your picks compensation is wrong. It is the total value of the contract over 5 years. To be just a 1st and 3rd you need the contract to be 5 years max.

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[Three On Zero]

Puljujarvi is likely going to be worth that 5-6 million range, to successfully get him to sign you’d likely need to make it for the 7-8 million range at which point you’d be doing Edmonton a favour

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Well, in fairness do you see Puljujarvi's breakaway goal last night as the result of playing with McDavid? I don't. The kid earned his spot on the top line after starting out on the 3rd. Not everything that goes well in Edmonton is a direct result of Connor McDavid.

-_-

The point is that he's only produced a lot with McDavid. Anyone offersheeting him would be taking a big risk and giving up picks for the opportunity to take the risk on.

He's pacing at almost 100 points this season is he not? A lot of that is McDavid.

No one is going to offersheet him now because he hasn't shown to be a legit top 6 player without McDavid.

 

[jeffff]

Teams can offer sheet him all they want.....he still has to sign it. I'm not convinced he would and to be honest, I think he'd take less money to stay here.

 

[Zman5778]

Arizona, Buffalo, Detroit, Seattle would all be primed to do this very easily.

As a Buffalo fan -- we're financially in a position to give JP an offer sheet, but we likely won't. Our best forward prospects are at wing (Quinn, Peterka, Weissbach) and our best NHL players are on wing (Olofsson, Tuch)......and then there's a legit question of where our 4 most talented centers (Mittelstadt, Cozens, Krebs, Thompson) slot long term. It wouldn't be shocking to see 2 of those last 4 settle in at wing. So if one assumes that Quinn, Peterka, Olofsson, Tuch and then 2 of (Mitts, Cozens, Krebs, Thompson) end up at wing -- that's 6 wingers already. Not a lot of room for JP long-term.

If Buffalo is going to offer sheet anyone, it'd be someone who could be a 1C (PLD jumps immediately to mind given the Jets cap issues......maybe Hughes, but I don't see the Devils being dumb with him).

 

[Geardedandbearded]

Would have to be 1 year 10 million to make Edmonton not match id think. At that point is he worth the draft capital? Any long term deal below 8 will most likely be an instant match, maybe even higher depending on how the rest of the year/playoffs go. I am a big believer in pulju tho. He’s only scratched the surface of what he can do at this level.

 

[Kaen]

So your thought is that Montreal failing to snag Aho from Carolina and thenlosing Kotkaniemi for a late 1st and a 3rd is going to make teams more likely to make offer sheets? I feel like you have some flaws in your logic. Also, do you see any of the teams you mentioned moving an unprotected first?

 

[BatVader]

Would love him in Winnipeg on a line with Connor and PLD, but I don’t see it happening

 

[YP44]

Arizona, Buffalo, Detroit, Seattle would all be primed to do this very easily.

each one of those teams (expect maybe Seattle) should not be giving away first rounders.

 

[Legion34]

I think it would be hard to get him to sign an offer sheet. Not sure where he gets an opportunity better than the one he currently has.

he already left and went home. Most break ups don’t end up in happily ever after