It should be interesting to see how Puljujarvi responds.
The topic of the possibility of Pulju and Yamamoto being sent down to Bakersfield was brought up on Stauffer's show yesterday when he had Friedman on, he asked Friedman what he would do with the two of them. Friedman's response regarding Puljujarvi was that one thing he knew for sure was that when the Oilers sent Pulju down to the AHL the last time, apparently Jesse was "really unhappy" and it "didn't go really well for him"...so he was wondering if that was at least part of the reason why the Oilers were hesitant to send him down this year. Stauffer's response was that it might go better this time with Woodcroft as coach down there, who was someone that was playing the kids and wasn't relying so much on AHL lifers to get wins.
With both Pulju and Yamo down there now, let's see how they respond. I doubt either kid is very enthused about being sent down, so I hope they take it the right way and don't mope like they both have in the past with similar demotions.