Look up Elliott Friedman’s column, I’m not meaning to divert this thread so no more people quote this. But here’s an excerpt about that 31 thoughts column from the Edmonton sun, this was at the end of last summer.Where did you hear that about the prospects being offered? I wouldn't mind reading about that.
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- The best summary of the market to date for Puljujarvi came from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, who has risen to the top of NHL hockey insiders, when he spoke to host Bob Stauffer on Oilers Now last Friday. “I know he’s been closely watched…” Friedman said of Puljujarvi. “I’m sure Ken Holland is getting calls but he set a pretty high bar in the summer and especially when the team is going as well as it is now, it buys him time. So I think teams know it’s not going to be inexpensive to get him, so I’m curious to see who is going to pay that price…. Ken Holland is playing cards right now and he thinks he’s got a pretty good hand.”
- Friedman then talked about the previous offer from Tampa, which was AHL prospect Alexander Volkov and maybe more. Volkov, 22, scored 23 goals two years in a row in the AHL and has three assists in three games this year in the AHL.
- Friedman said he’d heard St. Louis had offered Klim Kostin, 20. Big Kostin has also played two years in the AHL, putting up 28 points as an 18-year-old and 24 points as a 19-year-old. He has five points in 9 AHL games this year.
- It’s also been rumoured that Carolina offered huge Julien Gauthier, 22. Gauthier had 16 and 27 goals in his first two AHL seasons. He’s got four goals in 6 AHL games this year.”