one has to think this is the last gasp for the Oilers and JP..
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The #Oilers have signed Jesse Puljujarvi to a one-year, $3 million contract. The Finnish forward scored a career-high 36 points in 65 games last season.
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one has to think this is the last gasp for the Oilers and JP..
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Seems like a fair deal for JP.
I can still see him getting traded sometime before now and the end of the season. This contract makes it easier to trade him as a trade partner knows his contract status.
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That's a steal of a deal for the best RWer on the Oilers. Hopefully, Holland can't find a trading partner to dump this salary. I would much rather the Oilers move one of Foegele, Nurse, or Barrie to save cap space.
Hope he can put it together this year but my eye test hasnt changed much since he first hit NHL ice.
^ This. I'm not a professional scout or coach, but, by my eye test, the deficiencies in his game from early in his career are still there. He has had plenty of opportunities to seize a top role and run with it. I'm not impressed. If I'm an owner (maybe I am), I'll give him one last year, but also keep an open ear to any trades that I can make with him.
I actually glad we get one more year to see if he can put it all together and play to what we hope his potential is. Guy was a beast in his year in Finland. One year at $3M is a good compromise for both sides. Let's go Oilers!
Put up or shut up kind of contract. Hope he has a good year for him and the team.
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This price comes in right around projections and sets the team up to need to dump a contract, whether it's Puljujarvi or (hopefully) someone else. They've got less than $3M to re-sign Yamamoto and McLeod. McLeod can easily be squeezed. Yamamoto is probably coming in at around Puljujarvi's number.
Puljujarvi struggles to score, and likely always will, but his abilities defensively and forechecking are immensely valuable. He tilts the ice to a massive degree and you need this type of defensive conscience on a team with McDavid and Draisaitl. I am convinced they are going to dump him for very little and am pre-emptively frustrated.
Yep totally fair price for Puljujarvi imo but this does put the Oil in a bind as to how to sign Yamo & McLeod. Someone is moving for sure... and while everyone wants it to be Foegele, I'd assume most other GMs want it to be JP or KY. Where's that popcorn emoji as we watch this unfold...
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