Around the League - 2022 offseason thread

[Guttersniped]

What’s the nhl gonna do when Winnipeg wants a third Jets team in 2041?

 

[Oneiro]

Pulju is a cool experiment to watch unfold. See if the analytics hunch does resolve into some success down the line and some of the hockey ops people are wrong.

 

[MauDevils]

Once again, Puljujarvi wants out, and Oilers are ready to accommodate with a trade

www.sportsnet.ca

Don’t know if this has been posted, but Puljujarvi deemed as a “play killer” in the Oilers’ locker room. Wow.

Well this just makes us sound like a sucker.

New Jersey is another target, as a team that places a high value on the analytics that are kind to Puljujarvi. Despite scoring just four goals nine assists in his final 36 games of the season — almost all spent next to Connor McDavid — analytics exist that pump up Puljujarvi’s value and could entice certain teams to the asset.

 

[SteveCangialosi123]

Even if he’s not that good offensively, he was still out there for more GF than GA. With McDavid and without him.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

thing is we dont need him to be a top line winger here whereas Edmonton basically did

 

[HBK27]

 

[Saugus]

Very interesting. Until now I had assumed that the most likely scenario was that the Flames would be able to keep him. This sounds like he may intend to test the market, and if that happens I would imagine he's gone.

 

[MadDevil]

The side of me that enjoys chaos and pain says we trade Zacha for Puljujarvi, Zacha scores 30 goals in Edmonton and Puljujarvi does nothing with us.

 

[HBK27]

The side of me that enjoys chaos and pain says we trade Zacha for Puljujarvi, Zacha scores 30 goals in Edmonton and Puljujarvi does nothing with us.

I'd take another season of Zacha's inconsistency versus taking a chance on Puljujarvi.

I feel like Zacha could do very well with a change of scenery. Don't see that upside with Puljujarvi.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Pulju is a cool experiment to watch unfold. See if the analytics hunch does resolve into some success down the line and some of the hockey ops people are wrong.

Definitely interesting. I wonder how much less interest there'd be in Pulju if we didn't all just watch Nichushkin single-handedly wreck Tampa's top line en route to the Stanley Cup. Their careers and scouting reports are strikingly similar up to this point.

 

[Brodeur]

Puljujarvi is deemed “a play killer” inside the Oilers dressing room, it is believed, where two of the best centremen in the world have not been enough to turn Puljujarvi into a legitimate Top 6 winger in the NHL. The puck dies on his stick in the offensive zone too often to continue to saddle Connor McDavid or Leon Draisaitl with such a winger on a regular basis.

So many former beer league teammates came to mind when I read that description of Puljujarvi.

 

[Guttersniped]

The side of me that enjoys chaos and pain says we trade Zacha for Puljujarvi, Zacha scores 30 goals in Edmonton and Puljujarvi does nothing with us.

 

[Blackjack]

Add Gaudreau, Puljujarvi, Copp, and Slafkovsky all in the same offseason.

Gaudreau - Hughes - Bratt
Sharangovich - Hischier - Puljujarvi
Slafkovsky - Copp - Holtz
Zetterlund - McLeod - Bastian
Boqvist

 

[My3Sons]

Add Gaudreau, Puljujarvi, Copp, and Slafkovsky all in the same offseason.

Gaudreau - Hughes - Bratt
Sharangovich - Hischier - Puljujarvi
Slafkovsky - Copp - Holtz
Zetterlund - McLeod - Bastian
Boqvist

Where are Mercer and Wood? Put Zetterlund on the third line over Holtz next season and maybe it makes more sense? I struggle to see Wood and Mercer both gone

 

[ChicksDigTheTrap]

Add Gaudreau, Puljujarvi, Copp, and Slafkovsky all in the same offseason.

Gaudreau - Hughes - Bratt
Sharangovich - Hischier - Puljujarvi
Slafkovsky - Copp - Holtz
Zetterlund - McLeod - Bastian
Boqvist

You are really loading us up at the "A" level. Mercer should help make them a powerhouse.

 

[RangerDoggo]

I wouldn't overpay for Gaudreau, but if it ends up happening I won't exactly complain.

 

[ChicksDigTheTrap]

I think it does bode well for Calgary. I have a feeling the "Value of Johnny Gaudreau" thread on the main board will be up in 2 years from a fan of whatever team he signs with.

 

[MadDevil]

Where are Mercer and Wood? Put Zetterlund on the third line over Holtz next season and maybe it makes more sense? I struggle to see Wood and Mercer both gone

Wood is on defense, Mercer is in goal.

 

[Blackjack]

Where are Mercer and Wood? Put Zetterlund on the third line over Holtz next season and maybe it makes more sense? I struggle to see Wood and Mercer both gone

Haha, oops. I was mostly clowning (especially the Copp part)

 

[Its Always Sundstrom]

Haha, oops. I was mostly clowning (especially the Copp part)

You know, I thought you were clowning but I couldn’t see the makeup. Just the wig and maybe the shoes.

 

[Blackjack]

You know, I thought you were clowning but I couldn’t see the makeup. Just the wig and maybe the shoes.

Ya gotta leave some to the imagination.

 

[Blackjack]

“Ty Smith Memorial Trophy”

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

weird contract

 

[Traitor Zach]

Interested to see what Palat does. I don't see TB getting much value back for Killorn and McDonagh.

 

[Saugus]

The side of me that enjoys chaos and pain says we trade Zacha for Puljujarvi, Zacha scores 30 goals in Edmonton and Puljujarvi does nothing with us.

I might actually be ok with it if Zacha succeeds there. Western conference team so it won't hurt us much, and if he can't succeed even there it proves we were right to cut bait.

I'd be less happy with it if we brought in Puljujarvi and he didn't produce. Hischer and Hughes aren't McDrai, but they're clearly top line centers who make their linemates better. Maybe we don't need or want Puljujarvi in a top 6 role though.