Waived: [PIT] F Jesse Puljujarvi waived by the Penguins for contract termination

[Czechboy]

I was a big JP defender... it's getting harder and harder.lol It's always the same thing

Nice guy
big body
hustles
good attitude

0 points in 10 games

I maintain if he had learned to PK and adjusted his game to a bottom 6 player that he'd still be a viable NHLer.

 

[Matty Sundin]

Too much of a head case. He can look good for 3-4 games and be useless for months after.

 

[PanniniClaus]

The only issue with Puli is he's not very good at hockey. Top marks for everything else.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

edit - wrong thread

 

[DaveG]

I was a big JP defender... it's getting harder and harder.lol It's always the same thing

Nice guy
big body
hustles
good attitude

0 points in 10 games

I maintain if he had learned to PK and adjusted his game to a bottom 6 player that he'd still be a viable NHLer.

the guy has basically everything you'd want in a 3rd/4th liner other than hockey IQ. I'm convinced a good percentage of this board can read the play better than he can.

 

[God]

i'm just absolutely shocked that he seemingly looked really good in his draft year and has totally just been a dud at the nhl level, particularly with respect to hockey IQ. i'm pretty sure he was seen as a more complete version of laine (with less offensive ability, which isn't a knock on pulju), and you sort of thought his floor was a 20g 20a guy.

i don't recall any scouting reports talking about his lack of hockey IQ, and a quick google confirms that.

 

[Bruce Granville]

i'm just absolutely shocked that he seemingly looked really good in his draft year and has totally just been a dud at the nhl level, particularly with respect to hockey IQ. i'm pretty sure he was seen as a more complete version of laine (with less offensive ability, which isn't a knock on pulju), and you sort of thought his floor was a 20g 20a guy.

i don't recall any scouting reports talking about his lack of hockey IQ, and a quick google confirms that.

It‘s the lack of general IQ, I‘m afraid.

 

[Kaptah]

I am pretty sure 90% of people who actually watched Penquins games this season would say Puljujärvi started the season playing well, certainly far better than a couple of wingers that became fixtures to play every game. But Sullivan wanted something different. Jesse was unable to deliver what ever those changes Sullivan demanded from him were, and that lead to less and less of playing time, and eventually being demoted to AHL.

 

[Kaptah]

As the season has gone on, we have worked with Jesse and his representative Markus Lehto to try and ensure that his hard work returning from serious injury was not lost and to try and find him greater opportunity.

“Over the last week, those discussions have led to us granting Jesse his request for contract termination so he may explore opportunities with other organizations around the world. In the end, we felt that was the fair thing to do given the work Jesse has put in to getting himself back to this level.”