Playing 10 minutes per game every other game without PP is good for his developement? I'd rather see him playing mestis 15-18 minutes per night in a leading role. He is 16 year old. He needs to play if not in Liiga then he should play mestis.
RW Jesse Puljujärvi - Karpat, FEL (2016 Draft)
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Playing 10 minutes per game every other game without PP is good for his developement? I'd rather see him playing mestis 15-18 minutes per night in a leading role. He is 16 year old. He needs to play if not in Liiga then he should play mestis.
It's not like he has been eating popcorn while he isn't on the lineup. He has played 2 games in juniors nearly every weekend(where he averages over 20 minutes per game).
7 games 8+2 +5 there.
He's a player of a high skill level and should have such role. I think it'd be more beneficial to play constant top-6 minutes with PP responsibility in Mestis than play every other game in Liiga with lesser role.
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Kärpät failed to evaluate his level of ability coming into the season and signed Davis who is eating the minutes that should be given to Puljujärvi. He seems to be the most ready player I've seen in the history to play on this level at his age. They have wingers signed up for next season as well. Now that Mäenalainen had loan period to Pelicans cancelled the situation is even worse. Should they loan him to another SM Liga team it would be the best move for Puljujärvi but he is propably still doing school so it might not be ideal for him. Marjamäki claims to be a good in coaching kids but right now I see him stalling the developement more than helping it. Really frustrating scenario and if things doesn't change for the next season I hope Puljujärvi considers other opportunities allthough hard to say what kind of clauses are in the contract.
Let's be honest. Marjamäki can be genius or he is stupid doing that. If he is genius he is making Puljujärvi to work even harder to earn the spot. It might be positive thing not having guaranteed spot because he has to do the same in future at NHL. This situation can be like giving just 1 small slice of pizza to a guy who is starving. It makes the guy even more hungry. I hope that Marjamäki is just increasing the hunger of this young kid to work even harder to earn bigger slice from the pizza. Season is long and we usually see young kids to have long stretches of big slump. Maybe they want him to save energy to WJC and other half of the season.
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Scored another goal. Absolute rocket of a one timer. 3+1 in 9 games while playing 8 minutes a game.
There was two games this week where he got zero icetime. So it's basicly 3+1 in 7 games now.
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Why in the blue hell has Puljujarvi been the 13th attacker in couple of games with no ice time? That seems dumb as hell to me.....
Marjamäki thinks U20's WJC are the most important event for Puljujärvi & Aho and haven't use them because of that
http://www.jatkoaika.com/Artikkeli/matkalla-torontoon-ruotsissa-loistanut-kärppäkolmikko/162129
PlusMinusZero
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No need to rush the kid,next year he will be in a much more important role when the vets are gone.And I think that the sheltered minutes is what he should play right now because he is not physically strong enough yet and he can play in mestis where he gets more ice time.This kid is gonna be a REALLY good player,but we all need calm down when it comes to his development.I'm sure that Marjamäki knows what he is doing.
The WJC is what, 5-7 games plus a couple pre-tournament games around new year? I don't see how that has anything to do with how much he plays in October.
Sure, sheltered minutes are okay, but being the 13th forward and not playing at all makes no sense. Puljujärvi himself says in the article quoted it can be annoying not getting ice time with the big club. If I'm not mistaken he has only played for Kärpät Liiga team or the U20 team so far this season and not in Mestis. This sounds like it's more convenient for Kärpät instead of being good for Puljujärvi. Let the kid play, loan him to Mestis for a month or so if you're not going to give him consistent minutes in Liiga yet.
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It's obvious they don't want to strain him too much physically and increase the risk of injuries. There's enough examples from recent years of burning out key players of the U-20 team by having them play too much before the WJC (=Granlund). A game or two with Kärpät here and there, A-juniors mixed in between, sounds reasonable for a 16-year old to me.
Yeah, let's not forget that we're talking about a sixteen year old. Not many are capable of playing at the pro level at all at that age, never mind a full season with international competition on top. Additionally Kärpät are certainly expecting another long run in the playoffs. That's probably 70-80 games, so expecting big minutes might be a bit unreasonable.
Puljujärvi played with A-Juniors again today, 1+0, 18:32 minutes of icetime. He has been really consistent while playing there, scoring goals in every game. 10 games 10+3 now.
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Didn't they just get rid of Davis and Deschamps? Figured it was for making space for the youngsters, aside for both of them being crap. Anyway I think this is a good deal because of the lenght of the loan period. Puljujärvi is pretty much heading to Canada after the due date and then possibly cementing a top6 role in Kärpät (if all goes well).
Took the new years week off by the way
Davis? No, he was just injured for few weeks. Really interesting to see how Pulju does with Hokki as they have been playing really well lately.
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Ah, thanks for the info. Hopefully his time will come also, ha! Jesse will have a lot better foundation compared to Laine. LeKi just seems like a graveyard compared to Hokki. Anyhow, I'm still hoping it's temporary solution as the loan deadline suggest, because why keep the most promising kid on a 2nd tier league who's already proven to be able to play the Liga.
I think this deal is just for the U20's WJC, so that Puljujärvi can play a big role in every game(on man's league) and develop some chemistry with Kalapudas before the tournament.
Kärpät has 0 injuries on the forward group now, by the time WJC's are over there is very likely a few so Puljujärvi gets to play in Liiga then.
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Makes sense. Didn't get anything out of the 4 nations tournament but what I read was Puljujärvi was basicly carrying that line so was hoping they'd drop atleast one out of Aho or Kalapudas. Aho for sure doesn't seem to be ready, but on the other hand Kalapudas seems to be playing quite well in the Mestis. Could be wishful thinking but Lehkonen - Kalapudas - Puljujärvi could actually do some damage in the WJC. Jortikka will need to make some changes after the late disappointing results. Lets just hope he makes the right ones.
Jesse's u20 stats this season are pretty much phenomenal - 6 games and 8 points. If he plays World Juniors with that pace it's gonna be quite extra ordinary.
WJC is whole different thing compared to those practice games. Of course it is uncommon that 16 year old can play so dominant game against U20 players but even Crosby, McDavid or many others 16 year old's haven't been dominant in WJC's. I wouldn't go too far with the predictions that Puljujärvi will be force at that competition. I would be happy if he makes positive impact. But there might be chance that he really suprises everyone. He is really explosive, big, really smart, excellent shot and great at setting up too. If he has confidence he could have good tournament for 16 year old.
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