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RW Jesse Puljujärvi - Karpat, FEL (2016 Draft)

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WhiskeyYourTheDevils said:
He has a bit of that style, probably Malkin lite is a better comparison. Seems to like the big shot and has hands and size.
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He skates like Malkin you're right but Puljujärvi is more straight foward and aggressive player. Malkin is bit smoother player. He seems to make similar power moves as Lemieux did but not as well. Puljujärvi gave couple huge hits on CAN game. Loved his intensity even when game was 4-1 and couple minutes left. He didn't stop playing like most of the finnish team.
 
Dammit guys. With showings like the game against Canada, it's extremely difficult not to become ape**** excited about this kid. :yo:
 
I'm salivating at the prospect of Puljujärvi getting everything lined up in the not too distant future. He's 16 and so big, that means that his body must still be getting used to its size, so he's not as "smooth" in his movements, or balance as he would be. But a year from now, at 17 and say the exact same size or just a little bit more? Ooh-my!
If the toolset remains the same, his confidence keeps growing, he'll be tearing holes in nets in no time.
 
rangersfan9 said:
Does anyone like a Rick Nash comparison? I know Rick's not finnish but Puljujarvi to play like Rick.
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Hard to find many similarities apart from the size and wrister. Nash tends to protect the puck with size and strength and do "power moves" whereas Jesse seems more like a guy who uses speed and reach to find open spaces. I know this doesn't sound as flattering, but Kovalchuk seems to me to be a better comparison. A bigger, slightly smoother Kovalchuk without the solo artist, one-way player mentality. Not saying that he has the same high-end touch as these guys, but his playing looks to my old faulty eyes like a mixture of Kovalchuk and Malkin.

Some of the videos I base these blabberings on (first two from Finnish Elite League, last three from this tournament):

Kovalchukian one-timer slapshot at 2:06. That is not a teenager's shot. The speed, the accuracy, the smoothness of his transition from full skating speed to one-timing position deserves classical music in the background. The goalie knew exactly what was going to happen but had no chance.


A display of his "North American" game. Driving straight to the net, taking possession of the puck (with some awesome hand-eye) and blasting it. Right at the goalie, but hey, a juicy rebound was put in.

2:01 to 2:09. Some smooth sailing around a stickless US defenceman and once again excellent forechecking after the scoring chance turns out fruitless.

At 3:55 to 4:06, "Fucale makes a great stop" = Pulju goes hungrily for the puck that came from the end boards and rings it, once again, off the post (easily heard from this commentatorless clip) and then backchecks the puck away from the Canadian player and gets it back to his teammates. Just a great display of his overall game and skating speed. BTW, did he shoot another left post at 5:12-5:20? The sound system had the post ringing set at quite a low volume, so it's hard to tell.


This entire game. His impact is quite evident when the official highlight reel of a game is 80% him.
 
I don't like comparing prospects to star players, but this season he really has shown some Kovalchukian-flashes of skill and speed. I think of players like Kovy, Wheeler, Nash and Johansen when I see Puljujärvi play... similar type of puck protection, speed, skill and size. I'm not saying he plays like them but he has some similar abilities to those guys.

Here's a nice goal he scored in Mestis a month ago, might already be in this thread: http://youtu.be/1RP_Z8Y_4ck?t=3m15s
 
Hagged said:
Yep, and one good WJC tournament doesn't make a 1st OA. I don't like how people think Puljujärvi is above Matthews because of a couple of WJC games.

If they thought that because of his play in FEL, U20 and Mestis, OK then. But the WJC alone shouldn't be the reason to pick one over the other.

Puljujärvi is a well skating big winger who scores goals (just hasn't happened in this WJC yet). He seems like he's well on his way to be picked very high, mainly because of his play in Finland where his goal scoring has gotten him to be compared to Teemu Selanne. When you add in the size and skating ability, there is a reason to think he will be picked high and basically a lock to be drafted in the first round.
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Most of the people saying that Puljujärvi is above Matthews are from Finland and have seen him play in the FEL. That said, I wonder how many of those same posters have seen Matthews play very much.

Personally, I haven't watched either play all that much (Puljujärvi only in this tournament), but based on what I have seen from both of them and what I have read about both of them, I think both are in the same category, which you wouldn't know based on the media in NA.
 
Let's hope the guy's ketchup bottle opens in the QF against Sweden. He had some great chances in the first period against Germany (the way he split the D was just ruthless). Maybe was a little too eager to use his shot in the PP, but with Finland's powerplay being 0 for 16 in the tournament, can you really blame him for trying? To his credit, the PP he orchestrated was the best Finnish PP thus far.

Just can't help but think that he's had an unimaginable amount of bad luck with the amount of SOG and posts... He really hasn't looked like a guy who would fail 20-25 good scoring attempts. Crazy.
 
I've been very impressed by his offensive game so far. Very dynamic and with a little puck luck he'd have a couple goals.

Much more impressive than Matthews so far IMO.
 
Can someone explain to me how I keep hearing matthews is better than this kid? I know it's one tournament but he puljujarvi impressed me a heck of a lot more than matthews.
 
Seen all of USA's and Finland's game, and it's only one tournament you can say, but I don't care, there's no way Auston Matthews is a superior player then Jesse Puljujarvi. This kid was unbelievable shift after shift, I think he's going to pull away quite easily from the rest of the field and go first overall. Just has that Kovalchuk aura about him that just leaves you in awe.
 
RadimtheDream said:
Can someone explain to me how I keep hearing matthews is better than this kid? I know it's one tournament but he puljujarvi impressed me a heck of a lot more than matthews.
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IMO they are close.. And of course, NA press talks more of NA talent, than a european talent.. As Finnish press talks more of Puljujärvi than Matthews. Nothing odd there.
 
I realy hope he gets to play full minutes with kärpat now after this, he could and should do it! If lehkonen can play full top 6 minutes in swedens top league puljujarvi should be able to do so in kärpät. Not saying lehkonen was bad or so but that puljujarvi simply is better
 
It was nice to see from him that he wanted win always. He never quit and did what he can on the ice. I have very high expectations for him.
 
Very impressive player. Was he snake-bitten in the tournament or is he a bit short on elite finish? He was generating chance after chance but it never paid off.
 

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