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RW Jesse Puljujärvi - Karpat, FEL (2016 Draft)

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MiGician said:
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1+1 in an exhibition game against Kalpa. Looked very solid according to Jatkoaika (Finnish hockey forum)
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It's a exhibition game. People put up too much stock into these. Saarela was on fire in last pre-season but when the season started he wasn't on the level that to play in liiga. He put up 1+1 in his debut FEL game at 16 year old too. Now he is struggling in my eyes. I believe that Puljujärvi will crack on FEL team and get good spot to shine. I think that he is closer to cracking into FEL team compared to Laine who needs little more polishing to make it.
 
thomast said:
It's a exhibition game. People put up too much stock into these. Saarela was on fire in last pre-season but when the season started he wasn't on the level that to play in liiga. He put up 1+1 in his debut FEL game at 16 year old too. Now he is struggling in my eyes. I believe that Puljujärvi will crack on FEL team and get good spot to shine. I think that he is closer to cracking into FEL team compared to Laine who needs little more polishing to make it.
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I think he got a concussion or some other injury fairly early on in the season.
 
Big problem with Puljujärvi cracking Kärpät's line up from start of season is that he has Haataja, Donskoi and Davis ahead of him on RW. Unless Davis moves to center I don't see it happening.
 
Yeah Puljujärvi is in a worse position than Laine imo, with the strenght Kärpät has on the right side. Wouldn't put too much stock in these exchibition games either allthough putting up such performance gives a promising insight towards the future.

Saarela was in flames last year in these games, but first actual SM Liga games didn't go as good as expected and then he ran into injury spin. Hopefully can pull it back together in Ässät this season.

If Puljujärvi is already around ~190cm I just wonder what his eventual height will be. 195-200cm would be insane added with the skating & skillset and natural scoring instincts.
 
Laine seems to get all the attention, but man this kid is good. Best player on Finnish U20 team in games vs Russia and Sweden. He seems to create changes out of nothing in almost every shift.

Head coach Jortikka was impressed after yesterday's game so looks like he could play in WJC's as 16 year old.
 
JJTT said:
Laine seems to get all the attention, but man this kid is good. Best player on Finnish U20 team in games vs Russia and Sweden. He seems to create changes out of nothing in almost every shift.

Head coach Jortikka was impressed after yesterday's game so looks like he could play in WJC's as 16 year old.
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I have always wondered why Laine got so much more hype suddenly than Puljujarvi. The first time i heard "the best finnish prospect since Selanne" it was about Puljujarvi. Then suddenly it was all Laine.
 
Tuomaz said:
I have always wondered why Laine got so much more hype suddenly than Puljujarvi. The first time i heard "the best finnish prospect since Selanne" it was about Puljujarvi. Then suddenly it was all Laine.
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Yeah, Puljujärvi was injured 3-4 months in last season so Laine got a bit ahead of him and was clearly the better player in international games as well. But Jesse has had a good summer that is now showing. Now Puljujärvi seems to have the "upper hand".
 
Have to say I'm truly impressed of this guy. Missed yesterday's game but he seemed to be the guy against Sweden today and the goal was just incredible. The scoring and skating added with complete game, that's quite something.

https://twitter.com/daredlinereport

Think they tweeted the same thing about Laine sometime ago. I think Laine has more raw potential but Puljujärvi is ahead of him right now. Patrik's issues are in the head and the knee injury is still hounting but that's not permanent problem. If he gets past the mental issues, then the sky is the limit.

My gut tells me it's gonna be a run between Laine, Puljujärvi and Chychrun, followed by Day and Sokolov. A draft I wouldn't miss for the world.
 
Yea we finns tend to overhype and only focus in our own players but gotto say im sold on Puljujärvi. Seen him full games now for the first time and im really staggered how good he is. We are talking Barkov level talent. Simply outstanding talent easily top5 players for 2016 draft and could be and probabply should be favourite to go first overall at this point. In my books he is lock for World Junior Championships. In these 2 games his even looked better than Artturi Lehkonen and co who are 3 years older, his not only standing his ground but has been driving the team. If Laine is better, or same level or even close to Puljujärvi level god have mercy on other nations.
 
Can't deny Finns overhype their own, but if you look at the recent guys the hype hasn't been off the mark lately. Regarding these two, like you said we are talking of Barkov level talent and it's quite crazy to think getting even one of them every 5 or so years, but now there are two. If they've both reached 190cm (or more) and haven't shown signs of growth stop, one can wonder where they eventually end. I'm hoping Puljujärvi developes some mean streak and starts using that body to not only protect the puck, but also hit moving targets. I think it's gonna take an injury to prevent him from not playing in the u20 WJHC this year.

Lets see what he can do against the Czechs tomorrow.
 
Puljujärvi has talent to come Marian Hossa and Jeff Carter type of player if he reaches his potential. Laine has in the other hand has talent that he could be next finnish perennial 40+ goal scorer if he would reach his potential. I think that he has decent amount of more risk than Puljujärvi. I think that if i had to choose between these 2 right now it would be Puljujärvi.

kelsier said:
My gut tells me it's gonna be a run between Laine, Puljujärvi and Chychrun, followed by Day and Sokolov. A draft I wouldn't miss for the world.
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Add Auston Matthews into that list. Wouldn't be suprised to hear his name first.
 
kelsier said:
Can't deny Finns overhype their own, but if you look at the recent guys the hype hasn't been off the mark lately. Regarding these two, like you said we are talking of Barkov level talent and it's quite crazy to think getting even one of them every 5 or so years, but now there are two. If they've both reached 190cm (or more) and haven't shown signs of growth stop, one can wonder where they eventually end. I'm hoping Puljujärvi developes some mean streak and starts using that body to not only protect the puck, but also hit moving targets. I think it's gonna take an injury to prevent him from not playing in the u20 WJHC this year.

Lets see what he can do against the Czechs tomorrow.
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Puljujärvi is 190cm/89kg now, Laine 192cm/95kg. Crazy to think that they could easily grow a lot more before draft.
 
Scored again with wicked shot against Czech. Best player in this entire 4-nations tournament. By all accounts our north american friends dont have to wait long to see him he should be abloy lock to go WJC in Toronto/Montreal few months time.
 
Erikfromfin said:
Scored again with wicked shot against Czech. Best player in this entire 4-nations tournament. By all accounts our north american friends dont have to wait long to see him he should be abloy lock to go WJC in Toronto/Montreal few months time.
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2+2 now :D vs Czechs
 
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