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RW Jesse Puljujarvi - Bakersfield Condors, AHL (2016, 4th, EDM)

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PorscheDesign said:
10 points in 36 games in his NHL career thus far, not to mention he's not really lighting up in the AHL either. He's heading down Virtanen territory very quickly.

Oilers fans are already making the same justifications that we do when talking about Virtanen
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This has to be a bait post right?

Jesse:
AHL - 49GP-13G-20A-33P
NHL - 36GP-3G-7A-10P

Jake:
AHL - 77GP-9G-11A-20P
NHL - 85GP-10G-10A-20P

One of these players is 19 in his second season in North America, the other is 21 and has played in North America his entire life.
 
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Its unfortunate Todd McLellan has a love triangle going on with guys like Letestu, Pakarinen, Kassian, and would rather get canned then to play JP on any of the top 2 lines or give him any PP time. Probably the single worst handling of any Oiler prospect I can remember, and that's saying a lot.
 
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McFlash97 said:
Its unfortunate Todd McLellan has a love triangle going on with guys like Letestu, Pakarinen, Kassian, and would rather get canned then to play JP on any of the top 2 lines or give him any PP time. Probably the single worst handling of any Oiler prospect I can remember, and that's saying a lot.
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Has he not really played on either of the top 2 lines yet?
 
JustaFinnishGuy said:
Has he not really played on either of the top 2 lines yet?
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He played a few games with Nugent-Hopkins and Lucic until the lines were mixed and he ended up playing with Strome and Khaira. He played well with both lines and did nothing to deserve the demotion originally. That is why his handling is so puzzling.
 
HockeyHistorian said:
He played a few games with Nugent-Hopkins and Lucic until the lines were mixed and he ended up playing with Strome and Khaira. He played well with both lines and did nothing to deserve the demotion originally. That is why his handling is so puzzling.
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That 2nd line looked good with Lucic- RNH- Pulju, but surprise surprise the youngest kid on the roster gets punished.
Then a bit later we hear how he's not helping the team that much, well don't kill his confidence, instead encourage him.
 
Sitting for tonight's game again. I don't know... Todd McLellan is a professional coach, but I really don't understand the logic behind this. At least send him to the AHL at least if he isn't seen valuable to the team.
 
BB88 said:
That 2nd line looked good with Lucic- RNH- Pulju, but surprise surprise the youngest kid on the roster gets punished.
Then a bit later we hear how he's not helping the team that much, well don't kill his confidence, instead encourage him.
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Furthermore, Pulju and the whole third line looked pretty good until Pulju was scratched.
 
Pulju "deserved" / "belonged" with his play this year, as they say. Maybe a trade incoming explains the benching? Can't trade an injured player.
 
Hokinaittii said:
2 goals already vs Calgary and still some time left in the 1st. Hat trick incoming? :naughty:
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Almost did twice. Only a matter of time before he started to shine. You have to really shake your head at the people that called him a bust at 19. 4 goals in 9 games and 1 period since his call up. Let's see if he can get the hatty tonight. Looks great tonight, getting tonnes of chances. If Mclellen continues to give him the ice time he is getting in the first, he is turning the corner into the player some of us believe he will be.
 
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Skip2myBordyloo said:
Potential is still sky high with this kid, once he irons the kinks out he'll be a great player.
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His major flaw last season was his poor puck protection skills (fumbling it and not winning board battles) which has vastly improved this season.

His vision, skating, shot are all NHL level. He also needs to make fewer low percentage shots... much like Taylor Hall does or did. Not a fan of volume shooters.
 
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voxel said:
His major flaw last season was his poor puck protection skills (fumbling it and not winning board battles) which has vastly improved this season.

His vision, skating, shot are all NHL level. He also needs to make fewer low percentage shots... much like Taylor Hall does or did. Not a fan of volume shooters.
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I feel like that has something to do with his confidence and him just trying to keep it simple for now.

It should only be matter of time until he starts to challenge the defence more with his skating for real scoring chances. He did that a lot in Liiga.
 
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Hokinaittii said:
2 goals already vs Calgary and still some time left in the 1st. Hat trick incoming? :naughty:
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Finally getting a couple of bounces his way. His 2-0-2 in 9GP coming in did not reflect at all his level of play and he's finally getting rewarded. Just missed putting his 3rd by a sprawled out Smith, and if not for the puck bouncing over his stick on that McDavid pass/shot he could have had 4 goals in that period. He's always looked good with McDavid even last year imo, but he only spent 4 games with him last year.

Once Todd finally puts him on the top PP as McDavid's one-timer option he could quite easily take off in terms of production.

I still think this thread is going to be hilarious to look back on with all the people prematurely calling a 19 year old a bust.
 
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voxel said:
His major flaw last season was his poor puck protection skills (fumbling it and not winning board battles) which has vastly improved this season.

His vision, skating, shot are all NHL level. He also needs to make fewer low percentage shots... much like Taylor Hall does or did. Not a fan of volume shooters.
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Volume shooting is fine if you place your shots appropriately. Firing low hard shots creates chances, firing shots into the goalie's chest or glove does not. Jesse will learn to hold onto pucks longer as he gets older and realizes he has more time than he thinks he is. Once he gets stronger protecting the puck that will only be more true with his huge reach.
 
His game will be to use his size and strength driving the net. He's going to score often if he does what he is doing tonight. As he gains more confidence he will start to use his skill more. He's just going to get better once he gains more exp. Only 19, lots of time for Jesse.
 
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The Winter Soldier said:
His game will be to use his size and strength driving the net. He's going to score often if he does what he is doing tonight. As he gains more confidence he will start to use his skill more. He's just going to get better once he gains more exp. Only 19, lots of time for Jesse.
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Was compared to Wheeler at the draft, and I'm starting to see the similarities. Wheeler took a while to become the player his is. I don't think it will take Jesse that long, but I have a ton of patience with him.

I will reiterate something I have said about 10 times in this thread now. I still don't know how people who watch this kid think he has low hockey IQ. He's almost always in the right place, clearly sees the ice well in terms of his playmaking vision, and while his decision making still isn't perfect at the NHL level, its making noticeable improvements the more he plays and matures.

I'll stand by what I said about him when he was drafted. He has the potential to be a better goal scoring, better defensive Taylor Hall type player. In other words, I think he'll end up at minimum a 30-30-60 guy or a near PPG player as his ceiling (league scoring dependent).
 
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McFlyingV said:
I will reiterate something I have said about 10 times in this thread now. I still don't know how people who watch this kid think he has low hockey IQ. He's almost always in the right place, clearly sees the ice well in terms of his playmaking vision, and while his decision making still isn't perfect at the NHL level, its making noticeable improvements the more he plays and matures..
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It's because people don't know high IQ when they see it, let alone hockey IQ. What I assume, is that people think Jesse must have low IQ because he hasn't even tried to learn english untill he came to NHL and he smiles alot, or something as heavy as that. And if he has low IQ he must have low hockey IQ.

Probably both aint the case.The kid has just only been focused on hockey, being educated has absolutely nothing to do with IQ. Some one who never even went to school could destroy IQ tests if he has talent, just few rounds of learning how to do those tests.
 
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QnebO said:
It's because people don't know high IQ when they see it, let alone hockey IQ. What I assume, is that people think Jesse must have low IQ because he hasn't even tried to learn english untill he came to NHL and he smiles alot. And if he has low IQ he must have low hockey IQ.

Probably both aint the case. The kid has just only been focused on hockey, being educated has absolutely nothing to do with IQ. Some one who never even went to school could destroy IQ tests if he has talent, just few rounds of learning how to do those tests.
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I think it's more his positioning, being behind the play a lot and the way he has had trouble reading the play. That's hockey IQ though and inexperience not actual IQ.
 
Belieber said:
I think it's more his positioning, being behind the play a lot and the way he has had trouble reading the play. That's hockey IQ though and inexperience not actual IQ.
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I've literally never seen any of that from Jesse. His main issues early in his NHL career were not engaging enough physically, losing puck battles, bobbling pucks, and panicking with the puck. His positioning has always been strong, and his ability to read the game has always been apparent with his strong defensive play.

Regardless, even if you do believe those were part of his game last season, they certainly haven't been this year at all. He's reading the play well on both sides of the puck and is using his vision well. The game is definitely slowing down for him a lot this year in terms of processing the NHL speed.
 
When it comes to what Hockey IQ is I do not think some posters understand what that means. Hockey IQ is more about how you read the play and predict what is going to happen. By watching TV you get 1/10th of understanding what Hockey IQ is unless the they show a replay and usually they only show the bad ones
 
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Hokinaittii said:
I feel like that has something to do with his confidence and him just trying to keep it simple for now.

It should only be matter of time until he starts to challenge the defence more with his skating for real scoring chances. He did that a lot in Liiga.
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Agreed 100%.
 

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