Quoting: Caniac2000
Pulju isn't even an NHL asset. You can't say "oH pUlJu" because Nino is better in EVERY way. Niederreiter was on 40 point pace, and still plays one of the best defensive games among forwards in hockey! Thinking he is a cap dump shows you know NOTHING about him!
Puljujarvi's NHLe while playing as the best player on his Finnish team was a 30+ point pace. If we're willing to reach the conclusion that Puljujarvi will not be the best player on the Oilers next season, we can reasonably assume that his production should be higher than his 30-some odd point pace he played with this season.
So far, we've logically established the following:
1. Puljujarvi will cost - at minimum - $3.5M less than Niederreiter does, even with $750k retained
2. There is reason to believe Puljujarvi will produce similarly to Niederreiter
3. Carolina is in a cap squeeze regardless of whether they're adding Cirelli or not and need to find a way to shed some salary
The only credibility I can find to your argument is the SINGLE second-place vote for the Selke that Nino received in 2016-17. His oisv% has been effectively sub-.900 for the past four seasons and his zone starts have always been biased towards offensive zone starts. Hell, last year the Hurricanes almost religiously kept Niederreiter out of their own end. All you're offering is anecdotal evidence that Niederreiter is good at playing defence and denying - despite Carolina's previous attempts to trade quality assets for Puljujarvi earlier this season - that JP isn't even an NHL asset. Do YOU know more than the Carolina Hurricanes?
At some point you have to stop digging if you want to get out of the hole.