Quoting: ApparentlyOilFan
Pulju is 1000x better than McCann in OilCountry and we are not about to ship him to another city
You are assuming, as you really have no idea. McCann is only 2 years older so age isn't really a factor, but lets look at the numbers. Let's start with career.
McCann
353 GP, 66 G, 89 A, 155 Pts, +26
0.187 G/gm, 0.252 A/gm, 0.439 pts/gm
Average over 82 games
15.3 G, 20.7 A, 36.0 Pts
Pulju
194 GP, 32 G, 30 A, 62 Pts, -4
0.165 G/gm, 0.155 A/gm, 0.320 pts/gm
Average over 82 games
13.5 G, 12.7 A, 26.2 Pts
So over their careers McCann averages about 2 more goals a season, about 8 more assists, 10 more points. All while being more defensively responsible. But what about the argument that Pulju is still improving? Well lets look at the most recent season.
McCann
43 GP, 14 G, 18 A, 32 Pts, +17
0.326 G/gm, 0.419 A/gm, 0.744 pts/gm
Average over 82 games
26.7 G, 34.4 A, 61.0 Pts
Pulju
55 GP, 15 G, 10 A, 25 Pts, +6
0.273 G/gm, 0.182 A/gm, 0.454 pts/gm
Average over 82 games
22.4 G, 14.9 A, 37.3 Pts
This past season alone has McCann averaging out to 4 more goals, about 20 more assists over an 82 game season. Oh but we are also forgetting the most important fact about comparing these 2...McCann doesn't play with McJesus.