Bflo_Soldier

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Forum: NHLNov 19, 2019 at 11:33
Thread: Someone explain why Puljujarvi is so coveted on here
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>hanson493</b></div><div>how can you say he still has elite potential though. He has 37 points in 139 games. Sure his usage varied and his playing partners varied but you still gotta produce a little bit better as the 6th overall pick. I dont see his elite potential.</div></div>

It could be an issue of organizational management, coaching, attitude, slow acclimation to North America...any number of things.
He's a 4th overall pick (nearly universally projected as the 3rd best prospect in the draft that year) only 3 years ago and he's still only 21 years old.
There's likely a plethora of coaches, GMs, owners (with the egos you need to have at this level) that believe they could "fix" him.
Forum: NHLNov 19, 2019 at 10:53
Thread: Someone explain why Puljujarvi is so coveted on here
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>hanson493</b></div><div>right but you dont give up good assets for a guy worth nothing to his own organization. especially when he flat out told the oilers he wasnt playing for them.</div></div>

I haven't really paid a lot of attention to the Armchair GMs to see what people were offering, but it was originally described above as "serviceable assets and decent picks" which sounds appropriate for a very young under-performing player with elite potential.

Some similar recent examples of struggling young players with high ceilings and what they fetched:
Dylan Strome (packaged with Perlini) for Nick Schmaltz
Domi for Galchenyuk
Alex Nylander for Jokiharju
Griffin Reinhart for 1st and 2nd
Grigorenko (packaged with others) for Ryan O'Reilly (packaged with Jamie McGinn)
Ryan Strome for Eberle
Baertschi for 2nd