Puljujarvi for Nyquist? Bwahaha. Edmonton isn’t going to do that. Let me guess. Holland knows Nyquist from his days in Detroit so this makes perfect sense. My goodness. Puljujarvi has not developed into a scoring winger that they hoped for. This is obvious. But he’s actually pretty solid defensively and one of the few guys with some size, especially with Kane out. Swapping him for a small, soft, perimeter player like Nyquist is the exact opposite of what the Oilers are wanting to do. They already have a version of Nyquist named Yamamoto. It doesn’t even make sense for Columbus. They are better off selling Nyquist closer to the deadline at 50% retained, when more teams might look to add middle 6 depth. They want picks in return. Not an RFA making $3M with arb rights. I guess if this is what NHL sources are telling you then you just report that…
Also, Toews is garbage. Has anyone watched him play lately? He'd be a 4th line forward on most rosters.
Puljujarvi is a classic example why expected statistics are not actual facts. He was an analytics darling last year. He never passed the eye test. Turrible, turrible player.
Who in there right mind would have Interest in Jesse Puljujarvi? The Oilers clearly need help on the blueline and in net, Jonathan Toews isn't needed here.