You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.

In a recent interview Jesse used Finnish saying, “ hampaankolossa”.


https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-12486136 -article

Some translation from Mari Lönnberg, one of the more outspoken twitter users on the ridiculousness that is Spec/Matheson and the career of Jesse Puljujarvi

”...Anything can happen, but I want an NHL contract...It's hard to say anything yet, time will tell where I am going...I don’t know if I’ll come back here anymore or what the management will end up doing...The start of the season was pretty amazing when I think about it now. It started going just fine, but the rest of the season was big time unfinished business for me. There is no denying that I wanted to be better. I should have scored more and... I would have liked to played more. It left me wanting for more... ...I want to see that I can play in a big role for all season. Year after year, I want to be better and that’s where I am going.”


Add: she (Mari) also says that Jesse was quoted in saying it was a long and fun season and there was much to learn. Interview was quite neutral, no sense he doesn’t want to be in Edmonton.

[Updated on: Sun, 12 June 2022 07:49]

Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
Category 1 - Lightly Musty
Category 2 - Moderately Musty
Category 3 - Considerably Musty
Category 4 - Severely Musty
Category 5 - Incredibly Musty

Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.

[Updated on: Fri, 17 June 2022 15:54]

Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games

Survivor CHAMP S52 | S66
OG's #MUSTWIN Scale
Category 1 - Lightly Musty
Category 2 - Moderately Musty
Category 3 - Considerably Musty
Category 4 - Severely Musty
Category 5 - Incredibly Musty

[Updated on: Fri, 24 June 2022 10:09]

"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks

Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games

"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks

"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks

[Updated on: Sat, 25 June 2022 13:29]

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.

"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

5 x $5,000,000

[Updated on: Thu, 30 June 2022 15:45]

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 30 June 2022 15:40

Kr55 wrote on Thu, 30 June 2022 15:11 So, guess we're fully into the softening the fanbase up phase with Pulju? Team leaking that they and Pulju are OK to part ways. Wouldn't be surprised for him to look like Nichushkin in 2-3 years after he polishes up his finishing and gets a little more confidence. Nichkushin signed for 850K on a 1 year, then 2.5 mill per for 2 years having his big year this season at 27. Everyone raves about Nichushkin because he score 25 goals making 2.5 mill. IF/when he probably signs for more than twice that amount and put up similar numbers, no one will rave about him anymore. At the end of the day, does the player not have some say in what happens to him. I would bet that in his close out meetings, his future role would have been discussed by the coach and GM. I would bet that a salary range based on that role would have been floated out there. So if the rumors are true and JP is open to leaving, is it not safe to assume that whatever role they see JP in and whatever salary range they want to pay him, doesn't match what JP envisions himself being and making? I think the perfect role for JP is exactly how they played him this year. Top 9 forward who slide up and down the line up, got some PP time and if he is a fixture on your 3rd line, you probably have yourself a pretty good team. Cup teams seem to have guys just like JP who maybe play a little lower and make a little less than what they would on other teams but they are cool with that because they win a lot. Coleman was that guy for Tampa last year, then goes to Calgary and signs for almost 5 mill. At 1.8 mill he looked unbelievable, at 4.9 mill, not so much. But if in JP's mind, he should be stapled to McD's wing, get exclusive PP time and be paid accordingly, doesn't work so great. If he is saying he'd welcome a change, that tells me he sees himself way higher up in the line up no matter what.

I'm only talking about how Nichushkin was arguably the 2nd most impactful forward on a cup winning team. He was pushing play into the offensive zone non-stop, which he did do already for other teams, but then he added some finish to his game and he dominated.

I want players like that. I am OK to keep trying to push and work with a kid to fine tune his game to become that too if he already is showing he is pushing play the right way like Pulju is, or like Nichushkin did for some years before he broke out this last season.

I guess though the Oilers are not interested in that and will go chasing to try to find that player in their final form, probably at a premium. Or we just don't have that kind of player and try to win other ways.

It is up to this org to make a judgement on what Pulju is capable of long term. We drafted him, we developed him. Zero teams should have a better idea of what he's capable of than the Oilers. So, I guess they are concluding he's topping out in where his career can go and is not worth investing in. So be it. If he breaks out somewhere else, just one more thing to keep bringing up in every thread

[Updated on: Thu, 30 June 2022 15:51]

"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

5 x $5,000,000

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.

NetBOG wrote on Thu, 30 June 2022 17:23

Spector's column today says Puljijarvi wants out and the team is ready to move him. Expected return is a 3rd (or maybe 2nd) rnd pick.

Here's the actual quote from the article:

Quote:

As he was three seasons ago, Puljujarvi is ready to move on for a fresh start elsewhere, sources have confirmed. The Oilers are ready to oblige, and are speaking with at least four teams in an attempt to push the return as high as possible. Puljujarvi’s agent, Markus Lehto, declined to comment but did not dispute the above characterization of his 24-year-old client.

What a total hack. "Sources say"

And then Puljujarvi's agent declined to comment, "but did not dispute the above". Well he didn't endorse it either did he Mark? You could have just left it at, "declined to comment". Then when challenged on twitter, Spector said he was just reporting "facts".

I hate the Oilers media so much.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/article/once-again-puljujarvi-wants -out-and-oilers-are-ready-to-accommodate-with-a-trade/

Oilers Goal Differential
17/18: 234 GF / 263 GA (-29)
18/19: 232 GF / 274 GA (-42)
19/20 (82 game pace): 257 GF / 254 GA (+3) in 64 games
2021 (82 game pace):269 GF / 235 GA (+34) after 38 games

Goose wrote on Fri, 01 July 2022 17:29

NetBOG wrote on Thu, 30 June 2022 17:23 Spector's column today says Puljijarvi wants out and the team is ready to move him. Expected return is a 3rd (or maybe 2nd) rnd pick. Here's the actual quote from the article: Quote: As he was three seasons ago, Puljujarvi is ready to move on for a fresh start elsewhere, sources have confirmed. The Oilers are ready to oblige, and are speaking with at least four teams in an attempt to push the return as high as possible. Puljujarvi’s agent, Markus Lehto, declined to comment but did not dispute the above characterization of his 24-year-old client. What a total hack. "Sources say" And then Puljujarvi's agent declined to comment, "but did not dispute the above". Well he didn't endorse it either did he Mark? You could have just left it at, "declined to comment". Then when challenged on twitter, Spector said he was just reporting "facts". I hate the Oilers media so much. https://www.sportsnet.ca/article/once-again-puljujarvi-wants -out-and-oilers-are-ready-to-accommodate-with-a-trade/

Another doozy from the article

"Puljujarvi is deemed “a play killer” inside the Oilers dressing room, it is believed, where two of the best centremen in the world have not been enough to turn Puljujarvi into a legitimate Top 6 winger in the NHL. The puck dies on his stick in the offensive zone too often to continue to saddle Connor McDavid or Leon Draisaitl with such a winger on a regular basis."

The "it is believed" allows this characterisation to be presented even though mainly is just coming from Spector's personal belief. Like any player would say this to him hehe.

And if pulju kills plays what does that make guys like Kassian? Guys that not only kill plays non stop but also play zero defense.

"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

5 x $5,000,000

Survivor LX(I) and 67 Champ(i)on

CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 30 January 2020 12:21

und(i)sputed O.L.F.N Heavybra(i)n Champ(i)on of the Woooooooooooooooooorld. Plus. One.