After months and months of speculation, the Edmonton Oilers have finally pulled the trigger on a trade that sent Jesse Puljujarvi to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Patrik Puistola. While the trade is no doubt a bittersweet transaction for many Oilers fans, there’s little doubt that Puljujarvi needed a fresh start after spinning his wheels here in Edmonton a little bit. In exchange for Puljujarvi, the Oilers are getting another young Finn in Patrik Puistola who is said to have some offensive skill even though he has yet to plan an NHL game. From an Oilers perspective, the big win in this trade is the fact that they didn’t have to retain any salary on the transaction, which essentially clears the path to make another deal ahead of Friday’s deadline. Could this be the first step in a Jakob Chychrun or Mattias Ekholm trade, as an example? What will happen with the depth on the right side of the depth chart now that the Oilers are down a man in a spot where they already lack depth.
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I feel like a chycrun trade is incoming soon.
I expect PoolParty to do good things with the Canes. I really hate to see him go but for his sake I’m glad he doesn’t have to keep getting shit on by this fan base (Warranted or not)
I’ve always felt the oilers failed him not the other way around. He was drafted at a time when we couldn’t really develop anyone and we loved to just throw our 1st round picks into the top 6 and expect them to be ready and be great.
I hope he does good things (just not against the oilers) and I’m happy we got the 3 million off the cap.
Bittersweet headline to see in my phone today.
Who’s coming. Gavrikov ekhlom or chychrun?
I saw him as a good player with really bad puck luck. I hope that he can take off now in Carolina without the media spotlight on his back all the time.
I’m so glad he’s gone. God he sucked
I'm f**** glad he's gone, good riddance this bust gone