Edmonton’s Jesse Puljujärvi is top notch in overall play. However, the Finnish striker scores too few goals for his role. “Of course you think about it and worry about it,” Puljujärvi tells .
12.4. 14:01 • Updated 12.4. 14:05
Forward of the Edmonton Oilers Jesse Puljujärven gaming must now be approached through reliability and comprehensiveness.
This has been discussed in both North America and Finland throughout the period. Puljujärvi has broken into the NHL team’s number one chain player precisely through work ethic and reliability.
A strong wrestler has emerged from Puljujärvi, as well as an all-round player, for whom the game does not spill on its own.
The quality of the work at Oilers’ Finnish pier is easy to prove with the naked eye, but the statistics also give a really flattering picture of the level at which Puljujärvi operates right now.
For example, in the power statistics, the Oulu striker has been in the red exactly once after January 22 – there are 24 matches in the period.
Puljujärven +21 is Connor McDavidin (+22) after the team’s second hardest reading.
– Wow, I didn’t even know I was that high on the team. It’s a good thing to be able to be a plus player for a group, says surprised Puljujärvi to Urheilu.
Plus sign indeed.
In the previous 24 matches, Edmonton’s goal difference by five to five is 24-6, when Puljujärvi has been on the ice.
Puljujärvi’s reading in this regard is very high for the entire NHL. Dangerous finish points The team has registered 65.7 per cent in the Puljujärvi watch. This is the very eighth very quote in the entire league.
“I want to be a player you can count on in every area”
Also in the PDO statistics, Puljujärvi ranks eighth. These stats add up the team’s shot and drop percentage while the player is on the ice. Puljujärvi PDO is 24 from the previous match 106.
The work ethic and reliability of Puljujärvi is also reflected in puck deprivation and losses. Since the end of January, only six losses have been recorded for Puljujärvi, the second lowest in the team – and at the same time 2.02 exploitations per hour played.
Lake Puljujärvi is one of only four Oilers players during the period with a positive ratio of game to loss.
– I want to be a player you can trust in every area. One that the coach trusts and knows that no miraculous mistakes will come from here. I try to skate hard in two directions and help defenders with hard back pressure. I just try to fight as hard as ever.
– Reliability has also become a kind of honor. Here, however, one is constantly playing against the opponent’s top chain. I don’t want the win to at least stick to our chain losing their game.
It is true that Puljujärvi has struggled hard, but it still sees room for improvement in what it is doing. Special thanks go to the fresh Oilers acquisition Evander Kanellewhose playing has been closely watched by the Flies breeder.
– Don’t go to the trough to go apologize. Kane is good at this, he is not afraid of anything, but goes everywhere to the fullest and tackles everything. It has been good to look at the model myself. Here, too, can be even more physical.
Kane has been in the headlines at times in a bad light. Last fall, for example, the NHL was banned from playing 21 matches.
The power is exhausted
However, not everything in Jesse Puljujärvi’s world is pink.
The power pier, which occasionally operates like a prodigy, has scored only three goals in the previous 25 matches and has only accumulated nine points.
The balance is too skinny without help, considering one of the best in the world, Connor McDavid, plays next to a Finn.
Puljujärvi, on the other hand, hardly enjoys superiority, especially with the best players.
– Of course this is what he thinks and worries about. Of course, I would also like to score goals and help the team through it. Even now, there were a couple of top spots against Colorado, but it didn’t go away. No can do.
– I have tried to ensure that the work comes through when it comes to work. You have to believe that here.
Puljujärvi says he will take the case in the NHL at a time. The first was to consolidate the playing field from the top chains, after which it was time to improve the scoring game.
Lyricism of selfishness and determination could make a difference.
– I want to score goals and get into the game of superiority, but I’ll take one thing at a time. It’s also quite a top job to get to play with Connor McDavid and help with this other than by scoring goals.
– I still want to improve all the time and I hope I can do it. Here are a couple of three weeks into the playoffs, hopefully there will be goals in stock there.
“Can I even get to the hall”
Edmonton are progressing to the playoffs mentioned by Puljujärvi unless the team collapses in the last couple of weeks. The Oilers now enter the playoffs for the third consecutive season, but the previous win in the playoff series is five years behind.
Winning the series, and especially a possible encounter with local rival Calgary, will excite Puljujärvi.
– Will it even get to the hall if we’re being played against Calgary when there are so many groups in the villages. That’s where the city gets mixed up, Puljujärvi laughs.
– A dozen games, when treated in style and a little more development of the game, then it’s good to go to spring. Great to get to play with really big stuff.