The Edmonton Oilers sailed on under Captain Connor McDavid. Meanwhile, Jesse Puljujärvi was sitting on an exchange bench biting his sheath. According to the Finn, he has not received any feedback from the team management as to why the playing time has collapsed.
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Jesse Puljujärvi continues to pursue the Stanley Cup in the NHL playoffs with more than ten other Finnish players. Represented by Lake Puljujärvi, the Edmonton Oilers will face the second round of the Calgary Flames in the local province of Alberta.
After a good regular season, Puljujärvi’s responsibility has dropped significantly. The 23-year-old winger swung from the first to four in the first round of the playoffs against the Los Angeles Kings.
Oilers knocked out Kings 4–3. In the last three matches of the series, Puljujärvi played a total of only twenty minutes – less than seven per game.
– Of course it will take over when you get no more responsibility. Yes, this situation is a bit weighty and it is not the easiest starting point, but this is not an appeal here. You just have to try to do the things you know and try to get more playing time in the starting series through better gaming, Puljujärvi says.
The power of Lake Puljujärvi has echoed with the spring, but he has conscientiously handled his defense duties. And he’s not the only Oilers striker to fumble with power.
The Oilers turned seven games in favor of a stretched series in practice Connor McDavidin, Leon Draisailtin and Evander Kanen through personal skills.
There is little feedback here and especially now we are going strongly ahead of the team.
Jesse Puljujärvi
Lake Puljujärvi’s 1.85 power points per hour played was the Edmonton group’s fifth-highest reading from the opening round. When time was running out, he had time to watch Captain McDavid.
– He was absolutely insanely good, especially in the last two games. It feels like he took home that job pretty much, Puljujärvi glows.
– Yes, he pumped both on the ice and in the booth to the point that we are now going further in the playoffs. In the first change of the stand-up game, he tackled big and showed how to go here today.
The season has been difficult for Lake Puljujärvi. The power pier, which fought its way back to the NHL just fine, didn’t get a seat on the edge of the No. 1 chain for free. The Finnish striker is puzzled as to why responsibility has now fallen.
– I can’t say exactly why there is no credit now, and I don’t bother to start speculating terribly. There is little feedback here and especially now we are going strongly ahead of the team. Perhaps this situation has developed through small things and come to this point.
– I do not see that here (season) physically weighs. More mental work.
Does the new series open up a possibility?
The second-round match series between the two Alberta teams starting on Thursday is the absolute gem of the second round. Especially between the teams that played real hate hockey in their mutual matches a year ago, there is a relentless charge in advance.
And the download is not diluted by the fact that a similar treat was last offered in the playoffs 31 years ago. In the spring of 1991, Edmonton won a series of seven matches Esa Tikkanen by extension. In the last match of the series, Tikkanen made a hat trick.
– We are really excited to start the series, this has been expected. Especially when we went there losing in the regular season 5-9. We were with the guys after the match to come back here again and take care of the job. After all, this is a very unique situation, Puljujärvi is enthusiastic.
There will also be a very different series for Edmonton than against Los Angeles. Now there will be a higher quality and much deeper team that will have the solution power in more fields. The Oilers ’stars are likely to continue to be hot, but the team won’t win this series with a single chain.
Here also lies Puljujärvi’s ability to catch bigger minutes if the game goes on. Edmonton now really needs four cylinders, or chains.
– There will definitely be a completely different series and yes it will open up an opportunity for me too. They have four hard fields and in the previous series they drummed all the time on four chains. Skate well in both directions and more. Now I have the opportunity to reverse my direction, if I could get more out of me too, Puljujärvi concludes.