Jesse Puljujärvi, who recently passed the NHL’s transfer list, cooled off during the Pittsburgh Penguins’ ice practice on Tuesday.
Jesse Puljujärvi will likely return to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ NHL lineup when the team, which has lost its last three games, meets the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday morning Finnish time.
The winger, who recently passed the NHL transfer list, practiced in the Penguins’ triple chain during Tuesday’s ice session together by Kevin Hayes and by Drew O’Connor with.
– We have had the biggest discussions about his playing on the puck and his trust in certain aspects of positional play and their decisions.
– Criticism is never due to Jesse’s workload or the lack of it. He is a hardworking guy who cares as much about his own game as about winning. But we try to work with Jesse on the overall playing, reveals the head coach Mike Sullivan to the local paper.
Puljujärvi last played one match in December.
He has collected 3+5=8/-2 points in the 21 matches he has played this season. The average playing time has been just under 12 minutes.