Edmonton Oilers got Patrik Puistola from Puljujärvi in a trade.
Patrik Puistola plays for Mikkelin Jukurei. Jaakko Stenroos / AOP
Jesse Puljujärvi the transfer value in the NHL market was not dizzying in the end.
The Edmonton Oilers flop forward was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night, and the price paid for him was 22 years old Patrik Puistola.
Puistola is currently playing in the SM league in Mikkeli Jukurei. He has scored 15+23=38 points in 56 matches, which entitles him to 19th place in the league’s point exchange.
Patrik Puistola is a former league player Pasi Puistola son. He has represented Finland in all junior national teams.
The teenager from Tampere was booked for the Hurricanes in the third round in the summer of 2019, but he has never played a match in North America.
Oilers fans were amazed at the player trade. Puljujärvi’s departure seemed to be only a matter of time, but the response received from him was completely unknown to the Canadians.
– Who? The first three commenters asked, when TSN’s inside reporter Pierre LeBrun reported the news on Twitter.
– The promise of no NHL contract in exchange for an NHL player (albeit a man from the lower chains) seems good, another analyzed.
Many fans suspected that by trading Puljujärvi, the Oilers only wanted to get rid of his three million dollar salary in order to strengthen their team before the playoffs.
The NHL’s transfer deadline is Friday evening Finnish time.
Edited at 11:16 p.m.: Corrected that Puistola was reserved for the Hurricanes and not the Oilers, as the story first read.