Edmonton to Sit Biggest Trade Chip on Tuesday Night
The Edmonton Oilers are reportedly making forward Jesse Puljujarvi a healthy scratch on Tuesday night with news of Evander Kane's return to the lineup.
Puljujarvi - after signing a one-year, $3 million bridge deal this summer - has 4 goals, 6 assists, and a -13 rating this season. Per NaturalStatTrick, Puljujarvi has spend most of his ice time with Ryan McLeod and Warren Foegele, but he has spent ~65 minutes with Connor McDavid and Zach Hyman (5v5). He's spent another ~48 minutes (5v5) with McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins as well.
One would think a quality player would post more than ten points in 100+ minutes with Connor McDavid. Hence, the healthy scratch decision.
Analytics folks love Puljujarvi.
While he has trouble compiling points, many are under the impression that his game has several other dimensions which can provide value for his team. Problem is, this Oilers teams needs depth scoring, and he is simply not getting it done.
To boot, Puljujarvi's comments earlier this season - that he felt maybe the NHL wasn't for him anymore (paraphrasing) - didn't do him nor the Oilers any favors in the trade market.
Edmonton has made their former 4th-overall pick available for trade, so expect more and more rumors to surface in the next month or so. For now, the relationship the two sides can be described - at best - as tenuous.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Zachary Werenski | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sean Monahan | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jesper Bratt | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jack Hughes | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikita Kucherov | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Mackenzie Weegar | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Kent Johnson | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Alexander Wennberg | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Coronato | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Marcus Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nick Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stefan Noesen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Corey Perry | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Igor Sharangovich | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dmitry Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||