Kailer Yamamoto Or Jesse Puljujärvi

I personally hope that this is the route the Edmonton Oilers take. I think that Puljujärvi has a higher ceiling than Yamamoto does. Yamamoto is the better player right now, but I think the points he is getting is as much as he will get.

I also think most teams in the NHL will think that way as well. So if you are trading away Yamamoto you will get a lower return on him. Yamamoto is lacking one thing and it is a thing that you can’t teach. You can’t teach him to get bigger.

I believe that if you keep Puljujärvi there is a chance that he turns into the kind of player that Evander Kane is. If he can turn into that then the Edmonton Oilers are winners. The issue is the “if”.

There is a chance that Puljujärvi doesn’t grow as a player at all and the player we had last season is all Puljujärvi will ever be. If that is the case then not keeping Yamamoto would have been a mistake.