Matthews is mature and likely to have a very good season right away.
Laine and Puljujärvi are significantly younger. You'd give them the opportunity but can't be certain they'll have an impact right away. Depends on how much they develop in the next six months.
Right now Laine might need more explosiveness to fully play his game in the NHL but it's pretty close and hard to predict since by the time the season starts he's going to be stronger than now. Easy to imagine both of the Finns scoring on the PP but there is probably going to be an adjustment period, maybe more so for Laine because there's more finesse to his style.
I can imagine Puljujärvi happily skating around even if offense doesn't happen right away. Laine might be a player who needs to click offensively before he feels completely comfortable. Totally guessing here of course.
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