Are the Flames so bad that players from Finland, who are not the top players on their Finnish teams ready to come over and play on the Flames top line as an 18 year old.
Barkov was bigger and came over and had a great rookie season as a 18 year old - 8 goals 24 pts in 54 games. He was the 2nd leading scorer on his Euro team 53 pts in 56 games. (1st in ppg).
Puljujarvi is 6th in his team's scoring 28 pts in 50 games .... Is 2nd round pick from 2014 Aho, going to be rookie of year with Carolina? He had 45 pts in 45 games on Puljujarvi's team.
Laine is 5th in his teams scoring 33 pts in 46 games Leading scoring on his team has 59 pts in 56 games.
Is the NHL a step down from SM-Liiga?
Both of these guys are going to be at least a year , maybe 2 away from having an impact at the NHL level.
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