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Originally Posted by Bear
A question for some of you that have watched more of the Finnish prospects than I have...
Is there a chance Puljujarvi is massively overrated? I'm far from a pro scout but every time I watch him he seems to have poor puck handling and fans on most of his shots. His numbers in his draft year also fall quite a bit short of what Barkov achieved in the same league.
I guess I'm just looking for someone to placate my fear that we move up for him and he disappoints. The good news is I usually get prospect projections completely wrong.
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He looks like a stud to me. Great size, tremendous skating and work ethic. Can run the powerplay from the half boards as a threat to set players up or fire a bomb slapshot. He'll be very hard to contain with his size, speed and skill combination. I don't see much bust potential. IMO he doesn't have the upside to be a 40+ goal scorer like Laine does but he can be a 1st line RWer for sure.