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Old 01-05-2017, 01:17 PM   #2689
Robbob
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Originally Posted by sureLoss View Post
Maybe it doesn't matter the way the Oilers are seeming ruining him, but if Puljujarvi is still on the NHL roster for the next Oilers game, this season will count as one of the 7 accrued seasons towards UFA.

They could of course avoid it by sending him to the AHL, but it seems they don't want to do that.
I don't see anything on the transactions report so it looks like he will indeed be on the roster. Would be fitting if he was a healthy scratch. If the oilers weren't in a current playoff spot I wonder if they would be taking more flack on needlessly stunting the development of another player.
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