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Originally Posted by djsFlames
It is crazy how a guy can be dubbed the best player in one league and come in and just pass as an NHL regular.
But he has plenty of potential to fill out. And even though defense is the harder position, I expected his performance to translate better than Puljujarvi's but it hasn't really.
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TBF Pulju actually had the massive benefit of pretty significant NHL experience prior to this season. He's had a lot of time to get used to the faster pace of the NHL. Valimaki still has time.
But, IMO, Valimaki's struggles to adapt are also a good reason we should not trade Monahan straight across for Lundell. Finnish league stats don't mean ####.