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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I haven't been on HFOil for a while but I would bet a lot of line combo projections there put PJV in the top 6. Whereas here, most are penciling Valimaki into the bottom pairing to start.
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I bet they are. Puljujarvi will be top 6 but that doesn't mean he's any good or they think he is this amazing player. The Oilers have 3 top 6 forwards. Of course their projected lineups will have busts and ahlers in it. I wouldn't go off of message boards or Twitter to get a pulse on their fanbase. It's where the loudest go to congregate and it's the internet. Oilers fans I've talked to think puljujarvi is a roster filler, nothing more. Valimaki doesn't register with that fan base or any other besides us because of all his injuries. Hard to hype a player that has missed a full season of development plus a huge chunk of the year prior. Valimaki barely registers around the league as anything at this point.