NHL Trade: The Oilers send Jesse Puljujarvi to the Hurricanes
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The Edmonton Oilers have traded forward Jesse Puljujarvi to the Carolina Hurricanes for Patrick Puistola.

No salary was retained.

Thoughts from the media

Frank Seravalli: “One of those win-win trades.

#Canes will still be very active in other deals but knew they weren’t going to use all $10m in LTIR space. No risk, test an RFA for 7 wks.

#Oilers move on from Puljujarvi without having to pay to do so. Take a flier on unsigned pick.”

Bob Stauffer: “The @EdmontonOilers clear out 3M in cap space. My guess is that will open up cap space potentially for a D”

Cap Friendly: “After trading Jesse Puljujärvi to Carolina, the #LetsGoOilers now have $4,412,500 in usable LTI Salary space with a roster of 19 (someone will need to be recalled or acquired before 5pm ET).”

Mark Spector: “My read: Holland just couldn’t broker a deal that included Puljujarvi, and reached out the one team that had shown tepid interest in Puljujarvi – CAR. He jumped at the chance to move Puljujarvi with no asset attached. Presto! $3M in cap space.”

  • Mark Spector: “Now, instead of being capped out at 21 players, he can bring up 2 or 3 making $1M or less. So he can trade 2 roster players at deadline and not be caught with a 19-man roster.”

Daniel Nugent-Bowman: “Forward Patrik Puistola, an unsigned 2019 third-round draft pick currently playing for Jukurit in Liiga, is the return for Puljujarvi. The move clears $3 million in cap space for the Oilers.”