Jesse Puljujärvi 2016 U18 Highlights 

not many finnish players speak good english, but Aho, Rantanen and Kapanen are good

He's trained at the actual profession more. He'll have time to study English abroad.

He well most likely play in the Nhl this fall, can't wait to see

Suomalaiset puhuu itseasiassa erittäin hyvää englantia. Aksentti on aksentti.

RsPurtilo Suomalaisilla ei oo aksenttia, jotkut (eli suurin osa Suomalaissta) tuppaa tyytymään rallienglanttin.

This didn’t age well...

@Steve McQueen I’m honestly rooting for him. I hate to see highly viewed prospects falling apart because of poor development

Didnt end good

@@rivality100 Now he has another chance

@@teoblomqvist6268 yep.i Hope him to the best. He has good person and i really like him.

@@rivality100 tf i'm doing here but he back baby

+VirkkuHD Hi there, thanks for your tough question. =D I would say, Laine has closed the gap a lot and there is an argument for him to go 1st, with an excellent WJC and now post-season. However, i think if i were building a team, i would probably take Matthews, for a few reasons. He really has no weakness, reminds me of Kopitar, in style and in projection. A really consistent centerman who you can build around, he can play right away, can make an impact right away and you can rely on him for 10-12 years. However, that said, i see both as franchise level players in both Matthews and Laine. Matthews, to me, offers more certainty. Laine offers more potential offensively and arguably, more upside. He has one of the best shots in a long time. But, i still think he can work on his skating, more engagement/assertiveness on the boards would also be nice. For me, nationality isn't an issue (USA vs Finland). Sorry! Probably not the answer you were looking for.

+VirkkuHD I think the same, hope he goes 1st instead of matthews, he has so much more talent

Matthews is a cornerstone center. Laine is great, but most scouts agree Matthews is the better player. Laine is really only better offensively, and there's way more to the game than points.

Good thing for that.

Can't wait to see where he goes in the. I think he's better than Laine just my opinion tho.

+sandro audige same here I think he's better than laine

+hezzy bruh If you seriously thinks he is better than Laine, you haven't seen nearly enough of them

laine is a pure goal scorer, pulj is like a more complete winger. I really like pulj more than laine.

It's not unfortunate. Matthews is the real deal. I've watched him for years at a time. He's been good and skated with NHL players at 15 years old cause he got invited. You don't see what's great about matthews cause he doesn't do flashy stuff.

+Patrick star Its ofcourse the right decision for the leafs but we finns really hoped for Laine or Puljujärvi to go first, Barkov went second in his draft also.

You can take pride in the fact that Barkov is the best player from the 2013 draft at least.

Holy shit were you right

Oh yeah?

I think there somthing that are gm know that noone else knows

+Donald Braskett yes thats a mistake. Dubois is good dont get me wrong but he's not puljujarvi.Fkg Oilers They are so lucky

Samuel Page lmao

The 3 retarded cheetas, no back checking here.

That would be two centres and a right wing...

Paynan I know, I'm saying that they're going to be awesome together on the same team.

Not even close to Puljujärvi.

Depends what position you need. Pulju's stats are not the greatest with exception of the world juniors, which is why he wasn't going to get drafted ahead of laine.

Fay kol Keep in mind Pulju and Laine were playing in a men's league, while the Canadians mostly play in the Canadian junior leagues.