On Tuesday afternoon, Jesse Puljujarvi was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Carolina Hurricanes for prospect Patrik Puistola.
Puljujarvi is a 24-year old Finnish forward who will be an RFA at the end of this season.
He was made available to the media Tuesday afternoon over Zoom. Here’s what he had to say:
On being traded to Carolina: At first I was like, ‘Really?’ and after that I was excited and happy. I’m really excited and happy to be part of Carolina right now.
On what he knows about Carolina as a team: I know they have a really good team with young guys and that they play really fast hockey.