Oilersnation Radio Episode 41 – Jesse Puljujarvi, Philip Broberg, and the NHL Draft

After missing last week’s podcast due to upgrades at Nation HQ, the boys were back today with a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio to get you set up for tomorrow night’s NHL Draft. On today’s podcast, we dove into the Jesse Puljujarvi rumours that really ramped up yesterday, welcome Jim Playfair to the bench, and take all kinds of guesses at what we might be in store for on NHL Draft weekend.

To kick off today’s episode, how could we start anywhere other than looking at the situation surrounding Jesse Puljujarvi. Yesterday, his agent came out and said that he would not return to Edmonton and would rather play in Europe than suit up for the Oilers, and, as you can imagine, that kicked off a firestorm of activity here on the site and on social media. Are he and his agent approaching this situation correctly? We offered our takes. Sticking with the rumour mill, we looked around the NHL to try and see whether or not we could find a potential trade partner to make something happen. Getting back to the NHL Draft, there has been a lot of talk about the Oilers having interest in Philip Broberg so we discussed the likelihood of the defenceman being taken at #8 given most mock drafts and rankings have him listed lower in the first round. Lastly, we wrapped up this week’s episode with a breakdown of some of the big ticket contracts that have been signed in the past week, including Kevin Hayes&#8217; monster deal with the Flyers and Erik Karlsson&#8217;s eight-year mammoth deal in San Jose.</p><div class='ad-injection'></div> <p><strong>Listen to this week&#8217;s podcast below:</strong></p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" style="border: none;" height="90" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10228379/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/ff4c00/" width="100%"></iframe></p> <h2>Oilersnation Radio is brought to you by <a href="https://www.sherwoodford.ca/?utm_source=OilersNation&amp;utm_medium=ON%20Podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sherwood Ford</a> and <a href="https://thepogstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">POG!!</a></h2> <p><a href="https://www.sherwoodford.ca/?utm_source=OilersNation&amp;utm_medium=ON%20Podcast"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-63023 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" src="https://i0.wp.com/publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0697.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=482%2C234&amp;ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0697.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=482%2C234&amp;ssl=1" alt="" width="482" height="234" data-lazy-loaded="1" ></a></p> <p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-70974 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled" src="https://i0.wp.com/publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dispvQdN_400x400.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=358%2C331&amp;ssl=1" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/publish.oilersnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dispvQdN_400x400.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=358%2C331&amp;ssl=1" alt="" width="358" height="332" data-lazy-loaded="1" ></p> <p>Subscribe to Oilersnation Radio for FREE on Soundcloud <a href="https://soundcloud.com/oilersnation-radio" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>, on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1435734461" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">iTunes</a> and on Google Play (coming soon). Oilersnation Radio is proudly brought to you by our friends at <a href="https://www.sherwoodford.ca/?utm_source=OilersNation&amp;utm_medium=ON%20Podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sherwood Ford</a>, friends to vehicle lovers everywhere. We also welcome Pog as a sponsor to help us purify our lives with their all-natural deodorizer.</p> <h2>Previous Episodes:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2019/06/14/best-of-oilersnation-radio-george-laraque-rob-schremp-and-a-bobby-nicks-battle/">George Laraque, Rob Schremp, and a Bobby Nicks battle</a></li> <li><a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2019/05/31/oilersnation-radio-episode-39-i-dont-make-mistakes/">“I don’t make mistakes”</a></li> <li><a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2019/05/24/oilersnation-radio-episode-38-puckpedia-joakim-nygard-and-skimming-the-scum/">PuckPedia, Joakim Nygard, and Skimming the Scum</a></li> <li><a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2019/05/17/oilersnation-radio-episode-37-trading-darnell-nurse-defense-pile-up-and-nugent-hopkins-winger/">Trading Darnell Nurse, defence pile-up, and Nugent Hopkins’ winger</a></li> <li><a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2019/05/10/oilersnation-radio-episode-36-ken-holland-in-ken-hitchcock-out-and-the-nhl-playoffs/">Ken Holland in, Ken Hitchcock out, and the NHL playoffs</a></li> </ul>