Jesse Puljujarvi was a healthy scratch for the Edmonton Oilers’ game last night against the Carolina Hurricanes, and has averaged just 10:51 in the three games he has played. In this week’s edition of What Would You Do Wednesday, we ask our readers to explain how they would handle the 18-year-old Finn if they ran the Oilers.

As with any under-20 player, part of the story is dictated by the Collective Bargaining Agreement. No team likes to admit to making roster decisions on anything less than pure merit, but there are long-term ramifications for the Oilers and Puljujarvi based on how the player is used this year and it would be ridiculous not to consider them.

The first, and best-known, is the 10-game rule. If an 18-year-old appears in fewer than 10 NHL games, his entry-level contract slides for a year.

This is what Colorado did with Mikko Rantanen last season. Like Puljujarvi, Rantanen was a physically mature Finn taken early (10th overall) in the previous summer’s draft. The Avs gave him nine NHL games and 52 contests at the AHL level, and as a result he’s under contract for at least three more seasons (the deal could hypothetically slide again this year).

The other item worth mentioning here is the 40-game rule. The CBA mandates that an NHL player is eligible for unrestricted free agency either at the age of 27 or after seven accrued seasons. An “accrued season” is defined as 40 games on an NHL roster (30 for goalies), including games spent on injured reserve.

Leon Draisaitl is a good recent example. In 2014-15 he played 37 games with the Oilers, burning off the first year of his entry-level deal. However, because he didn’t hit the 40-game mark, he finished the season still seven years away from unrestricted free agency.

Mileage is going to vary on Puljujarvi’s play through training camp and the early season. Plus, of course, there’s still time even within that first 10-game window to decide whether or not the Oilers should keep him around.

Based on what has transpired so far, though, we’d like to ask our readers which way they are leaning. If Puljujarvi continues to play the way he has through camp and the early season, which of the following options should the Oilers take?

Let us know in the comments what you’d do and why.