Quoting: SNipeSHowInc
How is Puljujarvi statistically better than Brown? Brown played less games, had more points and didn’t play 60% of his season with McDavid
Lol is this a serious question. Brown played one less game.
Puljujarvi gp 65 14 goals, 22 assists and plus 22. Had covid and never recovered the back half of the season.
Brown 64 games10 goals 229 assist and minus 15.
Just because people play with McDavid is not an automatic. Look at all the wingers that have played with McDavid and have failed. Maroon, Draisaitl and Kane were great. The rest including Nuge were a fail.
Puljujarvi makes his line mates better, even McDavid. Stats dont lie.
Not only was Jesse Puljujarvi, as mentioned above, one of the best at suppressing shot attempts and goals, he was also among the best in the entire league. Of 171 NHL forwards who played as many 5×5 minutes as Puljujarvi, only two players allowed fewer goals while on the ice: Corey Perry and Yakov Trenin.
Here are some more of his underlying numbers, and how they rank among the aforementioned 171 players:
CF/60 – 1st
CA/60 – 29th
SCF/60 – 23rd
SCA/60 – 128th
GF/60 – 55th
GA/60 – 9th
xGF/60 – 5th
xGA/60 – 69th