{"id":80038,"date":"2025-08-19T01:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/80038\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T01:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:22:08","slug":"oilers-linked-to-european-forward-but-no-deal-emerged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/80038\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers Linked to European Forward, But No Deal Emerged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After signing David Tomasek to come in and try to add depth to the forward corps this season, the Edmonton Oilers also reportedly considered adding another European forward. That forward was Patrik Puistola, a 23-year-old winger currently playing with \u00d6rebro HK in the SHL.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, no deal came together, but Puistoal acknowledged in a recent interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.na.se\/2025-08-12\/puistola-var-aldrig-nara-pa-det-sattet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">with Nerikes Allehanda\u2019s David Hellsing<\/a> that he was aware of speculation tying him to Edmonton. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was never close to anything like that,\u201d the Finnish forward said.<\/p>\n<p>Puistola was initially drafted in the third round by the Carolina Hurricanes in 2019. When the Oilers couldn\u2019t get on the same page with Jesse Puljujarvi, they decided to move him in a trade. His NHL rights were later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EdmontonOilers\/status\/1630621478541737984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">traded to the Hurricanes in 2023<\/a>. Puistola didn\u2019t progress to the point the Oilers considered bringing him in. Their rights on the player expired, making him an unrestricted free agent. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd01 TRADE \ud83d\udd01<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Oilers<\/a> have acquired forward Patrik Puistola from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forward Jesse Puljujarvi.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoOilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LetsGoOilers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdmontonOilers\/status\/1630621478541737984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 28, 2023<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Puistola Raised His Profile And Got the Oilers\u2019 Attention<\/p>\n<p>After a strong campaign with \u00d6rebro and an impressive showing for Finland at the 2024 IIHF World Championship, where he scored four goals, Puistola got Edmonton\u2019s attention. He, once again, became a player the Oilers thought could help, as they did when they traded for him in the first place. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Stan-Bowman-Oilers-NHL-Trade-Talk.jpg\" alt=\"Stan Bowman Oilers NHL Trade Talk\" class=\"wp-image-86167\"  \/>Stan Bowman Oilers NHL Trade Talk<\/p>\n<p>It appears the Oilers ultimately decided not to pursue Puistola, but the winger remains a name to watch. With his continued development, it will be intriguing to see if another NHL club makes a move. <\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/nhltradetalk.com\/oilers-might-have-to-rethink-timing-on-big-name-contracts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oilers Might Have to Rethink Timing on Big-Ticket Contracts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NHLTradeTalkweblogo4.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After signing David Tomasek to come in and try to add depth to the forward corps this season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,47590,82],"class_list":["post-80038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-patrik-puistola","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}