Elias Pettersson.. Playoff Ghost

[jackjohnson]

I'm so sick of Petterson. He was motivated to try for one game under scrutiny. Now back to being casper the friendly ghost.

He is playing so soft and skating so slow that it annoys the hell out of me. I dont get why he was waiting to see how the team performs and cares about championships before he signed his contract if he performs like a loser in important playoff games. Not sure if Canucks vrass are regretting signing him before playoffs. He probably would be signed for a lot cheaper or traded for a player that can actually perform in playoffs

 

[jackjohnson]

it appears the Canucks have a Marner.
Swap them just to get them out of their respective cities.
Be good for Marner if not Pettersson

If Petersson performs like this under pressure, he would probably cry in Toronto

 

[elmaco]

Soft Euro ineffective in the playoffs, shocker.

You could say the same for Matthews, Marner, Tavares tbh even though they're not Euro. Boomer take.

 

[jackjohnson]

Quinn stopped passing EP the puck 3 years ago. He knows its a waste.

HE knows if he passes to sleepy pete, he will sleep with the puck for a minute deciding what to do before losing the puck to a forechecker. Petersson needs to go back to sweden and train with Forsberg and Naslund before coming back next season.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Funny how alot of these high priced guys around the league pack it in for the playoffs... It's frustrating as hell seeing these big name stars not be able to figure out how to up their game when it's needed most

 

[OilerTyler]

He looked really bad on the Holloway goal last night. If he even tries to play the body a little bit Holloway can't cut inside on Hughes and get to the net. Based off of the angle Hughes was taking I think he didn't expect Petey to be so buttery soft.

 

[strattonius]

I think his knee is bungled up. Just with his mobility; most noticeably his explosiveness and agility seem to be nowhere near the level we've seen from him in the past.

 

[Garl]

Not sure what is wrong with him. He needs to see a therapist. He has been fumbling the puck all the time. I guess he isnt a playoff performer. He has been crap since all star break.

He was always good in playoffs.

He is obviously not 100%

 

[HarrySPlinkett]

Petersson averaged 2.5 shots a game during the regular season, and he’s down by almost a full shot to 1.6 in the playoffs.

That’s usually a sign of a guy who can’t physically shoot it the way he normally does.

I’m sure it’ll come out afterwards he’s been playing through a knife wound or something.

 

[TheNumber4]

Hard cap management lessons being learned by Toronto and Vancouver.

Like the Oilers, they should have waited to see how these guys performed in the playoffs before backing up the Brinks truck. Remember when everyone thought Drai was overpaid? He wasn’t, cause the Oilers gave him that contract after KNOWING Drai was a playoff beast.

This ain’t the case for pretenders like EP or Marner. Paid to the moon before pissing a drop in the playoffs.

 

[SullivanT]

Petersson averaged 2.5 shots a game during the regular season, and he’s down by almost a full shot to 1.6 in the playoffs.

That’s usually a sign of a guy who can’t physically shoot it the way he normally does.

I’m sure it’ll come out afterwards he’s been playing through a knife wound or something.

1.6 shots per game has to account for like 10-15% of all Canucks shot this playoffs right?


I merely jest

 

[Grifter3511]

Hard cap management lessons being learned by Toronto and Vancouver.

Like the Oilers, they should have waited to see how these guys performed in the playoffs before backing up the Brinks truck. Remember when everyone thought Drai was overpaid? He wasn’t, cause the Oilers gave him that contract after KNOWING Drai was a playoff beast.

This ain’t the case for pretenders like EP or Marner. Paid to the moon before pissing a drop in the playoffs.

24 points in 29 games. So awful. Canucks are screwed. I know all about sample sizes and I am confident enough to say that not playing well offensively for 12 games means this guys a total dud and will be so forever. So it was written on hfboards. So it shall come to pass.

 

[TheNumber4]

24 points in 29 games. So awful. Canucks are screwed. I know all about sample sizes and I am confident enough to say that not playing well offensively for 12 games means this guys a total dud and will be so forever. So it was written on hfboards. So it shall come to pass.

Damn thats almost as good as Nuges production. How much Nuge getting paid again?

 

[Grifter3511]

Damn thats almost as good as Nuges production. How much Nuge getting paid again?

Couldn't tell you. I don't really care how much rnh gets paid.

 

[PaulD]

If Petersson performs like this under pressure, he would probably cry in Toronto

like Marner did

 

[olli]

Has to be injured or going through a lot mentally

 

[syz]

False. If he were a ghost Foegele would have skated right through him and there would have been no charging penalty.

If anything that's just proof that ghosts are corporeal for other ghosts.

 

[MMANumminen]

Swedish men in general are soft. Pettersson is the king of soft men

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Hard cap management lessons being learned by Toronto and Vancouver.

Like the Oilers, they should have waited to see how these guys performed in the playoffs before backing up the Brinks truck. Remember when everyone thought Drai was overpaid? He wasn’t, cause the Oilers gave him that contract after KNOWING Drai was a playoff beast.

This ain’t the case for pretenders like EP or Marner. Paid to the moon before pissing a drop in the playoffs.

This line of thinking can go both ways. Had we held off signing Pettersson and he exploded, then we're looking at demands in the 12-13M range. There was no indication he'd completely flub the playoffs like he has considering his last team here he scored at nearly a PPG. And it wasn't like St. Louis or Vegas were pushovers.

A big contributing factor is up until the last two games, Pettersson has been glued to the black hole that is Ilya Mikheyev. 1 goal in 60 games makes it hard for someone to produce. A fact not helped when Hoglander disappeared for most of the playoffs too.

 

[winnipegger]

Doesn't look like he can explode with his skating probably hurt. But then again half the oilers players might be hurt as well. That's the playoffs. Our hurt guys vs your hurt guys.

 

[Zanon]

Swedish men in general are soft. Pettersson is the king of soft men

He’s actually not that soft

 

[thebigbea]

Let’s see what he’s been dealing with after tmr game. He’s been horrible since the all star break. 7 goals in last 4 months is bad

 

[Gorskyontario]

I've watched a few games this series and he's been pretty terrible.


Was he good in the 2020 playoffs? He has good numbers the only other time in the postseason. I didn't watch any canucks that year .

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

I've watched a few games this series and he's been pretty terrible.


Was he good in the 2020 playoffs? He has good numbers the only other time in the postseason. I didn't watch any canucks that year .

He was a f***ing beast in the bubble.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

He’s actually not that soft

Does he ever hit without leaving his feet?