Brisson confirms that EP40 dealt with injury which prevented him from Off-season Training.

[Bobby9]

Encouraging. A new Petey over the last 72 hours. I’m excited for tomorrows game.

 

[Breakers]

So many people look at his fall off as unprecedented. However, look at the sharp drops of young superstars Jimmy Carson and Barry Pederson. Or even Petri Skriko and Patrik Laine.

Laine’s peak hasn’t come within 100 feet of Pettersson

What’s his career high like 68 points

 

[kanucks25]

Encouraging. A new Petey over the last 72 hours. I’m excited for tomorrows game.

I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.

Like I said before, I'll need to see it on the ice for like at least a dozen game stretch to have any hope.

 

[I am toxic]

The only thing Pettersson has done in the last 72 hours is the game against the Kraken

That performance is wow, what they need more from him?

Christ, did the Canucks "medical" staff start treating Toccs for stress? God help him

 

[Breakers]

I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.

Like I said before, I'll need to see it on the ice for like at least a dozen game stretch to have any hope.

One game without sulking is huge for me personally

 

[Jyrki]

"He's just slumping"
"It's the contract anxiety weighing him down"
"He'll turn it up for the playoffs like in 2020"
"He's got big defensive responsibilities"
"He'll have a good offseason and not fall like Bambi"
"He's got tendonitis, gotta ride it out"
"Miller gets the good wingers and hogs all the ice time with Hughes"
"Miller is the cancer keeping Petey down"
"Four Nations will get him going"
"It was a nagging injury all along"
"He's now doing things differently!" <- We are here

I imagine Tocc has to do something like this after his hopelessly positive quips:

 

[SillyRabbit]

Finally he sets the record straight.

TLDR if you didn't watch:

-He says that injury is the reason for his poor play
-He talks about his tendonitis journey
-He mentions that he couldn't train in the offseason and as a result, his skating has been poor all season
-Just kidding he didn't say any of that

It's crazy to me how none of Tocchet, Rutherford, Allvin, the media or Pettersson himself are telling the truth about his poor play.

I'm so glad I subscribe to online hockey message boards, so I know the real reason that he's playing poorly is because he:

is injured
was injured
had ongoing tendonitis

recovered from injury but didn't get to train in the offseason because he was busy resting.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

recovered from injury but didn't get to train in the offseason because he was busy resting.

He told as much of the truth as he's going to. What do you want him to say?

"Yeah, my knee has been bothering me all season...it's really nice of everyone out there that isn't slashing it every time I'm in their general vicinity because I could get seriously hurt out there and have to miss even more games." and then he gets the Bobby Clarke special.

Not that the f***ing elephant isn't already out there, but players are NOT entitled to share anything about their personal lives that they don't want to share. For good reason.

Past that, if he's tired of answering the questions, there's only one thing left to do and it's entirely up to him.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Laine’s peak hasn’t come within 100 feet of Pettersson

What’s his career high like 68 points

Laine has never been half the player Pettersson is. He just skate and shoot good so it seems like he does stuff occasionally out there. Similar personalities, but as players there's a reason Laine is on his 3rd team and EP gets a 3rd chance with the same team.

And it's not hockey card numbers.

 

[Felix the Cat Potvin]

Finally he sets the record straight.

TLDR if you didn't watch:

-He says that injury is the reason for his poor play
-He talks about his tendonitis journey
-He mentions that he couldn't train in the offseason and as a result, his skating has been poor all season
-Just kidding he didn't say any of that

It's crazy to me how none of Tocchet, Rutherford, Allvin, the media or Pettersson himself are telling the truth about his poor play.

I'm so glad I subscribe to online hockey message boards, so I know the real reason that he's playing poorly is because he:

is injured
was injured
had ongoing tendonitis

recovered from injury but didn't get to train in the offseason because he was busy resting.

I thought it was a good interview. If he can randomly go into a year-long slump, then maybe he can randomly go alien-mode.

Not to psychoanalyse, but blaming the knee injury shows a predilection toward blaming external circumstances for struggles, rather than looking inside. Like a poster said from the opposite side, a lot of projection going on in this thread due to Petey being such an enigma.

 

[Coffee]

I thought it was a good interview. If he can randomly go into a year-long slump, then maybe he can randomly go alien-mode.

Not to psychoanalyse, but blaming the knee injury shows a predilection toward blaming external circumstances for struggles, rather than looking inside. Like a poster said from the opposite side, a lot of projection going on in this thread due to Petey being such an enigma.

Agreed.. best interview since his November 2024 one

 

[Bobby9]

Finally he sets the record straight.

TLDR if you didn't watch:

-He says that injury is the reason for his poor play
-He talks about his tendonitis journey
-He mentions that he couldn't train in the offseason and as a result, his skating has been poor all season
-Just kidding he didn't say any of that

 

[Breakers]

At least he seems upbeat

 

[Soups On]

You fools. It's been a year now of this. He's saving himself for the playoff push.
5 point game coming.

We're so back baby

 

[rypper]

For some they're ready to pay to have him off the team because they've grown to hate him on a visceral level. He's stealing that 11.6m directly from their pocket, how dare he?

It doesn't really matter what he says to them, minds made up.

That interview was a nice moment, humility. Should have happened a long time ago but still good. He's got to back it up with some effort on the ice though.

I'm not expecting a full scale turnaround, I don't think that happens until next season. But effort. Show these last few games were Rock bottom and a turnaround is coming.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

I thought it was a good interview. If he can randomly go into a year-long slump, then maybe he can randomly go alien-mode.

Not to psychoanalyse, but blaming the knee injury shows a predilection toward blaming external circumstances for struggles, rather than looking inside. Like a poster said from the opposite side, a lot of projection going on in this thread due to Petey being such an enigma.

People respond diferently in different situations.

I call to mind after the 2007 playoffs in which the Sedins despite being positive players were torn to shreds and they said "we approached the playoffs the same way we approached all year".

Unfortunately the game naturally gets faster as soon as April hits.

 

[xtr3m]

I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.

Like I said before, I'll need to see it on the ice for like at least a dozen game stretch to have any hope.

Petey has been an absolute fiend in the video room!

 

[BluesyShoes]

I didn't say 'asymptomatic', I said 'asymptotal' which I've been informed by the Google machine isn't a real f***ing word yet. Someone has got to get on that.

Basically means a close to zero PPG. Like 0.07 PPG. Like, just a tragic case of a hockey player. Take Liam O'Brien for example. How does he keep getting NHL games? I can't give you that answer, but I can tell you every time I watch his game, I kinda like it.

"asymptotic" might be the math jargon you are looking for.

 

[ExarKun80]

That's a bit of an odd take. These things were his calling card, I'm not sure how you expect him to improve on them. I mean if you said he needed to work on being stronger on his feet, his faceoffs, and his play along the boards I'd agree with you. But his pace, his skill level and his dynamism were apparent as a rookie.



(Terrible music warning, I highly recommend putting it on mute)

All his creativity is gone and his skating looks worse due to knee problems.

 

[Caboose]

I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.

Like I said before, I'll need to see it on the ice for like at least a dozen game stretch to have any hope.

Let's be honest, if he looks amazing and snipes a goal most of us would be all the way back in.

Hockey is an emotional sport

 

[Bobby9]

Super excited to se the new Petey tonight. Hopefully we see what Rick was talking about.

 

[Jyrki]

Finally he sets the record straight.

TLDR if you didn't watch:

-He says that injury is the reason for his poor play
-He talks about his tendonitis journey
-He mentions that he couldn't train in the offseason and as a result, his skating has been poor all season
-Just kidding he didn't say any of that

It's crazy to me how none of Tocchet, Rutherford, Allvin, the media or Pettersson himself are telling the truth about his poor play.

I'm so glad I subscribe to online hockey message boards, so I know the real reason that he's playing poorly is because he:

is injured
was injured
had ongoing tendonitis

recovered from injury but didn't get to train in the offseason because he was busy resting.

Look, I've wanted Petey to succeed all along. But I ran out of copium to get through the cycles of excuses and drama stemming from his play.

While I'm a Sedins era spawn and am younger than many of you here, I have never seen the amount of rationalizations other than injury that there has been for him. It might as well have been a nagging injury all along, which then begs the why of literally everything else that has transpired.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

We shall see Jyrki. We shall see.

 

[Orr4Norris]

Look, I've wanted Petey to succeed all along. But I ran out of copium to get through the cycles of excuses and drama stemming from his play.

While I'm a Sedins era spawn and am younger than many of you here, I have never seen the amount of rationalizations other than injury that there has been for him. It might as well have been a nagging injury all along, which then begs the why of literally everything else that has transpired.

The interview is a complete 180 in terms of attitude and demeanour. And based on Tocchet’s comments, it seems like all of a sudden he’s putting in better work and preparation off ice. It honestly is starting to look more like mood issues which are certainly as real a thing as injury but unfortunately can be unpredictable.

Hopefully he can rebound and have a bit of success to end the season. But I would look at it more as increasing his trade value at this point. I’d still look to deal him at the draft (assuming you get a good offer). I don’t think they will though.