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

[vadim sharifijanov]

i’ve stayed out of the pettersson injury truther discussions, but last night in the third when he whiffed on that shot from the right circle, he seized for a good two seconds before he was able to move again. i’m not a doctor but it really looked like something was physically wrong with him, though i have no idea what.

anyone else notice this?

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

i’ve stayed out of the pettersson injury truther discussions, but last night in the third when he whiffed on that shot from the right circle, he seized for a good two seconds before he was able to move again. i’m not a doctor but it really looked like something was physically wrong with him, though i have no idea what.

anyone else notice this?

Not a doctor, just a player who taught himself how to skate - and poorly and honestly plays kind of recklessly. Call me a professional idiot. Let me get my tinfoil hat.

I don't think it's just one thing with him. He has no shot and no speed. There's only two ways that can really happen. But I don't think his shot or speed is what makes him a special player. His ability to use his teammates was why I thought we should play him at center in the first place. Everything else were just cherries.

He's much younger than me and probably has better people to look at it faster.

 

[sandwichbird2023]

Not a doctor, just a player who taught himself how to skate - and poorly and honestly plays kind of recklessly. Call me a professional idiot. Let me get my tinfoil hat.

I don't think it's just one thing with him. He has no shot and no speed. There's only two ways that can really happen. But I don't think his shot or speed is what makes him a special player. His ability to use his teammates was why I thought we should play him at center in the first place. Everything else were just cherries.

He's much younger than me and probably has better people to look at it faster.

His shot was lethal when he first broke into the league though. And his one-timer was a legit weapon too. I definitely recall him having a A-level shot before all the wrist and other injuries.

As for speed, it is true that wasn't his calling card, but unless you are a very strong player and a puck-protection monster like Draisatal or Rantanen, you do need a certain baseline level of speed in order to get the separation needed to make passes or take shots. Petey doesn't need to skate like McDavid, but he does need to skate a lot better than he is currently to be successful.

 

[sting101]

It's obvious he's been affected negatively by injury so today is a new day and so on until he shows otherwise.

Fact is he's been lost for over a year and even then we were all hoping that the just turned 25yr old would put on strength and take his game to another level to meet the contract that was coming.

At 27 near the start of next season it's hard to imagine much improved strength. He's simply missed a window to add a lot of muscle 18-25 and with his right knee issues it's incredibly doubtful you could do the kind of loading and explosive training that will help him build a thicker more powerful trunk base in a short off season.

I've seen a lot of players careers go into the tank with injuries and never come out the same. Hockey is a brutal physical grind if you lose the quickness and agility to dodge a lot of the hits or not have the frame to withstand the punishment or simply just can't recover fully. The cumulative effects plus aging can be cruel, staying on an upward trajectory is difficult requires some luck, incredible work ethic and dedication

I realistically see a world where Pettersson comes back next year and bounces back somewhat but i also have a hard time believing that he will ever be as explosive as the player insulated by youth good health and lesser expectations.

The hope is he's gonna get over the tendinitis and whatever other ailments he's playing through. Then physically he's gonna be able to add muscle power and get faster. Then if if he's so lucky physically he will mature as an individual and improve his responsibility as a leader to the media and more importantly his coaches and teammates.
Then after all those dominoes fall you dream that he stays healthy when the odds are stacked against him and every team is targeting him knowing how poorly he's dealt with it all to date. And on top of all of that you hope and dream he finds the mental toughness work ethic and dedication to keep improving

Hopes and dreams

 

[Bobby9]

Thoughts?

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

I don't think it's just one thing with him.

I think this is the important thing. Someone else raised this point waaaaay back in this thread (or another one, I can't recall) and this is probably accurate just given the nature of being a pro hockey skatey-shooty guy.

I don't think there's an overarching debilitating medical condition or that Canucks medical staff are bordering on malpractice levels of incompetence.

I do think that he's probably been banged up here and there which hasn't helped, and that the larger issue is mental/attitude/testicular fortitude/whatever term you wanna use.

There was an article in the Province the other day where it seems like even the media are starting to tire of EP.

 

[AzNightmare]

Thoughts?

Either he's done as an elite player or medical staff/management should be done running this team.

Something doesn't add up, but it's one or the other.

 

[Hodgy]

Thoughts?

Say what you want about Dhaliwal, he definitely has sources, and it would be quite surprising that he would be so definitive on this but also be wrong.

Curious how @Bleach Clean views this as that poster has typically put a lot of weight into Dhaliwal's comments.

 

[arttk]

I think this is the important thing. Someone else raised this point waaaaay back in this thread (or another one, I can't recall) and this is probably accurate just given the nature of being a pro hockey skatey-shooty guy.

I don't think there's an overarching debilitating medical condition or that Canucks medical staff are bordering on malpractice levels of incompetence.

I do think that he's probably been banged up here and there which hasn't helped, and that the larger issue is mental/attitude/testicular fortitude/whatever term you wanna use.

There was an article in the Province the other day where it seems like even the media are starting to tire of EP.

well, the last time we saw him really load up and shoot he ended up missing like 3 games afterwards.

the lack of transparency really doesn't help. I really don't think that confidence is affecting his ability to shoot but more so, his injuries or the fact he might actually get injured right away is the more probable reason.

 

[Caboose]

Maybe the NHL is behind in this, but tendonitis and tendinopathies in the heel and knee are MAJOR issues in the NBA and protocol has been changed where rest is no longer the norm.

If you have the desire (which I suspect Petey does not) you need to push through the discomfort and strengthen the supporting muscles in the area and while doing this also work through the scar tissue which weakens the tendons.

Seeing so many star players play through extreme pain and still contribute and then seeing Pettersson become so borderline replacement level offensively due to a tendonitis issue lasting over a year has really jaded me.

Makes me wonder if he has what it takes to push through a moderately painful recovery regimen to come back stronger than before OR the Canucks training staff basically went with general best practice for seniors which says do what you can within your comfort. Then Petey from the quotes sounds like any minor discomfort caused him to stop his training.


Either way, I'm so over Pettersson right now and how he is basically single handedly tanking the two best seasons a player has ever had as a Canuck (Hughes) preventing them from competing as they should if he played to %75 of expectations. (We are at minimum playing in the finals last year with Datsyukian Petey)

 

[I am toxic]

Thoughts?

Honestly I was expecting to hear this week that Petey steals candy from babies and doesn't give up his seat on the skytrain for grannies

Am a little disappointed the character assassination campaign has circled back to the already proven false "he's not injured" tactic to distract from management and coaching staff mistreatment of this injury, was hoping for something new

I can't decide which is more monumentally incompetent, the Canucks propaganda department or their "medical" staff

Oh, who am I kidding, the propaganda we can ignore, but nothing* will make the wrecked knee go away

*other than surgery and about 12 months rehab