Cquant
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- May 14, 2015
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ok enough salt and pepper, im back to discuss real things.
Why was it that everyone overlooked Pettersson so much at the draft? He was ranked around 8-13 on most lists. But looking at his Draft year numbers, he put up ridiculous numbers in the Allsvensken, a men's league, as a 17/18 year old. Like, higher numbers than Filip Forsberg in his draft year (WAY higher) AND draft +1 year.
I remember there being 4 minor issues:
1) Size. He really needed to put on weight. But he knows this is a problem and has been working on it.
2) Skating. I'm speaking only from the couple of videos I saw of his draft year but he had some sort of weird technique here and there. He was a decent skater but could improve on it. It seems he has worked on it though.
3) Scoring in international tournaments. He didn't put up the points when the important scouts were watching. I mean we all hear about how important the Ivan Hlinka and the World Juniors are for draft rankings.
4) Uncertainty on whether he would play center or wing. Not as big a deal, but it does impact the draft ranking.
Either way he has improved on his draft year and is really impressing right now. Due to his history in international tournaments though, I'm not putting too much emphasis on his performance. I don't expect him to be top 10 in scoring at all, (I'll be happy if he doesn't get injured!)
I do remember him having the same line for international tournaments, I think it was Andersson centering with Elias on the right wing? Anyone remember what the line was exactly?
I wonder if he will play on that same line.