Jack Eichel is never a good comparable. He clearly wanted out of Buffalo and had a bad neck that he wanted treated with a procedure that was relatively new for athletes and had never been done for a pro hockey player.
Speculation: Canucks Elias Pettersson on the move? Nucks GM speaks out
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Jack Eichel is never a good comparable. He clearly wanted out of Buffalo and had a bad neck that he wanted treated with a procedure that was relatively new for athletes and had never been done for a pro hockey player.
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I would say it helps Vancouver in the sense that Necas is currently playing much better than Pettersson.
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I think that Necas deal last year had a bit more context to it. Vancouver was considering going all in.
I think Vancouver had a desire to flip those assets from a Pettersson trade to bring back more players before the deadline. The additional prospect and/or 1st would've been used to target Jake Guentzel and Chris Tanev.
Considering that they got within one-goal of beating Edmonton in 7 games (who themselves went 7 games and one-goal short of beating Florida) and that was with a no-show Pettersson, no Guentzel-type winger, and no Tanev...
| Imagine for a moment if their playoff line-up was... | Instead of... |
Suter-Miller-Boeser Necas-Lindholm-Guentzel Joshua-Blueger-Garland DiGiuseppe-Kotkaniemi-Aman Hughes-Hronek Zadorov-Tanev Soucy-Myers | Suter-Miller-Boeser Joshua-Lindhom-Garland Hoglander-Pettersson-Mikheyev DiGisueppe-Blueger-Aman Hughes-Hronek Zadorov-Cole Soucy-Myers |
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In theory EP40 could be a good center for Michkov. He had his best season playing with Kuzmenko, and Michkov is kinda similar to Kuzmenko style wise just already better as a 20 year old.
The problem is Flyers have just two players Vancouver could be interested in, and I doubt Philadelphia will trade Sanheim. So it's Konecny, who's 1 year older, $3M cheaper and signed till 2033. TK is one of the best PKer as well. And he's on Team Canada for the 4 Nations.
Will the Flyers agree to move him for EP40, though. I have my doubts.
The problem is Flyers have just two players Vancouver could be interested in, and I doubt Philadelphia will trade Sanheim. So it's Konecny, who's 1 year older, $3M cheaper and signed till 2033. TK is one of the best PKer as well. And he's on Team Canada for the 4 Nations.
Will the Flyers agree to move him for EP40, though. I have my doubts.
If we have to rehash the Eichel thing again he had already asked to be traded before showing up at COVID camp injured and then needing the neck thing later.
Vancouver hockey coverage has begun to out strip the Leaf and Hab stuff - it's constant clickbait.
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Teams used to use 3 forwards and 2 dmen on the pp. Now they use 4 forwards and 1 dman. Some teams use 2 dmen on their 2nd unit but are there any teams remaining who regularly use 2 on their top unit?
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You have doubts that the flyers would move a ~58 point winger who is about to turn 28 for a career point per game center who just turned 26?
I legitimately feel bad for canucks fans with some of these braindead responses.
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Clickbait and just repetitive. Repeating the same thing over and over and someone hoping they are proven right.
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People who are saying, "no GM says that, he's as good as gone" have such a biased memory it's hilarious.
GM's have said, 'nobody is safe' many time and for many reasons.
In this scenario, they are trying to rattle Petey's cage a bit. Let him know that he needs to step it up and prepare better/differently in the off season.
You don't say something like this about a franchise center and then trade him. Not unless things escalate.
GM's have said, 'nobody is safe' many time and for many reasons.
In this scenario, they are trying to rattle Petey's cage a bit. Let him know that he needs to step it up and prepare better/differently in the off season.
You don't say something like this about a franchise center and then trade him. Not unless things escalate.
You still don't say that lol.
You either want to keep him so you don't piss him off, or you want to trade him, so you don't devalue him. I'm fine with, "We think he can play better." It's the combo of, "We think he can play better and a trade is possible" that's mind-numbingly stupid.
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That might be the start, but I think you'll find the line quickly decreasing from that initial ask.
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There’s a difference between saying “No one is safe” and “No one is safe, and by the way, this guy needs to be more mature.”
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Perhaps a deal involving Cole Caufield for Pettersson. Other pieces would probably have to be involved as well.
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I expected this to be clickbait nonsense but man those quotes are wild. Possibly just working the press to send a message but thats a goofy game to play too.
The sequel to the Canucks Making A Move Soon post from December 16.
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I think Pettersson has it in him to be a Hart level player: an elite offensive threat that plays a 200-foot game. We saw it in 2022-23 and the first half of 2023-24.
But what the hell is wrong with him? It seems like its been non-stop drama for a year now, and he often looks completely disengaged, if not outright sulky.
But what the hell is wrong with him? It seems like its been non-stop drama for a year now, and he often looks completely disengaged, if not outright sulky.
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Why? Many GMs before Allvin have said that nothing is out of the realm of possibility. This isn’t something new that we haven’t seen before.
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