Player Discussion Elias Pettersson - A Forward Who Scores

[Ernie]

Just wondering if, at his present level of play, whether Pettersson could make Team Sweden?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1849126942966247586

Sam Hallam was Pettersson's coach in the SHL when he won MVP and the team went 12-1 in the playoffs to win the championship, with Pettersson scoring 10 goals in 13 games.

I miss that Pettersson.

 

[rypper]

Playing for Sweden might even be the thing to just make him love hockey again. I mean, I hope he finds his game far sooner than that.

 

[rypper]

Drance had a bunch of ideas on how to give Pettersson the best opportunity to turn things around.

(Queue the 11.6 player shouldn't need that comments...)

I don't remember the exact percentage but Pettersson is getting something like 40% oz starts. For reference, Miller is around 60%. Flip that, to give Pettersson an advantage. (Drance mentioned it might be like that due to Miller's injury or that Pettersson in those starts may not be as effective as Miller etc)

He pointed at how Miller and Boeser are basically glued to Hughes. They play the most with Hughes as a 3/5 man unit. Stems from when Pettersson was "on" and Hughes would dominate control of the ice go off and the team could depend on EP to do the same when Hughes was on the bench. He suggests giving EP more time with Hughes.

Dodd points at line juggling and says maybe the fix is just setting a line and letting them go for an extended period. Let EP and say DeBrusk if he's on that line know, we're not changing anything you guys just tune out the noise and play until you find your way.

 

[lawrence]

Its quite hard to swallow the, we signed Pettersson in the middle of the season and Hronek last year, to massive deals and right now both of them are struggling combined 6 points only, I hope these kids turn it around or it could be brutal if they can't produce, as both of them occupy a ton of cap space. just not good enough.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Does this look like a guy who's unhappy in Vancouver?

Seriously though why does Brock work so well as Fred lmfao

 

[rypper]

Does this look like a guy who's unhappy in Vancouver?

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Seriously though why does Brock work so well as Fred lmfao

Is that Hughes as Scooby?

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Is that Hughes as Scooby?

Hog lololol.

 

[SillyRabbit]

I haven't decided if I actually want us to trade him, but if we did, do you think we'd be able to land something like Toews + Mittelstadt for Pettersson + Myers?

Trying to see if there's a way for us to address our defensive issues if we do make a trade.

I think Colorado fans would say no to this, but if Pettersson returns to form then this would be a solid deal for them.

And if Pettersson has any chance to return to form, it's playing behind MacKinnon, Makar and Rantanen. His offensive responsibility will be super low (so no pressure on his shoulders) and he'll have all kinds of talent around him to get him going.