Player Discussion Elias Pettersson - A Forward Who Scores

[dellzor]

Don’t think the Canucks should trade him what so ever. I think they should let him rest his knee because it’s clearly causing the issue with skating speed declining and him not being able to get power on his shot like he normally can.

The decline from when he’s at his best speed and shot power wise compared to now. His defense has actually gotten better so it’s not an effort issue with him.


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Wow this really puts it into perspective.

 

[Jay26]

The problem with the "rest him until he's 100%" argument is that - and someone can correct me if I'm wrong here - playing doesn't make it worse and there's no timeline for when it will heal.

So like, what if he still has this issue through April, May, June? What if it's still there next October? Allegedly it didn't heal over the entire summer.

How long can you afford to keep him out of the lineup? What is a reasonable amount?

That's the problem with this whole situation: it's so vague. It makes it easy to rest on the injury laurels.

I know we have a bad history with our medical staff but I know for a fact if there was even a slight possibility that this was due to a serious injury the organization would be more proactive. Or Pettersson himself would make them be proactive. We've seen players start to talk to the media (even though players usually don't like whining publicly about injuries) when there's a clear disconnect with the organization about the issue. If it was an injury that wasn't being handled right we'd know by now. It would be indeed be a scandal like we've seen in the past.

And there's absolutely no sign of a scandal.

 

[Blue and Green]

I think there is a problem with his knee, and that problem has metastasized to his brain.

 

[F A N]

Don’t think the Canucks should trade him what so ever. I think they should let him rest his knee because it’s clearly causing the issue with skating speed declining and him not being able to get power on his shot like he normally can.

The decline from when he’s at his best speed and shot power wise compared to now. His defense has actually gotten better so it’s not an effort issue with him.


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I wonder what the Canucks are doing here with Petey. In baseball when a pitcher loses his velocity that gets analyzed and worked on.

 

[CanucksMJL]

Ride or die we are married to Pettersson. My gut says he finds his way out of this.

He's having a crisis that as many have speculated is likely related to being exposed to the toxicity of social media. At some point he'll come to Jesus and cut that shit out of his life and could become a better player in the long run for it.

It's not guaranteed, but that's where my bet lies.