Player Discussion Elias Pettersson - A Forward Who Scores

[Hodgy]

It was one of the first things I said… I emphasized the other parts of the interview, that seemed much more relevant.

You think him saying he has no pain and that his knee is fine is much less relevant?

 

[racerjoe]

You think him saying he has no pain and that his knee is fine is much less relevant?

In context when he immediately then speaks about how it bothers him, about how he had to train differently yes.

Again it doesn’t need to be pain that bothers him…

 

[Hodgy]

In context when he immediately then speaks about how it bothers him, about how he had to train differently yes.

Again it doesn’t need to be pain that bothers him…

That’s a pretty bizarre interpretation. It’s clearly super relevant that he said he had no pain and his knee is fine, and ignoring that when paraphrasing his words is a misrepresentation of the entire quote. I think he even said it wasn’t a big deal, but ya, not relevant, right?

 

[sandwichbird2023]

I feel like it’s probably more that first step or two than pure straight line speed that really hurts, which is also what tends to go with age when we see guys decline and would probably be related to the knee if it’s still a problem. Petey at his best has his moments of using speed, but so much is more shiftiness, and that hasn’t been there for a lot of the slump.

I think its both, that first step is a problem as he doesn't have any explosive power. But the straight line speed is also an issue as he cannot pull away from back checkers on the rush. Watching Petey flying down the ice on his first NHL goal, then watch him routinely get caught from behind through the neutral zone now, it is definitely a problem for him.

You made a good point about his shiftiness though, that has also disappeared. It used to allow him to be unpredictable, but now he can't really shake off from a defender.

 

[Zaddy91]

I hope this is all some crazy arc in Canucks history where he looks done for his career then goes God mode in playoffs.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

It's so strange to me that some posters have this myopic view where a player is either the GOAT or he 'suxors' cause he's 'dogging it'.

Any and all evidence means nothing in the face of this.

It couldn't be that they are human and play differently when injured or losing confidence. Nope. They make millions so they aren't human and aren't prone to human frailties.

Surely that's the most logical conclusion.

 

[JT Milker]

It's so strange to me that some posters have this myopic view where a player is either the GOAT or he 'suxors' cause he's 'dogging it'.

Any and all evidence means nothing in the face of this.

It couldn't be that they are human and play differently when injured or losing confidence. Nope. They make millions so they aren't human and aren't prone to human frailties.

Surely that's the most logical conclusion.

Who said Pettersson is a bad player, not just playing badly?