Player Discussion Elias Pettersson - A Forward Who Scores

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Great game for Petey. Looks like he's getting some of his footspeed back, and isn't shying away from traffic with the puck on his stick. Couple of nice little vintage Alien moves.

 

[strattonius]

Was Pettersson's best game over the last 60+ games. Skated well was creating chances all over the ice.

Man we needed this guy back.

 

[kanucks25]

I thought there were times he was itching to bring out Dekey Pete but it's like his confidence is still 5-10% short.

He and Hughes out together was tough to control for Detroit as their skill and IQ was unmatched.

Wish he was more dangerous as a shooter but can't complain about this one.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

NHL edge
Damn those “bursts” prevented him from completing a simple saucer pass while on the PP.

And he healed overnight at the start of a home stand. Surprised the training staff didn’t apply that special medicine earlier if it worked that quick.

Awwww... that is adorable.

I thought there were times he was itching to bring out Dekey Pete but it's like his confidence is still 5-10% short.

He and Hughes out together was tough to control for Detroit as their skill and IQ was unmatched.

Wish he was more dangerous as a shooter but can't complain about this one.

There were moments where he did the deeky deekies but cant change direction or have any burst of speed to take advantage of the space he created.

 

[Breakers]

Awwww... that is adorable.

Judging by your reaction it is

 

[Ernie]

You gotta love that play he made to set up the winning goal. You can see his timing is back. No chance he would have tried that play a month ago, much less been successful at it.

 

[Bobby9]

Happy he is playing better but he still isn’t dominant.

Step in the right direction but I need to see dominance shift after shift for 11.6M.

 

[racerjoe]

3 apples including a great play on the GWG… oh yeah… he needs to step it up… what a joke.

 

[mdobbs]

I thought there were times he was itching to bring out Dekey Pete but it's like his confidence is still 5-10% short.

He and Hughes out together was tough to control for Detroit as their skill and IQ was unmatched.

Wish he was more dangerous as a shooter but can't complain about this one.

The play where he took on 2-3 defenders and got hauled down for a penalty probably won the game for the Canucks with that 5 on 3

 

[Lemmiwinks]

Looked like his old dominant self through 40 today before kind of fading in the third, but then had primary assists on the tying and game winning goals. Encouraging play of late.

 

[Leif Rohlin]

Happy he is playing better but he still isn’t dominant.

Step in the right direction but I need to see dominance shift after shift for 11.6M.

If this was sarcasm it'd be a really good post.