Player Discussion Elias Pettersson - Please, Be Civil

PuckMunchkin

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Crosby had something like 31 points in 40 games until they hired Mike Sullivan and traded for 2 more defenders. He finished with 85 in 80 because it’s like adding Trevor Daley and Justin Schultz means you have a puck moving D on each pairing so you’re not just relying on Letang minutes to do everything.

The fact is EP40 has to play with elevated D zone starts while sheltering a bunch of 6/7 D’s. The best player in the world couldn’t make that work, yet EP40 can??? They desperately need another top 4 PMD and brannstrom needs to be back on the 3rd pair if you are going to keep him away from Hughes 5 on 5.
But you see he is paid 11 mil so he just must do!
 

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Another six-game pointless stretch for Pettersson. He's rapidly morphing into a younger version of Jonathan Huberdeau.
 
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after the slow start, he kinda got back into it with 22 points in 17 games. Miller comes back and suddenly he's on a 6 game point drought.

Now lets look back at history, there might have been some problems with him and Boeser, ok now they seem to be getting a long. Than it was him in and horvat, ok coincidence, but now rumours of him and Petterson having some rift. Now its no longer a coincidence. I keep a struggling Petterson over a Miller at this point. Who knows who Miller gets in drama with next. Imagine him having Beef with quinn Hughes moving forward. no way guys. If this is true, we have to quickly move on from JT MIller, see if we can make the playoffs in 2025, if not, TANK IT GOOD, weaponize the cap room we free up from not having JT miller. MOVE ON.
 
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PuckMunchkin

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Another six-game pointless stretch for Pettersson. He's rapidly morphing into a younger version of Jonathan Huberdeau.
Or... something completely different is going on in the real world than what you just posted.

Could be either! We will never know...

after the slow start, he kinda got back into it with 22 points in 17 games. Miller comes back and suddenly he's on a 6 game point drought.

Now lets look back at history, there might have been some problems with him and Boeser, ok now they seem to be getting a long. Than it was him in and horvat, ok coincidence, but now rumours of him and Petterson having some rift. Now its no longer a coincidence. I keep a struggling Petterson over a Miller at this point. Who knows who Miller gets in drama with next. Imagine him having Beef with quinn Hughes moving forward. no way guys. If this is true, we have to quickly move on from JT MIller, see if we can make the playoffs in 2025, if not, TANK IT GOOD, weaponize the cap room we free up from not having JT miller. MOVE ON.
I know people have zero reason to believe me.

But.... Like I've said before I know people like Miller and they are horrific to work with.
 

Coffee

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I know people have zero reason to believe me.

But.... Like I've said before I know people like Miller and they are horrific to work with.

I don’t see how you can possibly know Miller well enough; however, there’s obviously a chance I’m underestimating you.
 

Else Ermine

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Just curious guys, what has the chatter been? Why is it he and Miller have had had such a crazy rift? Does anyone even know? Is one getting traded?
Fire and ice. They don't have much in common and are quite different people aside from becoming prickly when aggravated. Beyond that we don't really know what's been the issue recently.
When Miller's off his game his defensive details go missing and tries too hard to score, meanwhile Pettersson does the opposite and plays too safe... They're just somewhat polar to one another in general and would probably argue over a Christmas game of Pop-Up Pirate.
Best case scenario the Canucks go on a roll and both guys play their best hockey but that hasn't all happened at the same time for nearly a year now, and both have down spells recently.

It might be utterly toxic, it might not be. People like a bit of drama, speculation and picking sides though and it's all good "content" for media and fans. Personally I assume they're both being dicks right now, and want to see them go head to head in the Four Nations only to conclude they're both very good and better off playing together.
 
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Fire and ice. They don't have much in common and are quite different people aside from becoming prickly when aggravated. Beyond that we don't really know what's been the issue recently.
When Miller's off his game his defensive details go missing and tries too hard to score, meanwhile Pettersson does the opposite and plays too safe... They're just somewhat polar to one another in general and would probably argue over a Christmas game of Pop-Up Pirate.
Best case scenario the Canucks go on a roll and both guys play their best hockey but that hasn't all happened at the same time for nearly a year now, and both have down spells recently.

It might be utterly toxic, it might not be. People like a bit of drama, speculation and picking sides though and it's all good "content" for media and fans. Personally I assume they're both being dicks right now, and want to see them go head to head in the Four Nations only to conclude they're both very good and better off playing together.
Tough situation for the team.............these guys hopefully can get on the same page.
The talent is there, for certain, but neither are playing great at the moment. EP40 really seems prone to slumps more than Miller.
 
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